My Miserable Work Environment

<<- Honestly, the things I must tolerate in order to make a day's wage. How I every get anything accomplished under such stressful conditions, I'll never know.

I had a lovely long entry yesterday, but when I edited for a boo boo, it got all messed up.

While I've been ignoring my blog effort, I was enjoying a multi-day migraine headache - most likely from too many Mountain Man snacks which listed MSG as about the fourth ingredient. Good but deadly. During this time, I wondered how many Darvocet I could eat and not meet Heath on the other side. (Bless his little heart) The throb finally subsided around Friday.

On one of those days that I wished I'd had a morphine drip, I took Alatariel to The Mall to pick up some K Cups from Gloria Jean's. I rounded the corner to find Jme, a friend of mine from my vitamin store days. I hadn't seen her in a couple of years. Oddly, I'd been thinking of her recently and wondered what she was up to. We had a nice visit (nice as I could have without that morphine) and then Ala and I left the mall. On the way out, Ala commented that she, too, had been thinking about Jme lately. How odd is that?


Even though I was feelin' poorly, I still had enough forward motion to make it to Hobby Lobby to peruse the fabric offerings. We found a bolt of Robert Kaufman (at Hobby Lobby??) fabric, black with little jewel-tone star bursts. Very pretty.

Saturday I found myself in the Lob again, this time picking up some nursery print cotton and pink rosebud flannel to make a baby blanket. Don't know if I'll make it for the grand child or take it to my neighbor who had a girl a few months ago. Hmmm.

My fabric squares from materialgirlchic (ebay) came in the mail this week. Very pretty, rich colors. I'll never be able to cut them. :) My etsy purchase should be here any day now. As for the peacock fabric - I told Hubby that would be an awesome Valentine gift.

Work has been a challenge this week. One of the consultants gave his notice and was not very nice about it. This puts a terrible burden on Hubby, who is already bending under the work weight he carries. The consulting firm promised to send resumes our way this weekend, but we've yet to see anything.

School... well... Chapter 2 was due this weekend and I still don't have Excel. Open Office is giving me fits with the forms I have to download for the class. Maybe I otta getta move on that.

Alatariel had a follow up appointment with the shin splint doctor. After dancing for a few weeks, she's started having pain again, and he confirmed that she's still having problems. Here's what bothers me about this whole thing: *When she told Dr. that she is an Irish step dancer, he didn't know what she was talking about. *He sent us to the prosthetic department and had $50 arch supports put in her daily shoes. *Last week, I asked him how the arch supports helped when she dances primarily on her toes, to which he replied that they didn't. *We have seen numerous articles about taping shins and ankles to help with shin splints. Dr. has never mentioned taping. *When I asked him about it last week, he pondered the question, then said, "Well, I guess we could try to teach you how to tape them."

Try? TRY??? Do I have STUPID tattooed on my forehead?

We have an appointment with the certified tapeologist next week. This supposedly may take three or four visits. Can you say "Bleed the patient dry?" I think Ms. Tapeologist and I are going to have a heart to heart.

In three weeks, Ala has an appointment with an orthopedic surgeon who comes highly recommended from another dancer who has had some problems. I believe it's second opinion time.

I spent the better part of the day working when I had planned to be sewing. I'm going to finish up the work issues and see if I can hit the sewing machine for a bit before bed. I also need to ponder this tag thing.....