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It's my third day of staying home...I woke up Wednesday with a gross sinus/nose/throat thing AND this horrible pain around my eye. Turns out I have this gross stye thing going on, which is both painful and gross to look at, not to mention that I can't wear my contacts or glasses, so I can't read for class, and I'm not going to work like this, not to mention that it's probably contagious. Basically I'm stuck at home with nothing to do except watch blurry tv, flip through blurry magazines, write typo-filled emails (I'm squinting at my computer...probably not good) and bothering my friends with real jobs.

BUT, I am feeling much better today. And I did clean the entire kitchen yesterday, so I'm not as restless today. The good news is that we're off on Monday for MLK Day, so I can catch up on things and finish getting healed.

Mostly, I just feel disgusting. And I'm pretty sure I look like this:



So, we haven't bought tickets to go to shreve for Homecoming, like we had planned. Tickets were just more expensive than we'd thought, and even though we would love to go, I don't think we will. Unless something miraculous happens. On the plus side, Seth can save his vacation days for when people come visit this spring. I still might go somewhere for a few days over spring break, though.

Speaking of money, I'm realizing that being broke has become like second nature to me. I recently got my student loans/stipend for the quarter, and I have a bit left over after tuition and books, even after I caught up all the (immediate) bills, and I have no idea what to do with it. My urge is to spend it on something (plane tickets, new furniture, small things we need), but shouldn't I be saving? It's not much, but should I putting extra money away when I can, or using it to pay off my debts as fast as possible?