Tuesday, January 16, 2007

Thanks to all, and...feeling kinda yucky today

I'd like to take just a moment here to say a big THANK YOU to those of you who have been reading and commenting on my blog. I'd been wanting to start a blog for years, but never figured out what I could possibly write about that anyone else would want to read. I'm so pleased that through CR, I've discovered something I can work on and also help others with, one way or another. I may not always respond to your comments, but please know that I certainly do appreciate them!

I haven't mentioned it here on the blog, but I've been fighting off a cold the past few days. It's the kind where I'm coughing (productively), have lots of mucous, but am otherwise fairly functional. No fever or anything.

But today, the first day of classes for the semester, I started out feeling great, like I was over the worst of it, and deteriorated from then on. Now I feel pretty gross, a true feeling of malaise.

As for my food today, well I started out with my usual breakfast smoothie, but after that, I've had NO appetite all day. I forced down a Megamuffin before my third class because I know that it's hard to learn when one isn't adequately fueled.

But since then, eating sounds totally gross. I'm hoping this poor appetite is an artifact of being sick, and not of practicing CR, because the sick will go away, but if I'm feeling un-hungry because of CR and it persists, that could get sorta problematic.

In other news, I'm back to school today for my 10th and hopefully final semester (as an undergrad) at the University of Illinois at Chicago

My classes? Here they are:

  1. Race and Labor in Latin America (standard reading/lecture/writing class)
  2. Gender in Latin America (taught through film study!)
  3. Advanced Fiction Writing
  4. Latin American Music
  5. Introductory Logic

If it seems like there is a theme, there is: I am a Latin American Studies major. This is my last semester before I graduate, and I'm cramming in the last few requirements. But I absolutely love these classes so far.

5 comments:

Robin said...

Sorry to hear you're sick. I hope you get well soon.

Anonymous said...

Chris, I read about the biotin/egg white issue in Earl Mindell's 'Vitamin Bible'. You could do a search on the internet as well- to see if there is more information for you about it.

I am wombird, although I've just started a new blog just for CRON.

Take care, drink hot lemon-ginger-honey-water maybe. I always love drinking 'sicky' drinks when I have a cold.

April said...

Hi Chris,

Feel better!

This may be the last cold you get for a very long time, so enjoy it while it lasts. I didn't get sick for two years after starting CR.

Unfortunately, I got sick again after that, but only at a time of absolutely unreal stress.

love a

Robin said...

Hi Chris,

I've been meaning to ask you...
Do you mind if I link to you on my blog?

Hope you're feeling better this morning.

Robin

Calyb said...

Chris, feel better dude! You are an inspiration for me, not only from your general writings, but also for school. I am a 26 year old freshmen!