Painting County Fields

This was a painting I did last year, two semesters ago, in Art (forgot the number but it was the beginning where you learned about the composition of art; line, shape, etc). I found all my supplies and other art too. I was just looking for more pencils when I remembered my previous art kit; comprised of pencils, various charcoals (even charcoal pencils), ruler, paints and blending tools . I need to find some sort of portfolio for all my art since 8th grade. And I have tons of sketchbooks that are only halfway full. We didn't even use the full sketchbooks in the Art class I was in my first semester at DVC.

Now about the painting. I remember it was hard for me because I am terrible with trees, but better with houses if I focus. I guess that could be said for drawing background in general except cars, and certain animals. For this painting we had to make it exactly like the photo we chose, or at least close to. The hard part for me was that my photo was already a painting, or at least everything but the house was. And when the background became further away, the details got smaller and more refined. Thankfully our teacher didn't care much for that part, when it happened for me, and let me generalize those colors. This was a huge project and it didn't help that when it came to the painting portion I was sick for a couple of days. I tend to miss a lot of school sometimes; sometimes it occurs when I am too stressed or I just have a bad immune system.

I wonder what ways there are to strengthen my immune system or if there is some kind of test I can get to see how bad my immune system is. I'm taking E-Mergency right now, it's supposed to help when you are feeling sick or feel like you are about to be (you know when you get some warning signs your body gives). I used to be more prone to headaches than I am now and that also factored in to my absences. It really sucks when I get ill because I can either just want to stay in bed all day (rarely) and sleep or I would have a lot/some energy that I wouldn't want to stay in place/in bed and want to move around. That second portion happens even when I am not sick and at home. Classrooms are the only place where I don't feel that way. Maybe that's also why I stay up later into the early mornings sometimes. Am I the only one who has trouble sleeping?