Short and Sweet

Just a heads up that I have neither throat cancer nor vocal nodes. I would also like to say that WebMD is probably the worst website in the history of the world; at least, it is for hypochondriacs like I was last week. You start looking at symptoms like ear issues and voice problems, and suddenly you're freaking out that you have throat cancer and your mom's telling you you're on crack.

I would like to point out, though, that I had a plan of action ready in case it was throat cancer. Being a grad student, it would have been no problem at all to let my profs know and do everything from home. That way I would still be a full time student, so I wouldn't have to give the loan money back, and I would have been able finish the semester. By spring semester, after an aggressive course of chemo and/or radiation, I would have been bald and weak but returning to school to finish my thesis and graduate with my class. Hard, but with the kind of family support that I have, I am probably one of the best-equipped people to get cancer ever.

I would like to reiterate, after that whole schpiel, that I do not have cancer, and am incredibly grateful for that. I would also like to apologize to all of you who, like Greg, are by this point thinking "For the love of God, Kathryn, shut up about the cancer!"

As it turns out, I have a combination of reflux and allergies that are being cared for by a little antihistamine/decongestant/acidblocker cocktail, and my vocal chords are functioning beautifully. YAY me! (And BOOOOOOOOOO particulate content of Indiana air!)

Now that's taken care of, I'm going to watch another season of Veronica Mars, since I just purchased season 1 for $20 at Wal~Mart. (See that thing in the middle? To the rest of the world that's a tilde. To Wal~Mart, it's called a "squiggly." As in "Gimme a W! Gimme an A! Gimme an L! Gimme a squiggly!*gratuitous hip shaking, much like in the chicken dance, right before the claps*" That, ladies and gentlemen, is how Wal~Mart is taking over the minds of our youth, one squiggly at a time.)

Song of the Moment: stupid "Are You Ready for Some Football?!" ~ Hank Williams, Jr.