i've come to the conclusion that pretty much anyone who begins to experience certain ongoing symptoms becomes a bit of a hypochondriac. i'm not talking about your average cold or flu symptoms; i mean things like heart palpitations, or dizziness after eating, and other weird things. plus, with the internet, it's easy to search your symptoms and find out that the cause could be something completely benign, or something life-threatening. easily available information is convenient, but frightening. at any rate. maybe it's just me. in other news, the drama here is relentless. christmas was great, but now that it's over, i'm starting to remember why i was dying to move out (and far away, too). eighteen more days before my break ends. i'm excited to go back to school, but nervous for the new semester what with the new meds. bad time to mess with my brain. random side note - i have a summer job!! i'll be working at boy scout camp for eight and a half weeks. that'll probably stall my gaming a little :P i don't know the exact position yet, but i'll probably be a director of sorts, which would be nice because it'd pay fairly well. but i'm really excited; i volunteered there last summer and had a blast and there's really nothing better than having a job that you enjoy ^^ actually there might be something better...like having an AWESOME BOYFRIEND. which i do. man, life is just good right now! haha. except for the whole family thing...which is a very long (and probably dull) story. good news about family is that my brother is starting to get more comfortable with my sister having a girlfriend. tom (my boyfriend) and my sister & her girlfriend double dated a few days ago XDDD it was fun ^^