My favorite food is cinnamon raisin bagels. Lightly toasted, with cream cheese, from Dunkin Donuts. It goes best with a medium iced with skim, no matter what the season. I like cinnamon raisin bagels so much I had to put myself on a sort of probation because otherwise I would literally eat them for every meal, and they charge fat people for two seats on airplanes now, and I just can't afford that. So I don't have cinnamon raisin bagels very often, but every once and a while, usually about once a month, I will declare it Cinnamon Raisin Bagel Day. Usually this day is a particular stressful day, or tired day, or rainy day, or just all around crappy day that could use a little pick me up. I eat 3 cinnamon raisin bagels on this day, for Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner. Cinnamon Raisin Bagel Day is always a happy day.
The past few days have been pretty crappy. Last Wednesday in the middle of the night I woke up shivering and sweating like I was running back and forth between an igloo and the Sahara. Never a good sign. The next morning I laid in bed finishing my essay and didn't get out of bed till my tutorial at 5pm that night. By dinner time I knew I was in trouble, and have spent the last week in bed with a very high temperature and throat glands the size of cricket balls. The Nurse came to see me on Friday and suggested it might be glandular fever (British for MONO) and the endless "who have you been kissing" jokes have begun. Note: I have been kissing no one. Also note: These jokes are funnier when your temperature is sub 103. So needless to say that sucked, especially on the tail end of my sprained ankle recovery, but I have survived, thanks primarily to the season of Grey's Anatomy that I rented and the Chocolate Fudge Brownie Ice cream that I could finally eat on Monday, and I'm feeling a bit better. I went to the Surgery (British for my General Practitioner's office, a bit dramatic of a nickname if you ask me), this morning and had a blood test for mono. When I asked if I was still contagious Dr. Leaver kindly replied, "Well, not unless you plan on kissing anyone." And then proceeded to inform me that 50% of 18 year olds and 85% of 21 year olds have been exposed to, and are now immune to mono. This will obviously be my new pick up line if I do intend to do any kissing in the near future.
But across from the surgery is the co-op grocery store, and I figured now that I sort of have an appetite again I should probably stock up on some food. And walking through the bread isle, something amazing happened. Right in front of me, amidst a random assortment of white and "brown" bread, English muffins, and rolls, sat the package of 5, "New York Bagel Co. Cinnamon & Raisin Bagels."!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Needless to say today is now Cinnamon Raisin Bagel Day. And what a glorious day it will be. I also picked up some Philadelphia "soft cheese" spread to go with it. I hope to continue to be on the mend through the weekend and really back on my feet by next week, and I really am in good spirits despite the setback (mostly because of my current bagel heaven.) I'm booking flights this weekend for a 2.5 week trip to Athens, Rome, Paris, and Barcelona during winter vacation (Dec 4-20th) before flying home to the 617 (Newton) for a couple weeks rest and lots of reading and preparation for the next term.
Anyway, that's all the updates I got for now, because well, I haven't moved in a week. But I promise to provide a more happy and eventful update next week. And the week after that, I'm going to a Ball!
Peace, Love and Bagels,
Sara
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