israeli hump day special

work-wise, sunday went much better than anticipated. and i've since had a one-on-one with my boss who seems very happy with how i handled the week.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

gd's nerve block + radio frequency treatment happened. we got there on time, and the last time she had a nerve block we were in and out relatively quickly. this time there was a long, long line of old people and a lot of confusion. eventually they explained to us that it's a day procedure, and if there are complications or concerns with previous patients we could wait anywhere up to four hours.

i had to pick up mr smear from school, and gd wasn't allowed to be there without an escort.

fortunately we eventually got sorted out, they did the procedure while i picked up mr smear and we got back to the hospital in time to take her home.

it was a weird evening, but we managed.

on sunday night, i couldn't sleep. my mother always tells me that if i can't sleep i should get up, but i was too exhausted to get up and too sore to sleep. so for about four tortuous hours, i just lay there miserably with my mind escaping to a problem that couldn't be solved without being up and awake and online. at one point i was finally able to get up and stretch (it was my lower back, mainly), went back to bed, then eventually got up and stretched a second time and that did the trick.

it was pretty awful.

i got mr smear to school yesterday morning and then went straight to an eye exam. the doctor puts drops in my eyes to make my pupils dilate. the exam was fine, and apparently my eyes are just fine, but i didn't have sunglasses and the walk home into the sun was hardcore. it was painful, and my body was still messed up from whatever it was that was keeping me from sleeping and i was exhausted to boot.

the coffees could barely keep me functional yesterday.

and there were impotent protests making the bus take much longer than usual.

somehow, yesterday was productive in spite of how bugged out i was. i was sore, tired, and had a head full of cloud the entire day, but i managed to close a pretty complex ticket so i left the office on a good note.

it helped that i managed to make my annual dermatologist checkup on time, and picked up a really good pita (just salads) and fries on the way back to work.

i handled a big grocery shopping on the way home, and we had a pretty good evening. i ended up going to bed surprisingly late considering how i'd been feeling (i was working on an article about something i learned recently), and i actually got a pretty good night's rest.

i'm still tired this morning, but definitely doing far better than yesterday. let's see how this one goes.