I came back from Cedar with a bad cough–a really bad cough, the kind that comes with phlegm and feeling awful and shortness of breath. I’d had it for a week when I came home. On Thursday, when I’d had it for two weeks and it wasn’t getting any better, I went to the doctor. After listening to my breathing and what I said about my symptoms, the doctor told me, “You have pneumonia.” He said it like I’d just won a prize or something. I guess that’s better than giving it to me like it was terrible news…

Anyways, the doctor gave me medicine and an inhaler and had me have a chest x-ray. I came home and I’ve been doing what I was told ever since (except for the inhaler; I just can’t get the hang of that stupid thing…)

I think I’m getting better. Of course, that just means that I’m not coughing as much and that there’s less phlegm. But when the cough medicine wears off, I end up coughing so much I feel like I’m going to barf. The stuff also makes me drowsy, so I’ve been acting more and more catlike, sleeping for a few hours at a time all day. (That’s why I’m up at nearly 2 in the morning now; I woke up coughing and now I’m not tired again yet.)

I am tired of being sick. I hate feeling like this. I want to get better so I can get ready for student teaching. This is exceptionally irritating!