Finally...

This winter has been a plague on my system. The constant cold and wet has combined with the normal symptoms of my disease to wreak complete havoc and leave me sick and in pain most of the time. On top of that, a strange work schedule and a new daunting semester has combined in making what is already hard, harder. It can be daunting to try to do everything as well as maintain some sanity and the impact of the winter ended up in me having to take more medication (upped dosage of my anti-inflamatory, steroids, and my regular regiment which includes a weekly shot) and working less...doing less. Even with doing that, I feel sick a lot, I hurt a lot and it can get the best of you...leaving you listless and depressed which right now, I am.

On top of that, I have one teacher this semester who is giving me a hard time about missing class, which I honestly cannot help. I have done everything I can...brought doctors excuses, done extra labs, went and extensively explained my situation, and she still wants to give me a hard time so I went to the learning support department and received word today that my letters of accommodation have come in and I can give them to her, basically officially explaining from the school that I have a disease and that I cannot help it.

To me, this is a big deal, because now I do not have to worry if I cannot make it.