To the Doctors

Today my friends- I am officially a woman.  Why? Because I finally had my first gynecologist exam.

Yes yes I know... they're a little bit freaky.  Okay downright scary. Especially if you've never had one before.  But in all honesty- it was okay.  I mean sure the chair looks ominous and the tools look like something out of a horror film... but it's really not that bad.  So here's how my exam went:

It was my first time so I had to fill out a form about any preexisting health issues I had (basically none) and all that good stuff that I used to have my mother fill out.  Now I have to know it... cause I'm a big kid now!
Anywho, then I got called into the office where they took my blood pressure, weight, and checked to make sure their other information was up to date.  Then- they gave me a pregnancy test.

Yep.  A pregnancy test.  Nevermind that I'm on the pill and have been taking it religiously for years I had to go pee in a cup.

I wasn't pregnant.

After that (which made me feel a little awkward... because my months have always been kinda weird since I am on the pill and I switched to the generic version but I digress) I went into the actual room and undressed.  There was even that thin papery cover thing they give you so you're not too exposed to the elements.  That wasn't that bad.  Then the doctor came in.  She was really nice and her hands were not cold at all.  But I did have to undo my bra and let her feel around my breasts a bit... which was.... weird.  That's actually a good explanation for the whole thing.  Weird.  She declared that I didn't have any weird lumps in the breasts (so no cancer) and then had me lay back and she did the deed.

The feared, the dreaded.... pelvic examination!!

It wasn't that bad.  Kinda tickled actually.  They do spread you open a little bit but it's nowhere near as far as people make it out to be.  She did explain what she was going to do before and then she swabbed around in there and then put everything in test vials so they could be sent away to be checked for STDs. (It's the whole nine-yards with this... pregnancy, STDs, breast cancer...)  I won't get my results back for a few days- but I don't have anything that they could detect now!  So that's good.  And apparently I looked healthy.

No, I don't know what 'healthy' versus 'unhealthy' looks like down there either.

But all in all it took about... 20 minutes?  Then I waited for 15 more outside while they did the onsite testing- I'm clean!  Very interesting experience.  Though I'm glad I don't have to get the "Pap smear".  I don't know what it is- but I don't get it until I'm 21.  And I don't have to get another one of these for another year.  Win! (But honestly, I'm just glad that I wasn't pregnant.  I knew I wasn't but still- how embarrassing would that be?)

Begin!

Alright finally I find a way to WIN!  Why?  Because I found a great schedule for tonight.  Unfortunately, my choir director cancelled classes tonight so my evening is totally free!  I'm headed to the gym to workout then a cool down session in the pottery center.  I also just found out that my conflict on Saturday has cleared itself up because I don't have to attend until after my class is over.

So needless to say, I'm pretty happy.

However I just saw my other suite mates and I feel pretty bad because I haven't had much communication with them.  And it's really my fault.  Our rooms are laid out so mine is set a little away from theirs but I don't make an effort to talk to them so I guess it's my fault.  But what can you do?  Hopefully I can get a more outgoing suite next year- or I'll be the RA so I'll automatically get to talk with people.  Can't wait!

But to be honest, the RA thing scares me a bit.  I'm pretty outgoing, and I'm okay with the hours that I'll have to work but I worry that people won't respect me.  That's what happened during marching band when I became section leader.... no one listened to me... :(  But as an RA it should be different.  I get to be able to open the MASTER KEY which is awesome.

But I'll get back to this later.  I want to workout, pottery, and do my math homework tonight.

On another note: have you all heard of the stuff that happened in Egypt?  It's starting in Libya now too!  I'll bet that soon the entire Middle East will start having these uproars to get normal human rights.  Well I hope so, especially Tunisia.  They don't even have normal internet privilages.  My friend and I had to do a report on Tunisia for our high school government class and we couldn't find any information on anything other than good tourist areas.  It's like the rest of the country doesn't even exist.  And there wasn't anything on the government besides that the country was founded in such and such a year the government is still active and amazing.  (According to what we found anyway...)  I don't know much about the revolution things happening in Libya but I did see a newscast today about it with the title: "Rising Protests in Libya = Oil Prices $$"  Is that really what America cares about?  That the uprisings will result in higher gas prices?  Forget the fact that people will probably get shot, arrested, and die the gas prices will go up again D:!  o.O really?

**sigh*

Oh well, wish me luck on the workout routine!  The hardest part will be walking there through the cold and snow that randomly appeared during the night... ugh.

Later!

Hello again!

Second post, and today was pretty successful... in weird ways.  First of all I finally cleaned my dorm room. Which is a really good thing because otherwise I have no room.  I also got to Walmart (at last) and got the peanut butter, nutella, and cereal I need to supplement my food.

You see, my university meal plan works on a point system- which is basically a real world dollar system.  You can buy food (pre-processed) with each item costing some amount.  They sell cereal in the individual boxes for about 3 dollars and you still have to buy the milk.  So I go to walmart to get cheap generic cereal and milk.  It's kinda annoying because my brother (who goes to a different college) has a meal plan where he has 3 meals a day.  Each cafeteria has a swiping area and every time you enter it's one meal.  The worst part?  My brother's ends up being cheaper overall even though I'm on the cheapest plan.  But I guess it's just something I have to get used to.  I know in the "real world" you have to pay for everything you eat- but you can also have a fridge where you can store more than one meal at a time.  Not to mention you can actually have fresh fruit and vegetables.  There aren't any on campus except the occasional $1 banana.  I'm not even sure if the meal plan situation is the same in other colleges or not.  It's very hard for me because I'm out-of-state and I don't have a car to get off campus.

But thankfully the campus is pretty big so I can get some exercise by walking.  I need to start running, but I just hate it so much...  I didn't even really work out today.  I did a couple crunches and the shakeweight (yes that actually works.  Don't believe it? Grab one and do the included workout.  Or just shake it for 6 minutes straight.) but I had a big brunch today and I think I didn't burn enough.

Oh well, at least I got the video done and I'm getting a good start on my homework.  Plus Monday means only 2 classes.  So I get to relax a bit, maybe straighten my desk... and look for "Shadows of Destiny" on PSP.  I saw it at gamestop and really want to get it.  Hopefully I can find it for cheaper online.

Well, that's about all I got.  Hopefully I can actually rant about something later- that is what these blogs are usually for right? :P

Later!

Start.

Hey peeps!

Just thought I'd start up this blog to keep me honest.  I figure that if I actually share my ideas and opinions with people I might have more of a reason to understand what I'm talking about.  Plus this way my ideas can get out there so more informed people can correct me and less informed people can learn something.

I'm also starting to redo my life right now- so I'm hoping that I can post about what's happening in my life as well as my resolutions.  Because, if I have people who are following me I will actually have to DO something so I don't let them down.

Enough introduction! Time to actually do!
New Year's Resolutions.  Yep it's February... but I haven't had a blog before now so it's a good time to start.  My resolution is the typical female one: to lose weight.  But I refuse to simply leave it as simple as that.  (Did I use a 'simple' derivative twice?? Yep :P )  So I have set real goals.  And they are:

• Fit into a bikini by July
• Weigh somewhere around 150 (this means lose around 50 pounds)
• Become a size 8 in pants
• Start an exercise routine and make it routine
• Start a blog and post in it
• Write in my diary at least once a week (preferably every day but stuff happens)

So I'm going to start with a recording of my workout routines and weight gain/loss.  But since I'm in college and I don't have a scale that might be hard... so I'll probably just go with 'I feel like I ate too much' or 'My jeans feel looser today!'  If any of you who read this want to follow my plans go right ahead!  Just remember that pain is a bad thing.  And if something starts hurting for more than a day go see someone- I don't want anyone to get hurt.

Tomorrow I plan on working out a bit at the college gym.  (It's free = WIN)  If it's closed then I'll try to go for a run... except I hate running.  With a passion.  So I really REALLY don't want to... But hey you do what you have to do.

Wish me luck guys!  And thanks for stopping by- it's nice to know that you're mildly interesting. ;)

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