The best time in four years.  Olympics.  Wish they came around more often, but they are way more fun because of the anticipation.  I love cheering for the athletes.  I watched the Lochte/Phelps show-down, totally cheering for Lochte!  Glad he won.  He's somewhat of a local so it's good to cheer for someone from so close by.  I'd love to see him do what Phelps did four years ago.  Not to mention he's easy on the eyes... so...  But really.  I actually am rooting for him for more than that!  Florida boy's bringing home the gold!

Been watching them off and on all day.  Men's gymnastics already proving to be a lot of fun to watch.  For being 5 feet tall those guys sure are hot.  Honest, I like the Olympics for more than just that.  But one can't help but observe!

Anyway, I'm excited about the next couple of weeks.  I got put on call for work tonight, so I have gotten to watch a little more Olympic coverage than I'd expected.  Not to mention I wasn't feeling so great so it was a welcome phone call to get.  I'm still afraid they might call me in, but hopefully they won't.

One of the best perfumes... Now I smell like T Swift.  Can I please be just like her now?

I like to think that is a mockingjay also.

So, you remember I talked about how I've been getting a lot of headaches.  Unfortunately it hasn't really stopped, and last night was no exception.  It hounded me until after 3am.  My attempt to get rid of it, which actually worked for almost an hour, was a bath, candle, and green tea.  Honestly, if you ever have a headache, try just laying down in the bathwater for 20 minutes.  It was strangely miraculous, even if it didn't last long.

Today was a pretty good day, minus sleeping in late (even after working night shift, I hate sleeping in even though I do it all the time!).  I bought a couch-- hooray!  I'm really excited about it.  Nothing fancy, but it's the biggest piece of furniture I've ever bought.  I'll have to post pictures of my apartment once it's here-- so now it will actually look like an adult's apartment rather than some college kid's.

I hung out with my friend Melissa last night, and was really impressed with the decorating that she's done.  Most people I know who live alone (or even with roommates) just sort of put up picture here and there, but she's really made her apartment a warm and inviting environment.  Something mine really lacks right now.  I realized a lot of what has held me back is this hope that this is a temporary situation, me being "on my own."  Like, don't get too comfortable.  That's silly, because I should be able to enjoy the place I'm living and make it my own instead of holding myself back because of the what-if's and maybe's.  I'm not super creative, but I think with a little help from my friend Lauren and Pinterest, I just might actually accomplish something with my little hole in the wall apartment.

And so I am making a goal and posting it where I can't pretend I didn't say it.  I'm going to make a real effort to decorate and make my apartment a warm environment.  There!

Ah, making goals... I feel so motivated.  But I have to do it and not just say it!

If you are anywhere in the northeast Florida or southeast Georgia regions, you are probably well aware of the wildfires and thick smoke in the air.  Today was almost unbearable.  I don't know if the pictures above do it justice, but the air is thick with smoke.  Even for someone like me who doesn't generally have issues when it get smoky, it has been miserable and difficult to breathe even indoors.

And for good measure I added a picture of me and my kitty Albus.  Isn't he cute?!

I think I am starting to develop cluster headaches.  I've been having really bad headaches that last between two and four hours, starting late afternoon and lasting into the early evening or later.  Upon doing some research, cluster headaches seems to be what it is.  So while I thought I've been coming down with something, it seems that cluster headaches is what it might be.  The problem is, I've never had frequent headaches.

I was thinking it also might be related to my blood pressure.  Yeah, I'm 24 and already dealing with hypertension.  I need to go to the doctor, I know.  So anyway, I tend to run systolic between 130s-140s, diastolic anywhere between 80-90.  I'm genetically pre-disposed to it, thanks a lot, Dad!  So anyway, tonight toward the end of my headache I drove up to the drug store and checked my bp.  150/81.  So I invested in an automatic bp machine so I can track it.  I've been tracking it at work, but I decided that is not an accurate way to do it since it is already going to be elevated from the stress.

Hoping to feel better within the next few days.  I have a lot more respect for people who deal with frequent headaches be it migraines or cluster, because it makes me exhausted and feel like all I want to do is sleep once they are over.