Hi and welcome to week 17!

I slept pretty well last night. I woke up around 830 and moved to the sofa and slept until almost 11, where I just stayed on the sofa and watched The Simpsons until 12. I got up, took a shower, moved the laundry, made a sammich and started working on blogging. I currently have Bones going on in the background as I work. And gify isn’t working… again. None of the Bones gif’s I want are working when I use them in WordPress. Grrrr

Fiks eventually woke up and we snuggled on the sofa and watched and episode and then I got up and went and moved the laundry and called and told my parents we weren’t going to make it to family dinner because my tummy was hurting. I went and flopped on the sofa for a while, watching Bones. Then I started working on the grocery list for the new diet. Man, this is going to suck and be hard, and expensive. Thankfully most of it reusable, so its not just one and done. I had the list and still forgot to get things on it. Fiks wanted more Panda for dinner, I said that I was over Panda for right now. Would have been the 3rd or 4th time this week for Chinese. We agreed to Togo’s Sandwiches.

We came home, threw a bunch of old food away, put the new stuff in, and sat down and ate our Togo’s. I got my chicken Cesar salad wrap, Fiks got his meatball sub. I turned on Bones, and Fiks went back to Minecraft. After a while we took out the recycling and garbage. Then we were done for the night and I went to bed.

I didn’t sleep great last night. I woke up wide awake at 3 and was awake until 5. I was just getting back to sleep when Fiks’ alarms went off. I gave up trying to sleep after he left and moved to the sofa and dozed to The Simpsons until it was time to get ready and head into work. I grabbed my scrubs and got dressed, made my lunch and then I headed into work.

I got there early, I changed into my work shoes and then I went inside. I said hi to A and G was still basically ignoring me. Fine, whatever. And I ignored the callback list, letting someone else do it. I started restocking the drawers and then I started rooming for my doctor. The day was pretty uneventful, which was nice. I got to leave early and come home and I took a shower before flopping on the sofa and watching The Simpsons some more. Fiks came home and hopped into the shower, and I made us some grilled cheese, because its something I can eat right now that is fairly easy. Fiks played Minecraft for most of the night and I went to bed when it was time.

I slept better last night, I woke up when my alarms went off and kept snoozing them until I had no choice but to get up. I grabbed my scrubs, made my lunch and down the mountain to work I went. It was just a weird atmosphere at work today. G still seemed mad at me, C, S, and M were okay, and S wasn’t there this morning. Because we were busy and short staffed I did stuff that I shouldn’t have done. Like take x-rays on a dog. The dog wasn’t super bad, just wiggly. But between that and the heavy lead gown, I hurt my back. I got poop/anal glands on my scrub pants. S eventually showed up and G took off, so I did what I could, needing to give my back a break and sat down for a few times.

I went to lunch and then afterwards I put on my back brace because my back was killing me. I turned down doing one of the doctor’s dogs x-rays because I couldn’t handle the gown again. Of course it was the doctor that I had helped with the x-rays on the other dog, and she got kinda mad at me. But for me, when I say I’m in pain, I mean it. I don’t just shrug off doing certain things because I don’t want to at work. I do it because I can’t. I wasn’t able to land blood draws when I was given the chance either. Fucking sucks. We closed up and cleaned up, and we were out of the clinic by 515.

I was making my way to the truck when Fiks said that he was on his way home, I sent him a text saying the same. I managed to beat him home. I took off my dirty scrubs and threw them in the wash, and then I came upstairs and took a hot shower in an effort to relax my back. It seems to have helped. He got himself some beer and some fast food for dinner, and I made myself another grilled cheese and got some salted lime tortilla chips.

I slept pretty well last night. I didn’t need to wake up for work this morning, so that was nice to just sleep through my alarms. I remember kissing Fiks goodbye for work and just rolling back over to sleep. I eventually got up and moved to the sofa and gave my parents a ring. Poppa was making them pancakes for breakfast, and they invited me over. I told them I couldn’t eat them, but thanks for the offer. They took it as to mean I wouldn’t eat any right now, just later. I explained that it was an item on my elimination diet unless it was made a certain way.

I got up and dressed after a while and went and visited Mom and Poppa after getting some gas down the street from their house because its like 20 cents cheaper there then down the street from my house. Gas is just stupid expensive in California right now, no matter where you go. I hung out there for a while before heading to the grocery store and getting a couple of things that we had ran out of/forgot to get on Sunday. After that I went and saw Fiks and have him a hug, he wasn’t having a good start to his day at work.

I then came home and put the cold groceries away and flopped on the sofa for most of the afternoon, being a lazy bum and resting my back for tomorrow. When Fiks said that he was on his way home, I started working on dinner, smashing the chicken breasts thinner, and getting the potatoes ready for roasting. Fiks got home and I ran down to grab the clean laundry I forgot about (I still have dirty scrubs in the washer…. Its Thursday). He hopped in the shower and I wanted for the oven to get up to temperature for the potatoes.

I threw them in the oven when Fiks got out of the shower, but I had the timing wrong. They were practically done when Fiks was just throwing the chicken onto the BBQ. Whoops. I just tented them and then went down and kept him company while the chicken cooked. I ran up with the chickens once they were done and let them rest for a few minutes as Fiks waited for the BBQ to cool down before putting it away and coming up. He poured some sauce on dinner, which made me jealous because I couldn’t have any of that sauce. Then I looked at the list. Balsamic Vinegar glaze is allowed, 2 tablespoons worth.

We watched some YouTube videos while we ate, Fiks jumping on to his computer and then I got up and started making some chocolate chip cookies that I could eat. I’ve made waayyy better cookies, I’ve also made worse (but not by much), the dough was weird and just wouldn’t come together. I wonder if it was because I used coconut oil instead of butter, but that’s what the recipe called for. I spent the rest of the night doom scrolling on my phone jumping between Facebook and Instagram. MY stomach started to get really upset and hurting, so I went to bed a little early.

I did not sleep well last night, I was up sick for most of it. I tried taking another pain pill, but it didn’t really seem to help. I woke up when Fiks left for work this morning and texted my boss that I had been up sick most of the night, asking if I could call out. She said yes and to feel better. I went back to sleep after that for another hour or two. Then I moved to the sofa and turned on The Simpsons and dozed to that for a while.

I poked my Cousin, telling her I was home sick and if she wanted to watch a movie. She said maybe, and so we left it at that. I watched some Netflix for a while before remembering that I had to go to the workman’s comp doctor today. I got up and got dressed and went down to get my back checked out. I told him what happened the other day about the x-rays and he said it sounded like I needed some PT, because my back should have been better by now. I got my letter for work and came back home.

I curled up on the sofa with some lunch and watched TV, putting on The Greatest Showman afterwards since I had its songs going through my head. Fiks came home at the end of the movie and hopped into the shower, and I finished watching the movie. He came out and wet set about making dinner (chicken nachos) and then we watched some YouTube videos for a while. He jumped onto his computer and I started working on this on the big computer, after setting up the web cam. I found The Last Unicorn on Disney+ (looks like they touched it up, looks really good), so I put that on while I did computer stuff and worked on this.

I slept pretty well for me last night, only waking up once or twice. I grumbled when my alarms started going off, sleeping in a little too late and rushing to get dressed, pack my lunch and head down the mountain. I got there and A and S said good morning to me, G and S didn’t, they basically ignored me. I’m getting really sick and tired of their petty bull shit. One day I’ll snap and say something. But everyone minus A was wearing a mask, and I didn’t know what was going on, so I asked S who was talking to me, what was going on. One of the doctors came down positive for COVID this morning. So I’m glad I was out sick yesterday, because otherwise I’d have contact with that doctor, and I don’t want COVID again.

The day was kind of slow with 6 of us there, L and C showing up closer to 9. Since they hadn’t been around yesterday they didn’t opt to wear a mask, I could have too but I’d rather be safe and wear a mask. But the 4 of us were on top of rooming the 1 doctor, so there was a lot of cleaning going on. The other doctor was doing the 5 surgeries. She started at like 1030 and went until 230, with short breaks between as we recovered one patient and got the next one ready.

We were on top of remaking the surgery, gown, and towel packs. I got sent home at 4, which was fine because there was nothing to do at that point minus discharge and room, and with 6 of us vying to room and patients showing up late, it was slow again. I texted Fiks that I was on my way home, and he said that he was too. I got home first and hopped into the shower and he showed up right when I was getting out. So we switched, he took a shower while I was getting dressed.

He really wanted Chinese for dinner, so I let him order that and made myself a brie grilled cheese sammich, it was soo good. He devoured his dinner when it showed up, and then he went to bed to lie down. I watched The Simpsons for a while before switching to Sing and watching the Johnny song above, which had been stuck in my head all day and just the little clip wasn’t satisfying enough.

I talked with my parents part of the way through the movie, and then I finished it and went and checked on Fiks and he was passed the f out. I stayed out in the living room until it was bed time. I was in bed and reading my book when my manager texted me asking me to open tomorrow, T the person who I was meant to open with, was rushing her husband to the emergency room. I said of course and then I read my book until I started dozing off, then I turned on my audio book and tried to sleep.

I didn’t sleep the best last night, but oh well. I was grateful and grumpy that I gave myself an extra alarm to get up this morning, so with my second alarm I got up and had my yogurt and then I got dressed and got ready for work and woke Fiks up to move his car so I could leave. He grabbed his wallet because he wanted Starbucks since he had to pull out of the garage anyway. I kissed him and he wished me a good day, then we hopped into our cars and left.

I got to work and parked, letting myself in the building and turning on the music and clocked in. Next I printed out the list of the appointments for Monday and started pulling the files. I was getting along okay, only missing a few files when my manager showed up with the dog that she was dog sitting, a very cute Irish Setter. She took him for a walk then put him in a run and came up and worked the counter with me. She said some really nice things about me, which made me feel good about myself. We work pretty well together.

The day just kind of flew by, which was nice. Before I knew it, it was time to start closing. I said that if she needed me up front on Tuesday or any day during the week to just let me know and pull me up. After I was done closing the front, I went and visited Mom and Poppa for a little bit. They were doing good, just finishing up eating lunch. B had taken Mom out for her adventure of the day already, and had her doing her exercises. I hung out for a while before I started yawning, Mom said I needed to go home and take a nap. I said my goodbyes and left, promising to call later.

I got home and Fiks was parked in the driveway, so I had to call him to tell him to move his car, which he did. Then I came up and got changed and popped a bag of Popcorn before settling down and watching The Simpsons. I managed to sleep to that for a while, waking up to the sound of thunder from Fiks’ computer. Scare the crap out of me (I hate thunder). I just kinda dozed on the sofa off and on for a while, until I got hungry and ordered my food for gaming (Poke bowl). Fiks curled up on the sofa and passed out for a while, until a loud motorcycle drove past our house, then that woke him up.

I’m going to leave it here, since gaming is going to start in a little bit.

~Just keep swimming~