Welp.

First of all, I DON'T HAVE STREP THROAT. Yay!!! So have no fear if you've been around me recently; the doctor recommended I continue to go to school since whatever I have isn't really contagious.

I thought I had strep because my throat is sore, but not in the normal common-cold-scratchy-phlegm kind of sore. More in the I-just-took-a-three-hour-car-ride-and-strained-my-vocals-singing-along-terribly-to-several-albums kind of sore. Which I get fairly often, but I suspiciously haven't been singing that much this week. Which is probably good for humanity overall.

Still, this is the fourth time I've been sick this year. Before my senior year, I hadn't been sick since literally seventh grade. I have no idea what the difference could be. Overall, I'm getting  (slightly) more sleep than I was last year, I'm less stressed than I was last year, etc etc. But for some reason, I'm getting more sick more often. How strange. I'm just glad I don't really mind being sick. Sure, swallowing hurts like hell, but I get over stuff like that pretty easily. I've been sick since Sunday night, but the doctor said it should go away on its own by Friday, and my throat doesn't hurt nearly as bad as it has over the course of the week. So that's awesome.

However, this is also a bad thing becauuuuuse: I still have to take my AP Macro exam tomorrow morning. *gasp*

You know, I may be AcDec Gold State Economics Champion (WUT WUT REPRESENT), but it's been like three months since I won that medal and I have probably forgotten a fair amount of that material since. Also, the super-smart planner that I am, I started studying a whoooooole 24 hours before the test. Whoo!

Econ is really easy in general, but that's the bad thing--to get a five, you need over 80% of the test answered correctly. I've no clue how prepared I'll be by then. I have a vague feeling that I should probably be, you know, like, studying for it or something instead of writing this blog. But you know, whatever.

CALC BC DOWN. PHYSICS C DOWN. MACRO YOU'RE UP

You know what's also up? Tornadoes. I love love love storms but for some strange reason have never quite warmed up to the idea of the possibility of giant whirlwinds of dust and debris destroying my house and scraping the skin off my body and just wreaking general havoc. It just doesn't seem too appealing. I'm not terribly worried about it since the storm won't be getting here in Little Elm for another half-hour and could have died down considerably by then, and I don't get worried about these things much anyway. Also, my sister Emma's reactions to references to our impending doom are rather hilarious. She's demanded we prepare for a tornado only she thinks is coming, and only took a break from frantically running around the house in panic because dad cleverly convinced her that sweeping the kitchen floor would help. So this all adds an interesting dimension of excitement to this night of studying.

Studying... why does that remind me of something I should be--OHH I SHOULD BE STUDYING FOR ECON NOW. kthxbai