Worth the Candle

Whew! Here it is, Saturday night and I am finally feeling caught up from this week. I can't even begin to explain what an awful week it was. It is almost far enough away to where I can laugh, but not quite.
Monday-Ira and I donated blood. A bad nurse flattened out one of my veins (quite painful) and I had to be stuck in both arms. Ira came over for moral support, but in a combination of seeing me in pain and not eating enough, he passed out at my feet. I had to be restrained by a nurse (how reality TV does that sound?) and we both had to stay in recovery for a couple hours. We each ended up missing a couple classes, which only set us behind for the week....
Tuesday-just busy, I had to boogy from class to work and back to class
Wednesday-I forgot to go to work...actually I didn't know I had to work and in my defense I'm not supposed to be scheduled for Wednesday work...I don't have time on Wednesdays!
Thursday-I was begging the week to be over!
Friday-I had a hemangioma removed, but it wasn't too big of a deal. Ira left for fall retreat...I was basically just exhausted.
So yeah, like I said, I'm feeling much better, but not looking forward to plowing through more school. I'm going in on the 29th for an echo cardiogram. I have slight heart murmur, but I've been really short of breath and am really, really tired all the time. I'm kind of hoping something shows up that is fixable. Maybe I'm not supposed to be this tired all the time.
I'm plugging away in my classes. It's definitely been a busy semester, only to get busier. Midterms are not this week, but next week. It feels like we've been in school for more than 6 weeks, that's for sure. Hopefully I'll get a jump on homework and be set for the next couple weeks in classes
I've been keeping in decent contact w/ my friend in China. She's having a great time and I'm super excited for her. I have to admit, though--I've been craving authentic Chinese food for a while!
Ira and I have been able to do and plan a lot of fun things, lately. He took me to the movies one night and we've gone out to dinner a couple times. We also have our tickets to Wicked (as the picture shows)!! Ira refused to give his "excited-for-tickets" face so he wasn't allowed in the pic! :D
Anyway, I think I'm going to turn in soon and get even MORE sleep this weekend!