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Mir geht's nicht so gut

Tuesday night I went to the international bar. Had a single beer. Started to feel tired, decided to go home at 11. Got home. Went to bed. Stomach starts hurting. Naseua. Got a pan and put it next to my bed just in case. Body gets called, suddenly I can't stop shivering. 104 degree fever. Puking. Feeling a little better. Going to sleep. Waking up an hour later, puking some more. Puking some more. Puking some more. Wandering around in a half dream for 2 hours, puking some more. Repeat. 9am, stomach still hurts, but I manage to fall asleep. 4pm Wednesday: Wake up, after missing all my classes. Still feel like crap. Walk to the grocery store and buy some coke. (Matt told me once that it settles your stomach. And some baguette. Takes me one hour to walk to the store and back. Usually the whole trip (walking, shopping, paying, returning) takes 15-20 minutes. But my body feels heavy and sleepy and I can move but slowly.

Eat about an inch of baguette, drink lots of coke, stomach hurts a little, feels full. Odd, because I threw up everything I ate on Tuesday, and I didn't eat anything Wednesday. On my to/from the grocery store I felt like Alfred Packer. Back to sleep at 6pm, wake up at 8am this morning (Thursday) feeling refreshed. I guess after sleeping something like 40 out of 48 hours, you're bound to feel refreshed, though.

I haven't been this sick since I was like...ever? Maybe I was too young to remember? I remember as a child getting sick and throwing up now and then, but usually it was just once and there was never any actual sickness with it. I think I got food poisoning from the new variety of veggie burgers I ate. Still not entirely sure how a veggie burger can be poisoned...Anyway I threw the rest of them out, along with my bread, salsa, soy milk, etc etc. Not really sure what was infected, but I'd rather not eat it again :).

Today is Reformation Day in Germany, so yet another national holiday. Good thing I got my visa already :). Now I can go run amok in Germany for a while. Speaking of running amok, Canada has issued a warning that its citizens should not visit the United States. Anyway if I ever do move back to that part of the world, I'm heading to Canada...

And could I say a word, if I may, about Big Scary Terrorism? Why is the US trying to stop terrorism using law enforcement? That just reaffirms its role as a police-state. It should be adopting new policies that get rid of people's reasons for blowing shit up in the US. There are, you know, reasons that people suicide bomb other people. Craziness is one, sure, but craziness is never so organized. It's people being pissed off that takes organization. Sigh.