The first day of 2012 and what an intersting year 2011 was. To start off on some of the things that happened. I got put on academic probation in graduate school. Then I got fired from my research position. After I got fired from the research position I took a month to think about what I was going to do and I decided that I would finish the Masters degree and instead of getting a Masters of Science I would switch to a Masters of Engineering. In doing so I had a guaranteed completion date but I would no longer have a job. I took out loans to finish my last year of schooling so that I would complete. Then with some of the money I bought a new bicycle, a bicycle that I had sort of been wishing I could have since I ride so much. Then I rode that bicycle over a thousand miles in the fall semester while I still got a 4.0. So the last semester was relatively successful.
I can not leave without talking about how my illnesses I got in November and December. In November I got a rather nasty cold and so that slowed me down for a couple of days. I bounced back fairly quickly though. Then in December on the first Saturday I was feeling a little off from my usual self. After I got back from my bicycle ride I was getting the chills and I was really confused for such a minor cough. I though I was getting another cold but two colds in such short succession is extremely unusual. So each day I wasn’t feeling up to going on a bicycle ride and was just getting wore down and then my tonsils got really sore and my lymph nodes became really swollen. Finally after eight days I went to the instacare because I could barely drink any water and eating just wasn’t going to happen. I had already started Amoxicillin for strep throat but that came back negative. I found out that I had mono and so I took a drug called prednisone for a week which shrunk my tonsils down and made them not so sore. I took the drug for eight days. I was feeling better though after seven days and so I started to ride again. After I was done with the prescription I got the really bad stomach bug that had been going around and that knocked me out for a day. I mean walking was exhausting the day after the night that I puked my guts out. I got sick with the stomach bug on a Wednesday evening and it hit fast.
So there you have it a quick sumary of Brian’s year of 2011. 2012 promises to be even more exciting with everything. I’ll be graduating, finding a full time job, moving, and who knows what else.