Like I said, I'm surprised at how "ok" I feel despite everything. I'm still happy and I don't want to give you the impression that I'm complaining or even feeling sorry for myself... Ok I'm lying, I feel a LITTLE sorry for myself but I'm just doing my best to roll with the punches. Anyways this all would have been fine and dandy but it really got pretty poopy when I woke up this morning. Caution, this entry is kinda graphic/gross. You've been warned.
First I must preface with the dream that woke me up. It involved a Real Housewife from NYC and I was tearing her a new one on how horrible she was as a mother, a model, and then I had the audacity to throw out, "and yes you're the least favorite Housewife." In the dream I got pretty worked up, so frustrated that I started crying. Well have you had those kind of dreams where you then wake up (in real life) and your face is wet with tears? Well I woke up this morning and I felt as though I had cried my eyes shut. I tried to open them but couldn't. After lying in bed for a few minutes (noticing that I could hear rain softly falling outside), I could finally open my right eye but my left one was still completely sealed... like a newborn puppy or kitten. So I got up and dragged my feet to the bathroom to look. Yes it looked as though I had indeed cried my left eye shut.
While I'm showering it slowly begins to open so I'm excited. I'm also spitting up less phlegm and mucus than I had the day before. But I spoke to my parents last night and was resolved to go see a doctor just to be safe. Stepping out, I realize, crap, my cold has turned into a sinus infection. I quickly self-diagnose myself and decide- yes, it's a sinus infection. Thanks Web MD!
So I walk to school in the rain (bought myself an umbrella from 7-11) in my slick wellies from J. Crew. I didn't think I would get to put them to use so quickly. 
When I get to school I talk to the director and she thinks it's a good idea to go see an E.N.T. specialist (Ears, Nose, Throat). After trying all day, I finally get my appointment at 5:30. However during the course of the day, I had another teacher come up to me and various students asking me what was wrong with my left eye. I said, "Oh I just think it's a sinus infection." Until one of my students said, "No teacher, it looks like little red worms." What?????? I run into the bathroom and take a "peek" and yep, it's the blossoming of pink eye. Now I had pink eye in South Korea before. It lasted about a day but was only in one eye. However this case seems to be much more aggressive.
When I get to school I talk to the director and she thinks it's a good idea to go see an E.N.T. specialist (Ears, Nose, Throat). After trying all day, I finally get my appointment at 5:30. However during the course of the day, I had another teacher come up to me and various students asking me what was wrong with my left eye. I said, "Oh I just think it's a sinus infection." Until one of my students said, "No teacher, it looks like little red worms." What?????? I run into the bathroom and take a "peek" and yep, it's the blossoming of pink eye. Now I had pink eye in South Korea before. It lasted about a day but was only in one eye. However this case seems to be much more aggressive. 
Surprisingly my left eye is just slightly irritated... It spread over to my right eye by early evening, around 4:30. Now it's oozing with this thick discharge and filming over so much so that as I'm typing, I'm keeping it closed so that I can see clearly. It also feels incredibly dry and itchy. I put eye drops in my eyes this morning but I fear that it didn't help. So I'm doing my best to just leave be, but I really hope this clears up. While typing just now, I inadvertently closed both of my eyes and found myself doing the Stevie Wonder head bob. Ok, it MUST be the drugs that Korean doctor gave me.....
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