Here I sit I can do no other. Quite literally. I suppose everyone already knew that I was sick, but I just got even sicker last night. I had a light fever and really bad chills, not to mention my throat burned every time I swallowed, my stomach ached and my mouth tasted nasty. In fact my mouth still tasts nasty. I have come to the conclusion that I once again have strep throat.

    I know, I didn´t think it was yesterday, but it has gotten worse and I have all the symptoms now. We haven´t actually seen any white or yellow pus pockets on the back of my throat though. Isn´t that an awesome word though, pus-pockets, pus pockets...etc. I called the dean this morning to tell him I wasn´t going to classes and he said that they are going to get a doctor over here to look at me. I should actually get more sick over here, cause all my medical costs are covered through ACA.

    So I´ve been sitting at my computer getting caught up on email and finances at Southern and the like. I´m also trying to contact my advisor so that I can register for classes at Southern this next Monday. I´ve also been talking to Dean Negron. Apparently there is a real chance that I could get into Southern Village next year, so I am trying to get in.

Well, I think my sickness started over Las Fallas. I ate a bunch of candy one day. That´s what started the sore throat and it just went down hill from there. I guess I told you all that I would tell you what Las Fallas are anyway too. Well basically it is a gigantic festival tha lasts about five days. In reality though people start getting into the spirit of it before that. It is characterized by very loud firecracker and giant plaster statues. Every day at two o´clock they have a mascletá. This is when they set off a bunch of firecrackers and rockets at the same time. For about ten minutes. They start out slow and get faster and faster until at last the noise crescendos into a single uniform boom that is so incredibly loud that it is no wonder that Valencia is the deafest city in Spain. The fallas themselves are the giant statues. They make them of an inner support system of wood with plaster on the outside to make the statue. They can be up to sixty feet high. They are usually surrounded by lesser statues called ninots. Anyway, they all get voted for the best one they take one ninot from the best one and burn the rest. Even the one that was voted best. As you can imagine, its quite a big fire considering how big they are.

    Well, I got to go lie down again.