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Last night around nine p.m. my left eye started itching, burning, and was red. Now, I was not worried at this point, my eyes are crazy, so I took some Visine for red eyes and went about my work. The pain was so unbearable, i was moody, couldn't help from rubbing my eyes. Then, my left eye swells. Still not too worried, has happened a couple times a few years ago, so I take some Claritin-D, since it is probably an allergic reaction. I also put a cold compress on to help ease the pain. Once waking up this morning, I was in more pain then ever. I then went to the Web site that makes a sick person more paranoid then ever- WEB MD. Honestly, you can type in that you have a headache, and your problem could be a tumor. After checking WEB MD, thinking I am losing my eye and my vision I called my dad, who works in a hospital, and said he would take me to the hospital. After spending the day in the hospital, I have a form of conjunctivitis (pink eye) and some sort of stye on my eyelid, hence the swelling. I take these really gross blue pills FOUR TIMES A DAY on an empty stomach, which is crazy, since I am eating constantly, and drops three times a day, which means no contacts for a week, but I have been wearing my glasses a lot, so I don't mind that much.In total, I am thankful that some places are open on Sunday for things like this, but it couldn't come at a worse time. The semester is coming to an end, I have finals, a takeout story, papers, etc, and with my eye like this, all I want to do is keep it closed, and the only thing I can think of to do with my eye closed is sleep. So I am not accomplishing much right now, and I hope I feel better soon.
On Monday in the ballroom, organizations selling class rings, graduation invitations, caps and gowns, and many other things, were there. Being a first semester junior, (I graduate in December 2009) I received a post-card from the ring company, Balfour, about the event, so I attended on a whim, just dropping by after my online journalism class.With no plan in mind, I just strolled around the room when suddenly my gaze was directed toward the lovely class ring table. One side for women, the other for men. Being the average woman, immediately my eyes dart to the shiny objects, as I squeal in delight.I have bought a class ring before, while in high school, but I wanted the"official" Point Park ring. It was so pretty! You could choose yellow or white gold or Celestrium, a non-precious metal. You can choose your stone, engravings, side panels, along with other features. I got yellow gold with asn emerald stone with the Point Park "P" imprinted in gold on the stone. On the sides, I got the Point Park Crest, BA, a journalism symbol and 2009, with my name engraved on the inside. It was so pretty!Currently, it's on sale, which is good, since it was originally $565, but for me, $429. :) Which is still not cheap, but it's about $150 cheaper, which is good enough for me; I can't pass up a sale!I wear my high school ring almost every day, so I know I will get use of this ring. You can make payments if you cannot afford it all right now and it is really something nice to have, I would say.
Last week, Downtown's first "grocery store" opened on 7th Street. Rosebud, a little hidden treasure, has the essentials for life, but not much more. If you weren't looking for it, you wouldn't see it. It is very small, offers five different kinds of cereal, three sauces, and a small frozen food section, along with a little deli, fresh foods, etc. A few shelves were empty, probably because they just opened, but I was not impressed. It is a much longer walk than CVS, with half the variety. A pro though, would be that it is less expensive. Also, with the long walk, and heavy groceries, it is not something I would do without taking my boyfriend to carry them. Here's an article on the new store.
Ever since I have lived on campus, I've had issues with the mailroom: not putting mail in my box that is time sensitive, putting the wrong mail in the wrong mail boxes, and their hours being unrealistic. Now, my biggest fear due to mail has occurred.... lost mail.
I always thought, "hey, the mailroom messes up sometimes, but I will always get my mail, I can trust them with that..." Well, I was wrong. I saw my grandma yesterday for easter, and she asked why she did not receive a thank you note. (yeah, I'm a little old fashioned, I send thank you notes when I receive a gift.) And I told her I didn't know what she was talking about. She said she sent me a package for Valentine's Day (aww, how sweet!) but I never received said package.
With this being said, I am not SURE it was the mailroom, because the postal service can't really be trusted either, especially around holidays, but I predict the mail room had something to do with it. If my package pick up form went in someone else's box, I know there are people that would not hesitate to take my package and eat my candy. Furthermore, mail is delivered less often to the suites than those boxes in the mail room. (People may say this is not true, but my roommate has gone numerous times to pick up her Netflix in the mail room because they did not deliver it for days.)
I recently placed an online order to be sent to me, and I am a little concerned if it will actually make it. I am constantly tracking it, seeing where it is every second of the day. Luckily, it does not say delivered yet, because once it does, I will be the first to check out the mailroom.
This past Thursday was the annual internship fair for J/MC majors. I had never been there, but attended this year. I must say, I was not all that impressed.
There was probably about 20 maximum organizations there, which I gave my resume to, but no one was really interested in my portfolio. A few glanced at it, but they asked if my published pieces were online to view. It's great that they still may have been interested, but it seemed that no one was interested enough in spending time to get to know anyone, or really interested in anyone's work; they just spoke to you out of kindness.
I would think if these organizations were really looking for an intern, they would spend more time looking at student's published pieces and get to know the student him/herself. After getting dressed in professional clothes and getting ready to make a good impression, all it got me was a wasted day of talking to people who seemed as if they couldn't care less.
After I had my schedule approved by my adviser yesterday, I was told to register online this morning at 8:30 a.m. Well, I tried, but it was not very successful.
The first class I tried for only had two spots left, in a class of 15. Once I clicked it, it said I did not have a prerequisite that I needed to take the class. In the coursebook, it doesn't list any prerequisite, and my adviser didn't say anything about it yesterday. Once trying again, the class was full, which kind of wrecks my whole schedule. Then, for other classes, they required adviser approval, and contained other error comments. With frustration, I went to the registrar's office, where they proceeded to not knowing how to fix my problems. After an upset discussion, the only problem I had left was not being able to get into my class that was full.
After a day full of calls and e-mails, my schedule is finally the way I want it.
Nevertheless, the online registration is a good idea on paper, but essentially useless. I still had to go the registrar, and my problems aren't solved yet. I think it has a lot of flukes to work out and we will still just register in person, the way we do now.
Doing your laundry at Point Park can be quite a task.
When in Lawrence, I would do my laundry late at night/earlier in the morning because it was not crowded. Even having about 8 dryers and washers, it would get pretty crazy. People throwing clothes out of the dryer the second their time was up, throwing wet clothes from the washer just so they could have their turn. People are so self-centered!
When I moved into the suites, I was happy that I didn't need to have all the drama as sharing a laundry room with an entire hall, but only my floor of about 16 people. Unfortunately, my laundry drama did not disappear.
Campus Life provided the floor with a laundry bin, for if someone forgot their laundry, or wanted to take out someone's laundry immediately when it was done so that person could begin their laundry. Well, ours went missing. So clothes are left in the washer or dryer, or put on top of them.
To make it worse, people feel the need to dry their clothes more than one cycle, which is 60 minutes. Why would you need to dry something for more than 60 minutes? I did my laundry this passed Monday. Someone had clothes in the dryer, but it only had eight minutes left. Since the washer takes 26 minutes, I knew I could dry my clothes since the other person's clothes were to be out in eight minutes.
After 23 minutes passed (I don't like when people are late for their laundry, so I try not to be) I go to the room and there is 75 minutes left on the dryer! Someone pushed the dryer button again after their clothes were already in their for an hour!
Needless to say, my room was, and still is, covered in clothes, hanging from every possible hook, door handle, and shower curtain.
