I just got back from the doctor. I was having this gnawing stomach pain over the last three days, and finally I decided I had an aortic anuerysm or swine flu so I went to the doctor. I was diagnosed with “G.I. Spasms caused by Nervousness” and sent home with a xanax prescription.

I have spent the better portion of my life refusing to take anti-anxiety medications, so I’m not really sure why it went down without a fight this time, but hopefully I am not some completely different person when I am not busy freaking out about driving over bridges/thinking about airplanes/my cats getting put through the washer or dryer/mice escaping/being mugged/failing classes/sounding stupid/the possibility that someday, I might see a ghost, or the hundreds of other ridiculous things I am consistently nervous about and that probably make up the bulk of my personality. I’ll let you know in a couple hours.