Simply Exhausted

So, I know that many of you have already heard about this, but I am coveting all of your thoughts right now.  I'm having a pretty rough time right now.  I started having nightmares last week sometime.  This has been a common occurence since I was a child, but this problem still ruins my sleeping patterns.  By Friday the lack of good sleep combined with a new country and job took its toll and I got sick.  I spend Saturday and Sunday miserable, feverish, coughing, and without a voice.  By Monday all I was doing was coughing and I had no voice.  This morning I woke up with a voice but I had not slept since I got sick and my body was not recovering from the cough like it needed.  Tonight I begged for sleep and here I am 3 hours later having choked and coughed more times than I can count, exhausted, still suffering from nightmares, and desperately just wanting sleep.  Will you all please keep this in mind for me?

My roommate is also really sick and has not been able to sleep either.  She found out today that she has pneumonia and she says that sleeping is like drowning in her lungs.  Can you also keep her in your thoughts?  Thank you all so much!  I'm going to attempt to go sleep...again.

Funny Mistake...That I Will Probably Repeat

So yesterday I was getting dressed and I decided to wear this cute Chinese looking red jacket with some ebroidery on it. It is finally cool enough out that I can wear it so I pulled it on and tried to make myself look nice. My roommates mentioned that I looked nice, but I thought nothing of it as we walked out the door. I realized I had made a mistaked within 20 minutes. As all the staff piled on the bus almost every person (young, old, male, and female) stopped to tell me how nice I looked. If you know me, you know I really don't like that much attention. What really made me laugh is when they started asking me which tailor had made the jacket for me. When I replied that my mother had bought it somewhere in the States for me they were shocked. And all I could think is this is going to be an interesting day. The day continued to get funnier at school when every Chinese person I saw asked me where I got the jacket. They were also shocked that my mother had bought it in America. The funniest part of the day though was when I went to lunch. I was walking up to make me salad when my roommate's TA stopped me and asked about my jacket. I answered with the now familiar response on where the jacket came from. She said, "This jacket it very beautiful. This is what Chinese brides wear." I'm sure I looked shocked because I was. I almost took off the jacket right at that moment, but instead I started laughing and said I had no idea. It was an interesting day to say the least...and part of me feels like I should not wear the jacket again...but then again I love the jacket. :) What do you guys think? Should I become a Chinese bride again on another day? :P