On the home front, I am still sick. I called my physicians office yesterday and they said to call back in the afternoon if nothing was called into my pharmacy. As I expected nothing was called in. I called back and they told me since my physician had the day off there was going to be a delay in getting me medicine but they were working on it. There were a couple of urgent messages sent to the doctor. I don’t know what urgent means in their world but in mine it means an hour or less. I gave them the rest of the day. When I woke up this morning at 11a I saw that nothing had been called in and I reached out to the answering service. They got me in touch with a nurse who called me back in about 15 minutes. The nurse I spoke with said that she wanted to get me a steroid at a minimum but didn’t think an antibiotic would work. Lucky for me she was able to reach my physician and he said he was all too familiar with this. He called in an antibiotic but said that if I didn’t feel better by Monday/Tuesday to reach back out and they would consider a steroid. I’m glad that I had some steroids left from the last bout I had with this a couple years ago. I started taking them yesterday and while I do feel a slight bit better, I am still generally uncomfortable with sinus pressure/pain. My teeth hurt in cycles when the pressure builds. It also has given me a bit of ahead ache and is messing with my vision. Plus, there is the horrible taste of what I refer to as sinus soup. I know the name is kind of gross but it fits.
As per usual I did spend the day mostly in bed and resting. However, one can’t blame me for the way I feel. The cats had enough of this at 3p when they decided it was time for me to get moving. My neck was killing me but I listened to them because I knew that they needed some food, since we missed lunch and they had a late breakfast.
I fed them, grabbed a quick bite and then hopped in the shower. It required a great amount of force to accomplish these simple tasks. I can tell I am very much off my game. I got dressed and then got an order sent into Cracker Barrel. Then I began my errand journey. First stop cat food store. Second stop pharmacy. Third stop post office. Fourth stop Cracker Barrel. Fifth and final stop – home. Wouldn’t you know it those bastards at Cracker Barrel shorted me my mashed potatoes that I paid for. Last time it was Blueberry Syrup. I don’t know that I will be too eager to go back, even if they do have a delicious breakfast offering. I’m tired of getting fucked (I wouldn’t object if it was in a good way).
I found some new flavors that Friskies came out with and thought I would give them a whirl. Marv liked the first can and Gator swooped in to eat the left overs, so I think I got a win out of this. There pallets are so picky.
A correction from yesterdays post. The movie I referenced as The Baby Sitter is actually The Sitter. I managed to find a couple of other winners last night but don’t remember their names. It was a very long night and I didn’t go to bed until 2a or shortly there after. That is what taking steroids does to me. I am talking about Prednisone. If I get a Medrol Dose Pak, I don’t have that problem and the Medrol actually seems to work better. However, this is a desperate time and it called for a desperate measure. It’s not like I needed to be in bed by a certain time. I am also having some wild dreams.
On the work front. As I expected nothing major happening. They were going to relax the pay cut but then we fell off budget in a very bad way last month so that is something they will look at potentially doing next month. We were told that it’s not anticipated we are returning to the office until sometime next year at the earliest. That is based on current information that is available and is of course subject to change. However, I don’t think that we will all be back to normal operations until sometime mid to late next year. I am in no hurry about it. Working from home has it’s good and bad. The good is no commute, plenty of time with the cats. The bad is pretty much the same thing. The 4 walls do begin to close in but I have gotten used to this pretty well. I never in my wildest dreams thought this would be more than a couple months and now it could easily be a year or slightly longer based on the most recent update from Dr. Faucci.
In other news we are apparently launching some mental health awareness program. This lady I know really well introduced the program to everyone and she shocked me when she started out by telling everyone she had a substance abuse issue. Holy shit, she is a sweet older lady that I would have never thought that of. She has been sober for a very long time, but once an addict always an addict, so they say. Were supposed to get more information about the program via email in the next few days and there will be people identified by there area of experience. It’s not meant to be legal or mental help but to give you a point of contact you can talk to and they can point you in the right direction for help. Apparently, I work for a caring employer (not a surprise) and they want to help folks, especially now in the trying times we have. I can certainly see where depression, substance abuse, etc. could be more prevalent since people have a lot of alone time and time in general on their hands. Everyone is dealing with something; you may not know it. It’s important to be kind for that reason alone. I mean I don’t think anyone would suspect me dealing with depression nor having a late spouse. I’m a private person but my boss and a co-worker know. I can’t imagine being on illegal drugs or having a drinking problem and still able to function in my job. Then again, I can’t imagine being depressed and functioning in my job but I have done it.
I just put in a request for 2 more weeks of vacation. Time in October and then again in late November into early December. I think no matter what I do, unless I manage to get seriously ill that I will wind up losing some form of time. I am trying to minimize that to a couple days and hours versus weeks. Plus, I will be rolling over 2 weeks and then on Jan 1 I will get more time. I have always been time poor and am not used to losing time or having an excess but I think it’s a good problem to have, if you have to have a problem.
Given my sinus issues I didn’t expect to make it in front of the computer but remembered that I have my weekend task at work, which is what propelled me here. Marv & Gator both are worried about me. Gator more so than Marv, I think. She is a bit more vocal and attentive. She also has formed a huge dislike to me taking a shower because I am not visible to her. I invite her in the shower with me but once she sees the water that tends to make her run in the other direction.
I’ve got a little bit of personal work to do here on the PC and then it will be upstairs to be with the kids for the evening. Hopefully it will be a short evening because I very much would like to get up early and get the grocery shopping over with. I am going to buy some Chicken Noodle soup and Tea. The problem with being on steroids is that all I want to do is eat. I honestly right now don’t have much of an appetite but am forcing myself because I know that if I don’t eat, I will decline further and that isn’t something I can afford nor do I want.
Thanks for stopping by, I hope that your doing well. I will talk with you peeps again soon.
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