Chapter 41. CPR

I haven’t felt like myself since last weekend.

I’ve been finding it very strange to get through a day, and I don’t know what to do to feel better.

I’ve been forcing myself to do my schoolwork, but that’s not helping me anymore. I have to present my first honor’s thesis at school on Monday, and I’m really worried that I won’t do as well as I usually do.

Since more than two weeks ago, I’ve been getting ready. After all, it’s my research, and I want to do a good job with it. I want my presentation and thesis to be accepted by my review board, but I haven’t been getting enough sleep. My body has hurt since Saturday night, and my mind feels like it’s on fire.

No one will ever tell you how much doing CPR for a long time wears on your body. This was hard on my body on top of all the swimming I do. After the weekend, my legs hurt, and it was hard for me to walk down the stairs to our apartment door every day.

Everything was hard for me to do, like getting out o