Living Horizontally

Everything in L.A. has been going so smoothly. I have had so much fun making friends, learning cool things at my internship and exploring L.A. I guess it couldn't be this perfect all summer long, right? Which is why God gave me this small chapter of my summer called "Living Horizontally," because that is exactly what I've been doing for the past week.

I got a severe headache on my way to work last week. I felt terrible when I got home at 11 p.m., so I went straight to bed but did not sleep one wink. My hands and feet were ice, but my head felt like a volcano. For some reason, since I was a kid, I have never carried around medicine, and I have never liked to take medicine. Desperate and exhausted, I called my parents crying at 4 a.m. They told me what medicine to go buy and to call in sick to work. My parents offered their always loving support, but they also reminded me that yes, I am 21 years old, and yes, I can take care of myself. If my life was a movie, this could be thought of as my revelation moment. I came to the shocking realization that I am no longer a child... and it was serious this time. In Texas, I could easily call on my sorority house mom to give me medicine or drive home for extra care. But not here. Being as sick as I was while away from my parents was scary, because I had never been sick like that before. But it was now time to embrace my adulthood and take care of myself. Although my head was throbbing and I could not talk or swallow due to the sores on the back of my throat, I got in the car and drove myself to CVS. I obtained an antibiotic from my doctor back home for strep throat and flu, and I cemented myself to the couch.

One week and a bottle of NyQuil later, I am feeling like myself again! I feel really proud of myself for surviving what I thought last week I would never get through alone. I know I sound dramatic, but when you are by yourself and that sick, the days ahead can look really bleak.

I went back to work today, and I felt proud of myself there, too! My hours at work have changed, and I am doing more preparing for the show now. My boss has me doing a lot of the work by myself. I was seriously left alone for three hours, locating film and editing clips today. I enjoy feeling like I'm contributing to the show, even though what I do is just a small fragment of the show as a whole. I'm proud of what I have learned and how quickly I have learned it. I get scared sometimes that I might do something wrong since this is all new to me, but I'm glad my boss trusts me. I unfortunately do not think I will be going out into the field as much as I was. The station has had to relocate a lot of people because of their budget, and Allan cannot go out with Ross anymore to supervise me. But, there are several premieres and other events coming up within the next week, though, so maybe I will get to go to some!

Sorry for not having pictures for this post. There was not much to take pictures of this week, besides me lying on the couch!