Well I am thinking that I am allergic to a medication that I have been taking. I think it is Bactrim, and from over the phone, the on-call pulmonologist seemed to think so too. I was prescribed Bactrim by my pulmonologist as a preventative antibiotic because I have been on Prednisone since this summer, which weakens the immune system. I woke up today and yesterday with a facial rash. This happened a couple of weeks ago too. It's itchy, red, dry, kind of spotty. It's not horribly noticable by casual veiwer but it is annoying to me. Like I said, it is a bit itchy. And it is strange, my face/skin is usually very clear. The rash is like around my mouth, on the bottoms of my cheeks, over the tops of my eye, around my nose. I was told to take Benadryl as needed and stop the Bactrim. So I took a Benadryl earlier today and passed out HARD. I have been pretty tired recently. I accidentally slept in today and missed a test. It looks like I am going to be able to make it up. I am grateful for that.I spent a good bit of time tonight working with the adaptor cord to my laptop. It seems that every time I go home to St. Augustine, I come back to Tallahassee with more chewed up spots in the adaptor. Pooka is culprit, I imagine. Maybe she is acting out because I keep leaving her. Anyway, my dad has helped me by using electrical tape to tape up the spots up until now. But I noticed the other night my computer wasn't charging and found what looks like a newly chewed up spot. So I taped it up myself. Not with electrical tape. It is like solid white tape. Not masking tape. I think I bought it by accident when I meant to buy normal tape, around X-mas time. Anyway, though it is sensitive to movement, the cord seems to be working more consistently now. What would I do if I could not use my laptop! It is such a big part of my life these days. Funny. But it is a gateway to all kinds of resources. Quite amazing really. You can start learning about whatever you want...almost instantly, for free (relatively speaking).
Right now I'm learning to play songs on the ukelele. It was gifted to me this past Christmas. I love it! I am learning "Dream a Little Dream," "Ain't Misbehavin," and "Tonight You Belong to Me." The chord positions, lyrics, and videos/recordings of these songs can all be found on the internet. I even tune the uke using an online ukelele tuner. This is just one reason why I LOVE the internet.
All right I'm tired and I have an early class tomorrow, so I'm outta here. Bye for now.
