Fall Break is Coming!

Welp, I’ve been locked away in my room, laying in bed for the past two days.  That’s right, I’m sick.  I wasn’t feeling well last Friday or Saturday but by Sunday I felt like I was back to normal.  I went to a wine festival and then on Monday I wasn’t feeling too good again. When I woke up on Tuesday I felt like I had been hit by a train.  My lymph nodes were super swollen so I decided to go to the health center on campus.  The doctor wasn’t 100% sure what I have but she said said it’s most likely tonsillitis.  So I got a whole bunch of medications prescribed and was sent off to the pharmacy at the mall.  That was a whole nother adventure.  The doctor sent me to the cheapest pharmacy in the mall, which turned out to only have one of the exact medications that doctor prescribed.  The pharmacist tried to give me two medications that were similar to the prescribed medication, and one that was apparently the same medication but a different brand.  And of those three, two became over-the-counter drugs.  I don’t know about you, but that did not sit well with me.  I tried asking him to call my doctor and double check that it was okay, but he refused to do it.  After a little back and forth bantering, I finally had to explain to him why I was so hesitant to take the other medications.  He then agreed to call the doctor but of course, by then the doctor’s office had closed and everyone had gone home for the night.  The pharmacist suggested that I go to a different pharmacy and see if they had exactly what I needed, since I wasn’t content with what he was offering me.  By this point I was really frustrated, I felt like shit and I just wanted to go home.  Luckily, the next pharmacy I went to had the right medications and I was out of the door and on my way home within fifteen minutes.  I was hoping that by this morning I would be feeling better but I woke up with a fever higher than the one I had yesterday.  I took my meds and have been feeling better since, so hopefully when I wake up tomorrow I’ll be on the mend!  I really need my body to cooperate with me… especially since my fall break begins tomorrow!

Technically break doesn’t start until this weekend but since I have no classes on Fridays and my afternoon class got cancelled for tomorrow, I will officially be on fall break as of 1pm!  I’m going on a road trip with a few of my friends and we are going to do some awesome stuff!  Then a big group of us are going to a beach house for a couple of days and then we’ll be doing some smaller trips after that.  I don’t want to spoil anything but I can’t wait to show you all what I’ll have done!!!

In the past few weeks I went on a weekend trip to Gansbaai (Hans-by) with my photography class, went on a photography practical in Muizenberg with my photography class, did some more wine tasting, made tons of cool crafts with my class and started cooking a lot of delicious meals for myself and for others!  I’ve been trying to improve my cooking over the past couple years and this chapter in my life has given me the perfect opportunity to do so.  I’m absolutely loving it!

During our Gansbaai trip, we got to stay in little cabins by the beach with our friends.  The stars were so clear the first night… I wish I hadn’t been so lazy and had gotten my camera out!  We also got to party with our teacher and the international students coordinator which was pretty cool if I say so.  Some of my friends also went shark cage diving but I did not.  We went to a bunch of different locations by the water in Gansbaai to take some cool photos.

Here are some of my favorite pictures… most of them are from the photography practical and the Gansbaai trip!

I can’t wait to check in with you all in another week and a half! Stay happy and healthy until then!

xo

Kim