Hi, welcome to week 28!

I slept pretty well last night. Of course the sleep study would happen on a night I have no issues. I had a hard time waking up, and I had a message from my Brother and a email from Poppa. My Brother wanted me to bring Mom and Poppa over, and Poppa wanted to know what the plan was. I went over them and told them the plan was to go to my Brother’s for the day. Mom tried to change the time but I said I had to return my sleep study at some point, and I couldn’t guarantee we’d be back when she wanted to go. So they went and got dressed while I went and woke Fiks up and asked what he wanted to do. He said he wanted to wake up a little bit before taking me to drop off my sleep study. I got Mom and Poppa and took them over to my Brothers.

I came home and Fiks was up and on the computer, I went and checked in with him and turned on Wednesday and worked on this. A while later we got up and going to drop off my sleep study equipment back at the hospital. Fiks said that he was hungry, so we decided to go for a snack, aka boba tea. I don’t really like boba tea, so I got a strawberry freeze. It was really nice.

After we got home Fiks wanted to play Tears of the Kingdom, so I turned on Wednesday on my laptop and watched that until it was time to go. I might have started dozing off during the show, but I did wake up for the dance scene, so that was nice. It is surprisingly difficult to get a dance scene gif that will actually work. I’ve yet to find one that will work on here. When it was time we ran and dumped the clean laundry on the bed and loaded up the dirty laundry and took that down and started it then we went over to my Brother’s house for dinner.

Dinner was good. It was 2 types of chicken, garlic bread, salad, roasted potatoes and peppers. For dessert it was madalines and strawberries. A very strawberry type day today. We also introduced Fiks to Pass the Pigs, a really fun game that my family grew up playing, so it was cool to see that game again. They even had a set of giant pigs, so Mom played with those after she decided she wanted to play. I ended up winning with 95 points. Afterwards we came home and did chores, and now we’re watching YouTube videos. I went and took a shower and came back out and we watched Wednesday together until it was time for me to go to bed.

I slept okay last night. I had weird dreams involving one of my ex’s tho. I woke up kind of grumpily. Fiks was getting ready for work, which I told him not to go into yesterday because his side/back was hurting. I guess he got a call or a text that I didn’t hear, calling him into work. He said he didn’t want to go, but he had to go. I kissed him goodbye and watched some Wednesday on the sofa until Other Mother texted me and we figured out when to ride her horse. Then my Sister texted and wanted me to take Mom and Poppa somewhere while I was at Other Mothers. I told her I couldn’t take them. She asked if I could pick them up from her appointment and I said sure. Then I went and got dressed to go to Other Mother’s to ride.

I got there okay, she opened the gate for me so I had good timing even! Then I hopped out of the truck and put on my paddock boots and walked over to Other Mother and Mora, who was busy eating. We took off her fly sheet and then we walked her over to the trailer. She she was pretty clean we just threw the saddle pad and saddle on her. Myself and OM couldn’t remember which bridle she went in, so we tried one and after most of the mold had been cleaned off it, I hopped on Mora.

She really didn’t like the first bit we put her in. So while I was still on her we switched her out to the other bit, and she seemed to settle after that. She’s never been a ‘goer’ and is green (inexperienced), and with me being out of riding and normal shape, my leg strength wasn’t what it used to be. Mora is… she’s one to do things on her own time and her own terms. She isn’t flat out nasty, but if she doesn’t like what you’re telling her to do she’ll try to rub you off on the rail. Or stop and not go anywhere. There was a lot of clucking and “walk on” going on. I told OM that consistency is going to be the key with her. I got her walking pretty good and she wasn’t carrying her head super high like she started off doing, so we decided to call it a day. I dismounted and then we untacked her and walked her back to her stall. OM and I talked for a while about Mom and Poppa and how they were doing, then we said our goodbyes and I went on my way to the grocery store.

The grocery store was busy but fine. I picked out my flowers and were heading to the back when Poppa called me. I told him I was in the grocery store and to give me 20 minutes to get what I needed. He said fine and then I kind of sped around the grocery store, getting what I could remember off the grocery list that I forgot. I got the important things, like ice cream. I checked out and then I went over to pick up Mom and Poppa. I pulled in and Poppa popped out from between some cars, and told me where to park. I got out and cleaned off the passenger seat and went with Poppa to go get Mom who was still waiting inside the doctors office. We then walked to the truck, Mom and Poppa wanting to stop for lunch, I mentioned I had ice cream and they decided that I needed to get that home and in the freezer.

I put on Phantom of the Opera for Mom as we drove home. I parked in my Sister’s driveway and we unloaded Mom and got her inside after some whining. I got them settled then came home. I took the garbage cans in and moved the laundry, and put the ice cream in the freezer before going and parking the truck. I made myself a sammich and then I turned on Wednesday and finished that, then turned on Grey’s Anatomy and fell asleep to that for a while. I kept poking Fiks, trying to figure out how his day was going. He responded that he was leaving work and going to the Doctors office for his back, apparently it got worse today at work (like I thought it would). I kept talking with him while he was waiting for the Doctor.

I went over to my Sister’s to say hi to everyone, who were finishing off dinner. I had some watermelon as they ate dinner. We chatted a little bit and then I came home again and started working on dinner. Fiks was done he went to Kaiser down the street to pick up his prescription from the doctors for his back and then he came home. I worked on dinner. Rice with edamame, ground pork, and pickled cucumbers. It was pretty good, but I think I ate too much watermelon, because I didn’t finish dinner.

Fiks had gaming with his other group, so I bounced around on what to watch before settling on Sing 2. Love the music in the movie.

I slept pretty well last night. I did wake up wide awake around 3, but after turning on my audio book I fell back to sleep. I remember Fiks getting up but I don’t remember him leaving. I also don’t remember telling my alarm off the first time. When I woke up it was 8, so I had time for some breakfast and that was about it. I got dressed for work and then I made my lunch and off I went.

Got to work a little bit later than planned, but it was only a few minutes. I walk in and there is laughing and I figured it’d be a good day. As soon as they saw me it stopped. I said good morning to everyone and no one responded. Then they were all ordering Starbucks and I asked if I could order something. They all look at each other like they wanted to say no, but they didn’t. So I ordered my drink and started rooming clients.

I just kept having issues with the girls throughout the day. S got really bitchy around lunch time. I asked her if she wanted to go instead of me and she snapped ‘no it’s fine’ at me. I decided after that I was going to talk to the manager about it. I’m over the high school drama bullshit. I was over the high school drama bullshit when I was in high school. S just ignored me the rest of the afternoon. Fine. Whatever. I went to the manager after the end of the day and told her what was going on. She said she hadn’t heard anything from the girls about me, but she’d figure out what was going on. I have a feeling it’s going to blow up in my face and that S is going to lie to the manager then come at me.

I came home and moved laundry then I walked over to my sister’s house and checked on everyone over there. They were doing well, having dinner and watching the Titanic. I told my parents what was happening and I told them I was over it an frustrated all at the same time. I got a bottle of water because it was bloody hot when I got home, and I made my way back home and took a shower and then fell asleep on the sofa for a while. I woke up to Fiks texting me he was on his way home, I said I didn’t have any idea on what to cook so we decided on left overs. I had left over pizza and Fiks had left over Chinese. We spent the evening watching YouTube videos.

I have the puppy vision of this in my head from Instagram. Can’t seem to find the video it came from either. Oh well.

I slept pretty well last night. I even got back to sleep after Fiks’ work phone went off at o-dark-thirty this morning. Then I woke up when he was getting ready for work and he kissed me goodbye. I wished him a good day and went back to sleep for 15 or 30 more minutes, I can’t remember which. I woke up with a grumble and turned on Cuthroat Kitchen while I ate my breakfast. When it was time I got up and got dressed for work, wanting to pack a lunch but realizing I didn’t have enough time.

I got to work a little early and I felt extremely anxious from having issues with S. I still don’t know what I’ve done wrong. I walked in and started working on labs and call backs. The day sorta flew by, and before I knew it, it was 1 o’clock and my shift was over. I went to Eric’s Deli and got a salad wrap and a bag of chips and went over to my hairdresser and sat in the parking lot, listening to the Ralph Report while eating.

My doctor ran late, as usual. We talked about me having insomnia and anxiety issues, so she gave me a few tricks to try when I can’t sleep. We are trying a new medication for anxiety. Then she dropped the bomb that she was leaving. I was in damn near tears when we said goodbye. She’s been a really great doctor for me, and I’m going to miss her greatly. She’s been my doctor since 2015ish. I have no idea what my next doctor is going to be like, and the file corrupted in where I wrote down her favorites to go to. I’ll have to reach back out to her before the end of the month and get those names again.

After my doctor appointment I went into the salon and got started on my new hair. W mixed up some new shades of red and I started looking in the mirror and watching the dye turn orange. I said if he was going to turn me into a carrot he was doing rainbow hair on me. I cooked with dye on my head for 40 minutes (I looked like sailor moon at one point), then he went and washed my hair and got it blow dried and straightened and added more hair tinsel to it.

I came home and went over to my Sisters house and checked on my Parents and said hi. I just did a quick visit then came home and then I got changed and flopped on the sofa for a while. I decided to make mac n cheese when Fiks said that he was coming home. I told him this, and yet he was silly and went and got Carl’s Jr. for dinner. Silly Fiks. We watched some Youtube and then some stuff on Dropout before I headed to bed.

I slept pretty good for me last night. I only woke up once or twice, and not long enough to start the next audio book. I woke up with Fiks kissing me goodbye, and then I went back to sleep for a little while. I got up in bewteen alarms, and watched some more Cutthroat Kitchen as I ate some breakfast. Then I brushed my teeth and I decided which set of scrubs to wear. I chose Caribbean blue. I brushed my hair and then I packed my lunch and went to work.

Work went okay. I did the call backs and then I went and got my photo for the website taken. I wasn’t really happy with any of them. I’m not happy with the way I look right now, just body shape wise. Anyway. I was in the treatment area for the morning and then I was in reception for the rest of the day. My brain had a harder time shifting from one mode to the other this afternoon. And my manager asked me if my schedule was the same for August and I said yes. I also saw that I got a raise, but no where near what I was expecting. I don’t know if I should ask for what I was expecting or just leave it be.

I came home and took a shower and checked on my Parents and walked the dog. Mom and Poppa went and got their hair done by W today, and they both looked good. Mom has multiple reds in her hair, it looks really pretty. I spent the evening watching TV and waiting for Fiks to get home. I guess the shit is hitting the fan at work, so he has to be there to help with damage control? Clean up? I’m not quite sure. He didn’t get home until after 9 last night, but since I had to help open tomorrow I had to get to bed on time, so I didn’t get to see him for very long. Its like he’s working peak again.

I woke up a couple times in the night and not seeing Fiks in bed with me. I finally gave up at like 230 and went out and saw him passed out on the sofa. I tried nudging him awake but it didn’t really work. I left the door open so he could come to bed whenever he wanted to. I remember him waking me up in the morning and saying goodbye, and then I tossed and turned until my alarms went off. I woke up in between alarms, but was running slow so therefore I was running late. I grabbed a pair of scrubs and threw them on, fed the fish, and went down the mountain to work.

I went to go and park in my usual spot but it was taken, so I tried parking in the spot next to it. The person who took my spot parked super close to the line on the drivers side, so I couldn’t fit in the next spot over and get out of the truck. I had to park in the back, but since I was in the first wave I got a good parking spot. I put on my work shoes, sent Fiks a ‘you’ve got this’ text and then I walked through the clinic into reception. I punched in and then started working. We had 6 surgeries today, and we had one that showed up 2 weeks early. If we didn’t have so many surgeries already planned, we would have taken him in. But since we did we couldn’t this week.

This morning was filled with no shows and people trying to get in as soon as possible, which was frustrating. It was hard because we were down a doctor and had a full schedule for her, and the surgeries. I’m in charge of OSHA compliance at work, so A came up to the front with this wonderful gift of a binder with new compliances we need to learn and get to be within the rules and regulations. OMG and its such dry reading. But I need to know most of these things by Aug 10th, when we are having a specialist come in and do a presentation on it. Oh joy.

When I wasn’t answering the phone or helping with clients I was reading the binder, downloading files, or just doing paperwork on the bloody thing. It kept me busy for most of my morning. When it was time, my shift was over and I changed into my regular shoes and then I swung by the post office to drop off the stitch fix which I got 2 weeks ago and nothing caught my eye. Plus I was very frustrated with them because I wrote a note saying I hate skiny jeans, and then that’s the only type of jeans they offer me. I asked for bootcut jeans from a certain company and didn’t get them.

I made my way home and then I walked over to my Sister’s house. Poppa was doing laundry and said that the dog needed walking, so I went into the house and said hi to Mom and Lumi. I took Lumi for a walk and then went back inside. I chatted with Mom for a little bit, then I made my way home and got changed and made myself a sammich. I was halfway through lunch when my Sister called saying she couldn’t get a hold of Poppa, but Moms physical therapist was wondering if she could come early. I went over and asked Mom and she said yes, so I let my Sister know and then I stayed for Mom’s PT session. It went well, Lumi behaved himself and even got to come out to say hi to the physical therapist.

After Mom’s physical therapist left, I came home and flopped on the sofa and watched TV and took a nap. After a while I got bored of what I was watching and I turned on Moana. Fiks came home like 30 minutes into the movie, so we watched the rest of the movie together. He even sang along quietly for a few songs. It was nice to see that. Once the movie was over I went to bed and he hopped into the shower. He came and snuggled me after the shower, I kept rocking him to try to get him into the bed, but he resisted. Something was obviously bugging him. I asked him if he wanted to talk about it and he shook his head no.

I woke up at one pont and went and checked on Fiks and he was passed out on the sofa, so I closed the door and turned off the TV and then went back to bed. He came to be around 3. I then I slept until my alarms went off at 745. I got up and got dressed, made myself a muffin and went to work. It was treat day at work, T had bought me a downtowner from a local bakery for second breakfast. I felt like a hobbit.

The day went pretty well. It was a pretty steady day. There was only one mad rush, and thankfully that didn’t last too long. They were repaving the parking lot for the medical complex behind us, so had the wonderful smell of asphalt for the day. It was V & G and A, and A got fucking pissed for a while, but I was happy not to be back there during that time. I heard her snap at V a few times to get her moving, like one of the times I took a file back and announced the appointment. Oh! I met the most beautiful Maine Coon kitten today!

After work was done I went and visited Fiks for a little bit, he was covering lunch for one of his CSA’s. After the quick visit I came home and walked over to my Sister’s and checked on my Parents. Parents were good, just hot. Can’t blame them since it was 92 degrees outside. We chatted for a little bit and then I came home and got changed into shorts and a tank top and turned on Netflix for a while. I went over around 330 and checked on my Parents and they were fine. Poppa was getting ready to take a shower, Mom was watching TV. I went to the grocery store to get Fiks some energy drinks for gaming tonight and some soup from Mom.

I came home and walked to my Sisters house and gave Mom her soup and then told Poppa to walk over to my house when he was ready to go to church. I went back to watching TV until Poppa came over, then I took him to church. I came back and walked over to my Sister’s and sat with Mom and tried to find a movie that I wanted to watch, but I couldn’t remember the name. So we ended up watching Behind the Attraction. We watched the Haunted Mansion episode and then we watched the one on the Disney Castles around the world. I got a call from my Sister saying she was stuck in traffic and couldn’t get to Poppa, and asked me to go pick him up. So I did. I picked him up and came back home, and then my Sister showed up like 15 minutes later.

I came home and then I ordered Togos sammiches for dinner. Well, a sammich for Fiks and a salad wrap for me. Fiks came home and hopped in the shower, and then when he was done the food showed up and we started our D&D session.

Alirght, I’m going to leave it here for this week.

~Just keep swimming~