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I don't know when this all happened, but somewhere along the line, I became the most disorganized person I know.

I got my vaccine for Hepatitis A today, which I was supposed to get at least a week before I left (and I leave in three days). I also bought my Cholera vaccine which has been a ROYAL pain in my ass.

So here's the deal: you're supposed to take two doses, a week between them. As I mentioned, I'm leaving in three days now, which means I need to take the vaccine with me. Which freaks me out a little, but I have been assured that it won't be any trouble at all getting it into Taiwan - the chemist's exact words were, "even with all these crazy terrorist scares, you're allowed three things into any country: your passport, your travel documents, and drugs that are prescribed to you." That's okay, but then this particular vaccine needs to be refrigerated at all times. Not to worry, the chemist gives out little refrigerator bags and eskis to carry your drugs with you!

There are two things still worrying me: I have to take the first dose today, but I will have to take the next dose on the Monday morning before I leave for Hong Kong - fun for the whole family. Then also, the refrigerator bags and eskis are appartently will last you about a nine hour flight - with the messy stop-over in Brisbane, my total travel time just from point A to point B will take 11 hours. I am cutting it so very very close just because I was too lazy to get off my ass LAST Monday when I'd already had the prescription for like a week and just take the damned thing!

This all makes me worry, but what's done is done. And besides, quite frankly, I'm not an idiot, and I don't really think I'll be doing any stupid-ass eating while I'm in China.

My doctor also gave me some antibiotics for stubborn chest coughs, but I'm not really sure whether I want to take them with me or not. I mean, it's a good "just in case", I guess, but I just spent $220 on vaccines and a birth control supply so I'm not really into spending more money at the moment!

Not to mention, the money from the university has been delayed and will get into my bank account "within the next two weeks" - registration for Xi'an university is over in two weeks' time, and I don't know when they expect payments! Fuck a duck, seriously. That one, though, was out of my control. I'm just riled up because I created too much of a hassle for myself with the stupid cholera vaccine.