I've been under a great deal of stress lately, and my doctor thinks I might have an ulcer for it.

I have two exams due this week, and while I'm not too concerned about the Economics exam, the Chemistry exam has gotten me worried. I am doing quite a bit to make sure I can survive it, but something in the back of my mind keeps telling me it isn't enough. It's gotten pretty bad lately that my stomach has been aching pretty bad. Not quite acid-y, but definitely aching. I scheduled an appointment with Dr. DiBennedetto, and he prescriped Protonix, an ulcer medicine. I haven't been able to get it yet, as it requires pre-authorization, but I hope to have it soon.

My car has also been emitting a new sound on the right side of the car, and I think its wheel-related. I scheduled an appointment at Lockport Tire for today to find out what it might be. Here's hoping it's nothing major.

Wow, has it been busy around here. School has started in earnest, and between that and work I've barely had time to do much but the bare minimum.

So far I'm proceeding well in my classes. Economics 101 is an entry-level course and if you can imagine your typical freshman class with 200 students and a boring professor with the hour-long slide-show notes, you'd be very close to the mark. The content is interesting but the presentation leaves a lot to be desired. I think I could sleep through the class. Speaking of sleep, the class starts at 11am and with my current work schedule my current sleep budget SUCKS. Thankfully it's changing on the 27th.

As for my chemistry class, I'm understanding the concepts fairly well but I know I'm going to get hit(and hit hard) on the calculus involved. I spend a great deal of time looking at calculus guides but they are only marginally helpful. It isn't panic time right now but I'm doing what I can to re-teach myself how to do derivatives and integrations. D:

If I do get some free time after class and before work, I'll stop by to see Dave. He was almost discharged this week but again fell victim to pneumonia again. His doctor said that it wasn't just Dave getting unhealthy again but also the mismanagement by his caregivers at his nursing home. I'd like to see Dave get moved to a new nursing home but I don't know how feasible that would be. He needs to be near his main doctor but the one he's at could quite possibly make things worse.

My schedule is going to be changing again and hopefully for the good. I'll be working 3:30pm to midnight, with Tuesday/Wednesday off. This will be much better and allow me to sleep a little longer and definitely work around the cockup of Thursday mornings(I have a lab at 9:30am, after coming home from work at 2:30am!)