My Journal

Frenemies and Maruchan Noodles

September 27, 2019

Today I had attended the orientation for a retreat that I'll be going on in two weeks with about twenty other girls. I signed up to get out of my comfort zone, and I'm glad I did. It seems really fun. There will be cooking, journaling, fly-fishing, hiking, archery, and zip lining. I think it will be a good bonding experience.

The girls at the orientation were all very polite. Among them were my old roommate and her friends. I got along really well with everyone except one of my old roommate's friends. I wouldn't say that we didn't get along; we just had a bunch of awkward encounters. We were polite to each other, but neither of us could maintain eye contact. There's been this tension between us since last year, and I think it has something to do with the fact that her boyfriend and I were fairly close during first semester. He and I were study partners for a tough class-nothing more-and we texted often. The tension started after he and I began texting, so I suspect that she noticed and grew suspicious. This is only speculation, though, so I'm not going to mention any of this to her. I could be way off. Perhaps the tension will subside during the retreat.

September 28, 2019

I feel gross. I've been in my room all day, and I've eaten four bags of chips, three suckers, and a pack of Maruchan noodles for meals. I haven't showered, washed my face, brushed my teeth, or styled my hair. The only productive thing I've done today is washed my clothes and sheets, and while I folded and hung up my clothes, I haven't redressed my bet, so I'm laying on a bare mattress cover and uncovered pillows. I have a 3-page essay that's due Monday morning, and I haven't started. How do I get out of this funk? To start, I should wash my face, brush my teeth, and drink some water. Yeah, I'll do that.

Update: I haven't been writing entries as often because, as you may remember, I have very little energy, and I'm often too exhausted after my daily tasks to write.

On that note, I was able to get my blood tested for vitamin deficiencies at my university's clinic, and sure enough, I'm vitamin b12 deficient, extremely vitamin D deficient, and borderline anemic. The doctor prescribed me vitamin D supplements and recommended that I buy over-the-counter vitamin b12 supplements and multivitamins with iron. Hopefully that will alleviate this annoying fatigue so that I can finally live my life (and write more entries).