I’m still exhausted from the flight, but the trip was excellent, and I think the presentation went really well!
Amsterdam is definitely a very cool and unique city! I’m extremely glad we were able to find Jess a last minute flight, and that the hotel didn’t mind her staying in my room (which was booked [...]
In less than an hour I’ll be leaving for the airport and will eventually be making my way to Amsterdam, after a half day in Switzerland. I’m hugely excited about the trip — it’s my first time presenting a paper at a conference, and I think it’s really cool that my Master’s research is [...]
February 5, 2009 – 8:49 pm
So it’s official: I don’t have anything nasty… that they tested me for. I’ve just been sick a lot, and I only fainted that one time. .
They x-ray’ed me twice, did three malaria screens on different samples of my blood, ultrasounded my liver, spleen, and for some reason the underside of my freakin’ [...]
February 2, 2009 – 7:50 pm
They released me from the hospital after nearly killing me with a “chicken” “sandwich” on “whole wheat” “bread”. They told me nothing was wrong with me and my first Malaria screen came back negative (yayy!). I also don’t have tuberculosis (YAYY!). Tomorrow there’s another round of tests though so we’ll see.
As for the [...]
February 2, 2009 – 11:41 am
Posting from my phone. Jess and I have been feeling on and off crappy since getting back from the DR in Dec. Finally decided to go to the Doctor this morn. They sent me to a lab for bloodwork and I fainted while standing in line. Rode in ambulance. [...]
November 22, 2008 – 9:25 am
It’s been a long time since my last update, 5 months to the day in fact, and a crazy 5 months at that. Since June I have finished writing, and successfully defended my Master’s thesis, moved to another province (this is now the 5th province I’ve lived in), and started a new job.
The first [...]