listening to: depeche mode - violator

craving: soup and saltines

last night: well, i called around yesterday and found out that my nyu health insurance is still good until august 20th, which is like sunday or something. woo. so no emergency room for me. i left work early and went over to the health center, where they diagnosed me with some unidentified ‘bacterial tonsilitis’. apparently it has all the symptoms of strep, and it’s related to strep, but it’s not strep. whatever - they gave me penicillin and a gatorade [i was dehydrated, apparently] and told me to get some rest and that if i take the penicillin i should be better in a couple of days. hurrah.

estimated hours of sleep: nineish

so far today: i decided not to go to work today, because i’m still contagious and i feel like hell. i figure i’ll stay in bed and let the antibiotics do their thing for a day, then go back to work tomorrow. i probably won’t get paid for today, but that’s okay. i figure it’ll be worse if i go in and don’t get better for a week or something.

current plans for later today: i don’t have any soup, but at least i can sleep. and i intend to sleep all day.

what else: i’m arranging to get health insurance through my company for when my nyu insurance runs out. it’s going to cost a bundle, but it’ll cost a lot more if i get sick or something and i have to pay for it myself.