My Monday was not actually a horrible day this week, but today was kind of ugh. I have some grumbles to get out of my system.
- To start, I had to do fasting bloodwork for a doctor's appointment next week, and I hate fasting.
- So I had to be dressed and out earlier than I like to be even semi-functional.
- Stairs.
- Started raining on the drive there.
- Turns out that this lab is no longer on the list that my insurance covers 100%, as it has in the past, so I have to pay a chunk of that. (I was not going to try to figure out where is covered, and get an appointment and fast again, all ahead of next week, but I'll look into it for next time.)(I looked it up, and it says it's still a preferred lab, so I'll have to wait and see what the EOB ends up saying.)
- My favorite bakery, which is where I usually run in after these things to get a "congrats for doing the thing" treat, is closed for vacation. I went somewhere else, but their caramel latte wasn't as good.
- Drove home and climbed the stairs in the pouring rain, accompanied by thunder and lightning. (Not actually being rained on on the stairs, but the stairways are open air, so there's some dampness there.)
- In addition to drinking water this morning (to be ready for the urine sample), having blood drawn has made me thirsty, so I keep drinking more and more water. At this point I feel like I'm going to the bathroom every ten minutes.
- Also my stomach has been upset alllllll day, which does happen to me sometimes, so it may not be caused by the fasting, but who knows.
- And the rain and overall ick of weather is made sadder by the fact that on Sunday, for the first time in months, the weather was cool/dry enough that we turned off the AC and had the windows open all day, which was fabulous, and then for most of Monday as well. I want it back! Unfortunately, this was Faux Fall, and we're back to summer weather.
Oh well. I'll surely be complaining about being cold when I'm in NY in 10 days, so there's that.
Doesn't it feel great to have it done and over with. Meantime, Real Fall is coming! (Typed on an 87F day here after a 70F day and the rest of the week will be 80s too and I protest. I want my Fall back, too. It's coming...)
ReplyDeleteOh wow, what a shitty day. So many annoyances!
ReplyDeleteSome days, you know?
DeleteI'm not going to lie, though, I'd love the 80s. Send it here!!
ReplyDeleteWould if I could!
DeleteFasting for tests is terrible. I absolutely get it.
ReplyDeletePlease ignore other commenters and KEEP YOUR 80s TO YOURSELF. I was fed up with summer weather in early August. We are solidly into fall temps, and I could not be happier.
I got a notice awhile ago that my Superhero Neurologist was no longer in my network. I panicked and phoned his office. I don't know who dropped the ball over there--or how--but it turned out to be a correctable error, and he's still in network. Whew! But I could have done without that terror.
Oh, I'm glad that was just an error! Whew.
DeleteI seem to be keeping the weather whether I want to or not.
Fasting blood work is so annoying and I have to do it REGULARLY. I always scheduled the earliest appointment I can because even doing an 8AM appointment is too late for me these days, lol. I'd be so hungry!
ReplyDeleteI made mine for 7:30, and even then, which is an hour after I get up, I was crabby about it. Maybe some people can fast easily but not me!
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