Trials and Tribulations

December 11, 2007

Dear Blog-

My alarm clock radio slowly warms up to the task of waking by this slowly rising annoying humm, followed by a CLICK at which point the eternally sappy voice of the morning dj comes across, followed by the serious tone of the morning newscaster.."its 5:30, here's the news.."

I slowly riseup in bed on one arm, and never cease to be amazed by how my honey can continue to be sound asleep, yet let the car alarm go off down the street in the wee hours, and its a different story. As I turn on my lamp, the new puppy yawns and lets out that puppy sound, in between a yip and and yawning sound...I slip on some footwear, a sweater, and take her out...as i open the door to the yard, she takes a step, and her nose leaves the comfort of the heated house to the 30 something degrees outside and goes in full retreat, followed by my foot urgeing her outside, and I follow her out to make sure she does what is needed out side...

Following the morning routine, I go to the dentist, where he removes the temporary crown and places a gold crown over and over and over..finally saying, that he is not sure it has enough room between teeth, and by Friday I should know if its going to be a problem, and so i have another appointment to either get it set for good or redone.ARGHHHH. On my way home, i stop at the beverage store, to see if they have any diet rootbeer...actually to see if they have any Hank's Diet RootBeer, which they dont..Stewarts diet? Nope, sorry. So i buy some A&W diet, after finding no Barq's diet. UGGH

Now the fun begins...drop off the stuff at home, and then go to the doctor. I belong to a HMO, and the hospital is nearby, like about 1/2 mile away, so i leave 1/2 hour before my appointment, since they are doing construction there. I arrived at 11:07 for a 11:30 appointment, and drove around for 20 minutes until i found parking, after a parking lot guy I stopped said" Oh yeah, there is no parking, you need to go to lot 18 and take the free bus. UGGGGGGGHHHH. I get to the hospital at 11:27, and literally walk run up the stairs to the third floor where the office is. I check in and a moment later I am inside, where the nurse wants to take my weight height and bllod pressure. I can understand the weight and BP, but height??? I dont think i am shrinking(yet) so whats up with that. My BP is up, and i explain i literally ran to get there in time, she barely nodding - I am ushers into a room, where I have learned its a good idea to have a book or something, so i take out my pocket pc and play solitaire....eventually he comes in, and I acknowledge I am a new patient, that my doctor retired and I would see him time to time when she was on vacation. "So what brings you here today" he asks. " Your card saying I should make an appoiintment and see you before the end of the year, thats what" OH

We discussed all the medications I take, reviewed my latest round of lab work, and reviewed my other records. We did the follow the flash light with your eyes test, he looked in my ears, and then we did some interesting muscle tests(push out with your knees, OK now try to push my hands away, ok try to pull me towards you...) and then we discussed ....breasts. He never asked me to disrobe, but asked me questions and then the nurse came in again and her and I did some touchy feel stuff. All Ok, he rechecked my BP, which was by now normal.

I need a Thyroid test, to verify my thyroid function..OK, we'll see you next year, and get a flu shot on the way out.

In the lobby there was this nurse with a station, sounding like a peanut vendor at the ball game " Flu shot, get your flu shot here, dont wait, get em now..." I walked over, and explained my doctor said to get the shot...fill out the form, and then sit down. I took off my Jacket and pulled up my sleeve, and told her I really dont like these, they make your arm hurt, " OH missus, its just a little prick" I stared at her smiling face and then we both laughed, and she smiled broadly, all done. She had stuck me when i started laughing and I felt it, but it wasn't that bad.

Zoom home, change clothes and then drive like a maniac to a interview across town..second interview for a job as a Project Manager, in the CEO office. I got there late, and while waiting, here comes the CEO, says hi, we went to the wrong place...we had a good meeting, I was talking to him (and the lady I would actually work for) for about 45 minutes... now, go to work...only the slacks I was wearing seemed tight(read weight gain of 2-5 pounds) and besides, I dont want to be dressed up at work, everyone knows that means you were at a interview...go home again, change back to work clothes, and then...plop in chair and say forget it...OH no I have a meeting in 20 minutes.. so i called the office and my boss said dont sweat it, we can have that meeting tomorrow...then a co worker called and said that since I wasn't comeing in, our boss went home early, so they were all happy...she is a nice enough person, but a bit scatterbrained, which I think is why her and i get along so well most of the time...