This past week we got our first taste of winter. The snow storm that hit most the rest of the country managed to only drop about 6 inches here. With all the wind and such though you would think we got several feet of snow. We had 30-40 mph winds that were bitter! It was interesting though -- last Mon & Tues we had snow and it melted, then we got the "blizzard" and the wind and temperature dropped so quickly that it created a very nice skating rink. When the plows went out they mainly plowed the snow off of the ice and left a nice tractionless surface for everyone to drive on. Naturally everyone forgot how to drive on the ice and snow, but we did manage to make it home in one piece. We had so much wind that anything leeward of the wind had a lot of snow, while the stuff that was out in the wind had no snow so to speak. These were some of the trees that were sheltered from the wind by a building and they show quite a bit of snow. I think they are quite pretty. I also think it a shame there isn't that much snow everywhere, but I'm weird.
Thursday was our first sub-zero day and the top of the Sears Tower froze!! I mean it had frost along the top couple of layers of the tower. My building was cold -- we had snow on the inside all day. I'm not sure if it actually blew in (the windows don't always seal the best) or if because of the wind the metal sills became so cold that snow formed from the water moisture inside and just sat on the sills. The picture of the frozen Sears Tower...
The big news is that I got my endoscopy results back. The mast cell numbers are still way too high. Since I'm eating stuff like I'm supposed to this means its not actually food or that there is something I'm continuously ingesting in water or simply by breathing that is making me sick. I get to go back to the stupid allergist -- the one who decided not to give me shots last fall when I asked for them. The allergist that had to give me anti-histamines half way through the test because I was reacting so well to them. The allergist that had to give me the interdermal shots spaced very far a part because simply having the essence of the environmental allergen on my skin reacted half way up my arm, made my eyes itch, and made my arm swell so much they couldn't actually make out what I was allergic to -- but apparently couldn't give me shots because he wanted to try me on medicines I'd already been on and they hadn't done enough. Also, the doctor who doesn't discuss medicines with me. My GI doc said she was going to try and get me an appointment with a different doctor, so we'll hope that she can pull those strings and get me in at the other clinic.
A good note -- the semester is over! We made it through. Chris is busy cleaning the labs and getting ready for after the break. We have one week after we get back from Christmas before the semester starts again. I will be taking biochemistry and biotechnology next semester so hopefully it will go well. I don't know my grades for this term yet, but I can't imagine that I didn't pass my classes. Then in May I will be looking for a job as I finish up a Masters. I'm already looking really, but in May I'll really need one.
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