I have a thousand diseases, all fatal...

I have been so terribly undilligent about writing since New Years! Sorry Sorry, yes, I"m still alive... a little stressed out, but that is easing up a bit since I gave my last final exam yesterday. All I have left to do now is grade them all, and all the final papers, and get grades out. By Tuesday. No biggie.

I had planned on taking the day off today to sleep and do nothing, but instead I'm heading for the doctor. I'm not sick, but I've got myself sufficiently freaked out that I'm going to go take care of my psychosamatic worries today. The past two weeks I've been having these constant low grade nagging headaches, doubled up with bouts of dizziness. Even rolling over in bed has been giving me the spins. Normally, I would just pass this off as stress and know things will get much better as soon as I'm lying on a beach half-naked sipping a rum drink out of a coconut (12 days and counting 'till I'm off to Indonesia - NO, not the destroyed part). Or to changes in the weather, or the bad air in this city or a million other minor things... But I did hit my head pretty hard on the concrete a few weeks ago playing Ultimate (I got tackled accidentally). So in doing some research on the internet for causes of dizziness and headaches, I've managed to convince myself it's a brain tumor or an aneurism that will explode if I get on a plane, or that I've fractured my skull or that I will probably die in the next two days if I don't go to the doctor. Isn't the internet great??? Reading those medical "check your symptoms" things online is like reading your horoscope. They are so general they could apply to just about anything - thank you thank you technology for allowing us to self diagnose drastically horrible diseases that are incredibly unlikely and increasing stress levels of worryworts like me... geez. (the effect of which is probably what is causing the headaches to begin with... maybe they're in cahoots with doctors.... hmmmm...)

Anyway, I've got to clean up my house before my cleaning woman gets here (another incredibly stupid thing I do, but I find I am not alone in this), and then I've got to prepare myself for the horrible news of a sinus infection or something. LOL... More on the sinister prognosis later...