if I'm the seated woman with a parasol.
I came home from the doctor's with a rapidly-increasing-in-pain headache centered over my left eye and planned to lay down, but some Ibuprofen, water, my dark room and quiet music is helping, I think.
I went to the esteemed Dr. Banana (who really is a very sweet, cheerful man, so I feel bad lambasting him, even if he'll never find a good fix for my chronic sinus infection, which I've decided is just Another Thing I have to deal with all the time, so I'm sorry if I make terrible hacking-cough noises around you!) to get refills on the synthroid he put me on, so I can actually get tested in 2 months and see if it's helped the (minor) hypothyroidism.
Wow, I had to check Wikipedia to make sure I had the right prefix there and it's weird how many of the symptoms I have. It'd be great if the pills could help me to feel better. I just need to figure out the perfect time to take them so they'll have maximum effect. I think the most IMPORTANT thing is to take them the same time every day, but the label says to take them either 1 hour before or 2 hours after eating - AND to take them before breakfast. Which... negates the last half of that prior suggestion. I'm confused. I should just take them with my breakfast and all my other drugs in the mornings.
I meant to go to bed early last night, but wasn't IN bed until 4:30 AM. I managed to get up at 1 PM for the doctor, but intended to get up earlier than that. I got 3 hours' sleep yesterday and dutifully called Dessy at 1 PM and cemented our shopping plans. We picked her up at 4 and went to Michaels, Hancock Fabrics, Marshalls and Target. I tried not to buy much and actually got some things I needed. The one thing I actually wanted, 4 skeins of Wool-Ease Thick & Quick in Raspberry for a brightly-colored hooded vest I'm knitting, could not be found at either craft store. If I had more than $31 in my checking account, I would just order the skeins online, but I do not.
I plowed through approximately $1200 in the 3 months since May when I started my account. ~$700 was my own earned money and $500 was given to me for Sconeborough expenses/shopping purposes in July. I'm not going to dwell on it, though. I'll just try to be more responsible/frugal the next time I have some money. I did have an eBay buying spree spurred by job/school/life-related depression and that didn't help, though I curbed it after a few weeks of purchasing Suede/Bernard Butler singles and $14 pairs of heels.
I should actually SELL some things on eBay, now that I think of it. I tried to sell one of those pairs of Torrid heels, but it failed to attract attention, so now eBay sends me emails insisting I can sell things if I just put more effort into it/purchase more of their advertising services with each auction. I don't want to be a power seller, however, so I ignore them. :)
Anyway, to sum it up, we had fun shopping and trying on clothes at Marshalls. I found a knit halter with black and white horizontal stripes and black band/tie and it's really cute and will make a good fall/winter top under one of my millions of sweatercoats. And it was $7. I also bought a $3 black tee with this bizarre decoration on it. It covers the entire front, and it's gold and purple and red, predominantly. In it, you can pick out an angel wing, a skull and a motorcycle. It looks very heavy metal and it doesn't really make any sense or have any text explaining the graphic, so I got it. Since I'm bizarre about the too-snugness of T-shirt collarbands, I may go DIY on it and fix it to something I can stand to wear.
Dessy and I also got school supplies (I have now purchased a total of 30 college-ruled notebooks for a total of $3, but have given about 10 away so I don't look TOO crazy) and talked about UNO. I'm glad she'll be there this fall despite the math class situation! We'll actually have class together and everything.
Oh, I guess the thing that made me want to update in the first place was that I asked Dr. Banana about the HPV vaccine and if the clinic had it, because setting up appointments with the Women's Center is a huge circus. They did, and he said they could give it to me today, so I took them up on that. I signed a form and got a shot in the bum, and I'll need a second one around October 15th and a third around February 15th, and then I will be immune to 70% of the causes of cervical cancer! (if I'm remembering that factoid correctly...) It probably helps that I'm a big gayer, too.
I've been trying to maintain a good attitude and cheerful outlook since Sunday. I've gotten a little angry at times, but I'm going to see Jackie tomorrow and I can talk to her about modifying my drugs if she thinks it's necessary. I feel bad that I've been harboring a lot of mean thoughts about various people in my life at various times, and I think it was due in part to being so depressed with myself that I lacked patience for everyone else. Of course, not having gotten enough sleep in a very long time could have something to do with it as well! I fully intend to correct this and I'll have to go to bed earlier tonight.
If the internet hadn't died before I was going to tell Chesh goodnight and I hadn't gone and watched an X-Files episode about Death with Dessy and Smeg, I wouldn't have needed to call Chesh and talk to her until 4:15 in the morning while watching Back To The Future II on TV until Smeg came home safe from taking Dessy to her abode! Chesh said on the phone around 3:45, "Wasn't I supposed to make you go to bed at 3 AM?" and I gave my paltry excuses, but damn, X-Files is scary shit. D: It was nice to hear her voice again, too, and to have her at the other end of the line even while I was muttering about the plot of the movie, which I saw entirely too many times in my youth. I still enjoy it a lot.
I already could stand to dust in here again, and vacuum. I need to start keeping Fat Jack off my bed, even though I cover it for him before I let him jump on it, because my allergies are only getting worse even when taking my much-loathed nasal spray every morning with my Allegra and Singulair and keeping my room clean. He's so filthy and allergenic but he's so SWEET, too. I feel guilty when his little fat self waddles in and squeaks at me until I pet his head and throw a towel on the bed for him. Oh, cats.
This is entirely too long! I wanted to write, but I would rather write something vaguely more worthwhile than a LiveJournal epic!
J.
I went to the esteemed Dr. Banana (who really is a very sweet, cheerful man, so I feel bad lambasting him, even if he'll never find a good fix for my chronic sinus infection, which I've decided is just Another Thing I have to deal with all the time, so I'm sorry if I make terrible hacking-cough noises around you!) to get refills on the synthroid he put me on, so I can actually get tested in 2 months and see if it's helped the (minor) hypothyroidism.
Wow, I had to check Wikipedia to make sure I had the right prefix there and it's weird how many of the symptoms I have. It'd be great if the pills could help me to feel better. I just need to figure out the perfect time to take them so they'll have maximum effect. I think the most IMPORTANT thing is to take them the same time every day, but the label says to take them either 1 hour before or 2 hours after eating - AND to take them before breakfast. Which... negates the last half of that prior suggestion. I'm confused. I should just take them with my breakfast and all my other drugs in the mornings.
I meant to go to bed early last night, but wasn't IN bed until 4:30 AM. I managed to get up at 1 PM for the doctor, but intended to get up earlier than that. I got 3 hours' sleep yesterday and dutifully called Dessy at 1 PM and cemented our shopping plans. We picked her up at 4 and went to Michaels, Hancock Fabrics, Marshalls and Target. I tried not to buy much and actually got some things I needed. The one thing I actually wanted, 4 skeins of Wool-Ease Thick & Quick in Raspberry for a brightly-colored hooded vest I'm knitting, could not be found at either craft store. If I had more than $31 in my checking account, I would just order the skeins online, but I do not.
I plowed through approximately $1200 in the 3 months since May when I started my account. ~$700 was my own earned money and $500 was given to me for Sconeborough expenses/shopping purposes in July. I'm not going to dwell on it, though. I'll just try to be more responsible/frugal the next time I have some money. I did have an eBay buying spree spurred by job/school/life-related depression and that didn't help, though I curbed it after a few weeks of purchasing Suede/Bernard Butler singles and $14 pairs of heels.
I should actually SELL some things on eBay, now that I think of it. I tried to sell one of those pairs of Torrid heels, but it failed to attract attention, so now eBay sends me emails insisting I can sell things if I just put more effort into it/purchase more of their advertising services with each auction. I don't want to be a power seller, however, so I ignore them. :)
Anyway, to sum it up, we had fun shopping and trying on clothes at Marshalls. I found a knit halter with black and white horizontal stripes and black band/tie and it's really cute and will make a good fall/winter top under one of my millions of sweatercoats. And it was $7. I also bought a $3 black tee with this bizarre decoration on it. It covers the entire front, and it's gold and purple and red, predominantly. In it, you can pick out an angel wing, a skull and a motorcycle. It looks very heavy metal and it doesn't really make any sense or have any text explaining the graphic, so I got it. Since I'm bizarre about the too-snugness of T-shirt collarbands, I may go DIY on it and fix it to something I can stand to wear.
Dessy and I also got school supplies (I have now purchased a total of 30 college-ruled notebooks for a total of $3, but have given about 10 away so I don't look TOO crazy) and talked about UNO. I'm glad she'll be there this fall despite the math class situation! We'll actually have class together and everything.
Oh, I guess the thing that made me want to update in the first place was that I asked Dr. Banana about the HPV vaccine and if the clinic had it, because setting up appointments with the Women's Center is a huge circus. They did, and he said they could give it to me today, so I took them up on that. I signed a form and got a shot in the bum, and I'll need a second one around October 15th and a third around February 15th, and then I will be immune to 70% of the causes of cervical cancer! (if I'm remembering that factoid correctly...) It probably helps that I'm a big gayer, too.
I've been trying to maintain a good attitude and cheerful outlook since Sunday. I've gotten a little angry at times, but I'm going to see Jackie tomorrow and I can talk to her about modifying my drugs if she thinks it's necessary. I feel bad that I've been harboring a lot of mean thoughts about various people in my life at various times, and I think it was due in part to being so depressed with myself that I lacked patience for everyone else. Of course, not having gotten enough sleep in a very long time could have something to do with it as well! I fully intend to correct this and I'll have to go to bed earlier tonight.
If the internet hadn't died before I was going to tell Chesh goodnight and I hadn't gone and watched an X-Files episode about Death with Dessy and Smeg, I wouldn't have needed to call Chesh and talk to her until 4:15 in the morning while watching Back To The Future II on TV until Smeg came home safe from taking Dessy to her abode! Chesh said on the phone around 3:45, "Wasn't I supposed to make you go to bed at 3 AM?" and I gave my paltry excuses, but damn, X-Files is scary shit. D: It was nice to hear her voice again, too, and to have her at the other end of the line even while I was muttering about the plot of the movie, which I saw entirely too many times in my youth. I still enjoy it a lot.
I already could stand to dust in here again, and vacuum. I need to start keeping Fat Jack off my bed, even though I cover it for him before I let him jump on it, because my allergies are only getting worse even when taking my much-loathed nasal spray every morning with my Allegra and Singulair and keeping my room clean. He's so filthy and allergenic but he's so SWEET, too. I feel guilty when his little fat self waddles in and squeaks at me until I pet his head and throw a towel on the bed for him. Oh, cats.
This is entirely too long! I wanted to write, but I would rather write something vaguely more worthwhile than a LiveJournal epic!
J.