Tag Archives: doctor’s appointment

01/9/12

{Project 365.9} I Endure My Doctor’s Appointment

We got some snail mail today from David’s memaw (that’s “grandma” to those of you who are unfamiliar with Southern endearments) filled with nothing but newspaper clippings of things she found amusing. It included a silly comic about a dog named Farley, which actually was the namesake of memaw’s favorite and final dog. She always says they couldn’t have another dog after Farley because they loved him too much and couldn’t replace him. But on a less sentimental/meaningful level, the comic reminded me of MY dog because, like Farley in the comic, he has nooooo idea what “Fetch!” could possibly mean. He’ll run over and pick it up, then run past you and under the bed with it in his mouth because he feels like it belongs to him and WHY should he have to bring it back to you?? LOL.

I went to my dreaded doctor’s appointment today, which turned out okay I suppose. The people at the base hospital here are so much nicer than the ones back at Sheppard, who were mean and manhandled you from point A to point B or talked to you like you were a total moron. Got my prescription refilled for the next three months, and only got lost once en route to the pharmacy. A very kind man interpreted the expression on my face for what it truly was — COMPLETE CONFUSION — and directed me to the proper place. Which, as it turns out, was where I went initially! The ticketing system was broken so someone had to hand tickets out instead of the machine printing them, which is what threw me off because I didn’t know where/how I was supposed to get a ticket and my bad luck led me past the pharmacy right when the Red Cross volunteer wandered off. Of course~ But anyway, it’s over now until next year! Hurray! I really liked the doctor I was assigned to, so I’m grateful for that too.

By the way, Nevada drivers are absolutely atrocious! I was at a stop light earlier when the person in front of me, who started out perfectly behind the crosswalk line, decided to jump the gun and roll forward practically into oncoming traffic in anticipation of the light turning green. Okay, psycho… when you get hit by that bus, I’ll try to avoid running over the wreckage of your car. These people speed everywhere and interpret traffic lights with their own special code: green means go, yellow means go, and red means go. Meanwhile, I’m going around with extreme caution, afraid that one of these crazies will kill me with their insane driving. I’m not afraid to get behind the wheel, but I can certainly see why there are a lot of people who prefer not to drive and take mass transit or walk or bicycle instead. There are legions of drivers who really shouldn’t have been given a license.

I should probably feel sleepier than I do, considering I got up at 6am today. I did take a nap for about an hour when I got home this afternoon, but really I didn’t think that would give me this much extra energy T-T

01/8/12

{Project 365.8} I Would Die Without Kleenex

Day 3 of my debilitating illness! It’s getting better though, thankfully. And, I felt okay enough to venture out of the house today. With my portable Kleenex in my purse, that is. I pretty much always have a need for tissues because I also suffer from irritating allergies. Anyway, we headed to the Fashion Show Mall on the Strip because 1) David wanted to buy extremely silly looking running shoes with webbed toes (I think they look hysterical but whatever) and 2) I really, desperately needed a haircut. Which I got! It was horribly expensive by my standards, I normally can’t even convince myself to drop $25 on something like this… let alone $70! Holy moly. Really, it cost that much because they just don’t give you the option of not getting the extras like having your hair washed and then styled after the haircut, which I normally skip to shave the price down. Since we’ve only been here a little over a month, I haven’t found a place to have my hair cut yet, so since I really needed my split ends trimmed off before they killed me (things like this bother me to the extreme because I’m a hair purist), I decided to just go. It turned out well, all the split ends are gone and the layers that had grown out have been cut back in again. She totally gave me the Kate formerly-Middleton haircut, which I found amusing, but is perfectly okay because I happen to enjoy Kate formerly-Middleton. My hair will never look as awesomely effortless as hers does, despite the fact that my hair actually does take 0 effort to achieve, but c’est la vie.

Anyway, I have to go to bed early because of that wretched Doctor’s appt tomorrow, so I have to get going :((((( BOO. We’ll see how my harrowing medical adventure goes tomorrow. Cry cry cry cry cry.

01/3/12

{Project 365.3} I Bake On Occasion

Last night after writing my blog entry, I e-mailed myself a list of things I felt needed to be done today. Classy, I know. Anyway, this extremely riveting list included activities such as remembering to change over some magazine subscriptions, dropping off the mail, folding neglected laundry, (finally) taking down our Christmas tree, and baking muffins. I am proud to say that I accomplished… three things on the list. LOL. I mean, it’s not that I was unproductive, it’s just that the things I worked on weren’t listed. Not an excuse, I swear! Our book club started its first reading selection this month so I spent practically my whole day working on the website and forums for our discussions since I’d committed myself to getting it done by Friday. I took a break to bake the muffins — evidence above! My husband loves blueberry muffins. I don’t make them from scratch because I’m neither a gifted baker nor insane, but I do switch out half a cup of water for half a cup of milk. They always turn out freaking amazing. Who cares if they come from a mix? (I can already hear myself saying this same phrase to my children in the future…)

Honestly though, I like baking a lot more than cooking. But if we really want to get technical, the weird thing about me is that I enjoy making food for people more than I like eating whatever I’ve made. It’s more fun to work on the presentation and watch intently to see if the food is being enjoyed. I’m also a picky eater, so the assortment of food that I eat isn’t varied in the slightest. I don’t mind putting together meals involving things I don’t like eating, though, as long as no one makes me eat it. I love cookbooks, The Food Network, and Cooking Mama because I like to watch food being cooked and I like, I suppose, the idea of food. Which is super bizarre, but whatever. LOL. Anyway, I definitely like baking and one day I hope I can find someone to rope into a Wilton cake decorating course with me. Or maybe I’ll go on my own. After some thought, I’ve decided that cake decorating, drawing on cookies, icing cupcakes, and arranging food on plates appeals to my artistic sense. Eating the food does not. Hahaha.

It’s already Tuesday and tomorrow is Wednesday! Since I’m not working, the weeks sort of just slip away. I have no obligations so sometimes I even lose track of what day it is. This is weird for me because I’m not usually like that at all. I guess when you work Monday through Friday, you always keep a finger on how close you are to Friday. I am, however, sort of dreading next Monday because I have a doctor’s appointment scheduled. Ugh! I hate going to the doctor. I hate making the appointment, I hate showing up for the appointment, I hate everything that happens DURING the appointment, and I hate waiting in line at the pharmacy after, if my visit results in some kind of prescription. I hate hospitals and clinics as much as I hate airports, for the shared reason that I hate possibly not knowing what I’m doing or where I’m going. I’m always afraid I won’t do something that I’m supposed to, or that I’ll check in wrong, or whatever. But anyway, I do have the rest of this week before I need to start bracing myself. Blah.

On a final note, I read this article about the Duke & Duchess of Cambridge, known more popularly as Prince William and Kate formerly-Middleton, AND IT CONTAINS MY NEW FAVORITE PICTURE EVER. I love Will+Kate. Especially Kate, who has amazing hair and amazing clothes and is something like an actual Disney princess. I have a fascination with the British monarchy and these two are my favorite royals, I don’t care what anyone might think of me for it~~