The Hunger Games

I think it's the first time I have ever gone to a movie on opening day. Ronnie took me out on a date last night to see The Hunger Games. I've read the books and think they are not only action packed and hard to put down, but they make me think (more posts on that later, I'm sure). I was excited to see how the makers of the movie would incorporate the vast amounts of history and background info from the book into a movie without a full time narrator. But they did a great job. The movie was exciting and thrilling, the actors were fantastic, and the story line was quite true to the book. Of course there were little variations and side stories that were cut out most likely for the sake of time; after all, the book covered many months and many characters. It's not just a love story and not just an action thriller either. Something about "the girl on fire and the boy with the bread" is just mesmerizing. You cant help but root for them! I highly recommend this movie, especially if you liked the books.

Special Edition: Homework

This Semester, I am taking an online course called "How to use the internet." And before you laugh, it is way more in depth and harder than I thought it would be, but I am learning a lot. I have learned about some really neat programs that will forever be staples on my computer (google chrome, dropbox, Jing...). All-in-all, it has been a fun and challenging class that has kept me quite busy. The homework assignment I am working on right now requires me to create a blog and make a post about how I am enjoying the class, and since I have a blog, * Voila*. I love blogging, and I love the feedback I get from people via comments *hinthint* and in person. Thanks!

A week of yuck

This last week has been the worst. After not feeling well for over a week, I finally came down with a fever at the same time as Ronnie started having symptoms. He went to the ER a couple times at the end of last week and I went in on Saturday. Though I went in for a fever and stomach stuff, I felt relatively fine. However, I was admitted for having an incredibly high heart rate that wouldn't go down even with fluids. I stayed until Sunday and on both Monday and Tuesday, Ronnie was back in the ER. We got the news on Monday that my lab results came back positive for salmonella poisoning, so we discontinued our previous meds and started taking Cipro. My fever immediately improved and, though tired and a bit weak, I started to improve. Ronnie however was throwing up nonstop and couldn't keep either the antibiotic or pain meds down, let alone food and water. After a full week of throwing up, he finally started to feel a little better after his Tuesday ER trip. They gave him some antibiotics and nausea medication via IV which seemed to jump-start the healing process. We are both on the upswing now with only a couple symptoms remaining. The goal this weekend has been to take it easy and finally start eating again. We dont know where we picked up the Salmonella but the type D that we have is most commonly found in raw eggs (which we haven't cooked with here in a while). Thank you all so much for your prayers during our awful week. We know that God is the healer and will never give us more than we can handle.