Christmas bells are ringing! Christmas bells are ringing! Somewhere else. Not here.

Oh, Tiff, I think the Holidays are a HIGHLY STRESSING time for a lot of us.

I'm sorry that you're so down--maybe just keep in mind, that in a week comes New Year's Eve, and then it'll all be over for a while?

Until then, maybe just focus on some good books or movie or TV for a while...


I Do Understand Tiff,


M.E.

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^^ that is currently my away message for the many reasons i won't post here for the sake of saving bandwidth.

BEKA, let's hear it. This won't take up any more bandwidth than those insipid Wicked threads, and I'm in a foul mood. Misery loves company. And I've been drinking a bit. Vodka ain't my friend. (PS. I'm not drunk -- Just a bit dizzy.)

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I'd invite you over to my house, but we're eating Chinese food too.

But hey, your Winter Solstice celebration was good on the 22nd, wasn't it?

(Can't wait for Chinese New Year either. I'm never getting married!)

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fine, i'll keep it simple.


- i've been sick on and off for the past 2 months, and i'm just so tired of feeling like crap.
- i still have MASSIVE amounts of make up work
- i am currently failing EVERY class, and i usually get straight a's
- it's vacation, but i get no break because i have to catch up
- all my friends are away, so i'm stuck by myself
- my parents won't stop b*tching about how i'm screwing up my college chances cause i'm failing. NO ONE understands that i don't CHOOSE to get sick! my teachers, my parents, GET THE F*CK OFF MY BACK!
- i'm going on a "family vacation" tomorrow, and i don't know how i'm supposed to deal with them and no one else for 3 days.
- i've really gotten no presents at all cause i got wicked tickets, and thats it. i just feel like the holidays have been totally wasted on me. i bought 2 CDs, the rent bible (FINALLY... looong story why i didnt have it yet), and my digital camera for myself, since no one else was getting anything for me. so much for the spirit of giving!

the ONE light at the end of the tunnel... this time next week i'll finally be seeing wicked after counting down for 98 days.

kill bill. or scream trilogy if you're up for a long one.


ooh, i know what *i* could watch to cheer myself up ... after i pack.

Updated On: 12/25/04 at 06:46 PM

Wow Becca, I can sympathize and empathize. Is this the sickness you were telling us about before? Are you feeling better? How many years of high school do you have? Is there still time to make up for it! If you're taking arts or social sciences, let me know and I can help you out. And hey, Wicked tickets aren't so bad for XMas! My parents didn't get me anything. Period.

I bought myself my own presents too - Sex and the City, seasons 2, 3 and 4. SH*Tty thing is seasons 2 and 4 have been in the mail for a suspiciously long time and I'm getting really worried. *cries*

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yeah, the mycoplasma, which is basically walking pneumonia, but i had a fever for 10 days that spiked to 105.6 so it was determined that i had a virus on top of it. it was like a one-two punch, and i was just dead for 2 weeks.

which made me miss 2 weeks of school, which for some reason happened to be the 2 busiest weeks yet this year. it took me a month to make up the tests/quizzes in my off and lunch periods (i only have 1 off period every 6 days). then i had 1.5 weeks till the end of the quarter, so i had so little time to catch up.

then i got a stomach virus thingie that was going around, and missed 3 days.

then i got sick cause of all the stress of catching up and failing everything, and missed 5 days. and now i'm just beyond stressed, tired, and ready for a break, which i won't be getting any time soon.

this is my sophomore year, which is why i'm so worried that next year is only gonna be worse. i'm taking: 10th math, 10th english, ap euro history, chem, honors french, zoology, painting, and ceramics. and the chem and math are killing me, cause i missed so much and have the regents soon. teaching it to myself DOES NOT WORK.


so, theres my novel...

Sorry hun you didn't kill this thread. I was just responding to the Wagon one and another one on the main board, and on AIM.

Anyway, for a while I was thinking I had Seasonal Affective Disorder. But I don't think that's it. I'm just a cranky person all around, but I'm happy come late Jan/early Feb (Chinese New Year)!

Tough to advise you on what to do now - if your colleges accept personal statements or discretionary categories, you can always point out your illness and supply medical notes. If it makes you feel any better, I think your gr 11 and 12 years are much more important any indicative of your success in college. You may improve exponentially then! I'd be happy to help in English and European History...less happy to help in French because I'm rusty, but that too!

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Just think it'll only go on for another 2.5 years and then you can either go to college and take your time and study what you like, or you can get a job and get out into the real world. In the end, 2.5 years isn't too much of a sacrifice if it sets the foundation for the rest of your life! (Sounds like a cliche but it's true.)

Plus it's Christmas. Time to be merry. Little bastard cousin who called me fat is coming over for dinner.

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Well, you can act quietly mature and call him a flea-bitten loser.

*does the "my family lives in Israel" dance*

Be strong, Tiff. Threaten them with showtunes if necessary.