Sad news..

One of my penpals in Israel was drafted into the army reserves and he'll be gone for some weeks. This means I will be sick with worry until I hear from him again. :(

Speaking of being sick, I am. I mean, aside from the obvious. I blacked-out twice today: once in the shower (I hit my head on something, too.. I guess it was one of the fixtures), and once while I was working in the garden. I'm supposing that heat had to do with both times but, still, it shouldn't be happening at all. Peachy.

That aside, Back to Basics is tomorrow morning. It's a rugby clinic that [women's] Seattle Rugby Football Club does almost every year to help get back in the swing of things. The thing is, I won't be playing for SRFC this next year--I'll be in school and playing for UMass. However, my sister (who also plays for SRFC, and doesn't know I'm ill) is insisting that I go and there's no making excuses with her. She'll guilt me out until I finally agree to make an appearance. I figure it's only two hours long and we'll only be scrimmaging for about thirty minutes of that, so I shouldn't get too beat up.

But if I don't show up after I get back (around 1:00pm my time), it's probably because I was concussed into a coma, so don't wait up. :P

Then, on Sunday, my parents are throwing me and Amber (a friend) a big farewell party because we're both leaving the state at the end of this month (she's going to Arizona State U). It's very thoughtful and all, but I don't want to have to stand around for hours while friends of the family parade by to wish me luck. Also, I can imagine that the proverbial "cat" will come out of the proverbial "bag" during this because I probably won't eat anything, be vomiting frequently, and/or faint.

It's either I tell everyone or they'll think I'm pregnant by immaculate conception or something. How fun.

Okayokay, new subject:

I got in touch with my roommate-to-be. Generally, she seems pretty cool, considerate, clean.. However, from what I have gathered, I think she's devoutly Christian. I hope that this doesn't cause any problems. If it does, they certainly won't be from my side--my mantra is "you keep your religion in your way and I'll keep it in mine." But I will want to put a mezuzah on the door and will probably have all sorts of Jewish paraphernalia on my side of the room. It would really suck if that bothered her.

I'm sleepy, so I'm done for now. Maybe I'll phone post on the way to practice tomorrow.