Today Sucked. Yes, It did.
Tomorrow at 5:45 we have to be at the Mayo - he's having his central line put in, so from now on no more needle sticks for his blood draws and for his chemo. He's more upset about the early hour than he is scared about the procedure.
Tomorrow has GOT to be better than today.
In brief, today I:
Tomorrow has GOT to be better than today.
In brief, today I:
- Moved us from one room to another in 1-1/2 hours (A thunderstorm knocked out the switchboard, so our wake up call didn't happen, thus we didn't have as much time as we needed for the move before we needed to be at Mayo for an appointment.
The guy at the desk said we had to be moved into our bigger room by 12:30 [Gerry's mom coming = we need a bigger room] so I did the supermarket sweepstakes of room moves. Dang I'm tired.) - Got talked down to in a condescending "little lady" manner by the resident handyman / I.T. guy here at the hotel ("You're on a Mac? Oh, well that's the problem..." Ooooh, I was so damned mad. Still am. Their router is down, so no wifi, obviously it was the storm. How about resetting the modem, genius?
Did I mention that the handyman was SO condescending and arrogant.
Have I also mentioned that EVERY woman at this hotel is amazingly kind, but some of the men aren't? - Ran over an already dead deer.
(I don't think it did any damage to the car as I was able to straddle it, but it was exciting. I couldn't avoid it, there was a car in the lane next to me and it just appeared as I came over a hill. Dang. I envisioned the handyman.) - Was seated outside for dinner 1 table away from a bowl of sugar water filled with huge WASPS who were loaded for bear?
(We didn't stay there long, no wonder we were the only folks on the patio...) - Choked so badly on my dinner (to the amusement of the table next to us, who didn't realize I was choking and thought I was goofing) that I retched (no one laughed at THAT!) and it took me a good 30 minutes for my throat to 'calm down.' Scary.
Or maybe just a pathetic bid for attention after the deer incident garnered little sympathy from Gerry? Can running over a deer cause dysphagia?
18 Comments:
Wow. That sucketh a whole lot. (((Annie)))
As my friend Scarlett was quoted as saying, "Tomorrow is another day."
Dearest Annie--
CALM DOWN!! tomorrow will be okay. Having a central line put in is no biggie (tho I have to admit I pretty much hyperventilated when I found out I was going to get one in the hospital last year) and Gerry will be fine with it. Only the most skilled of the techs handle it.
hugs, Susan
It is fate, tomorrow will be fabulous. You got all the bad stuff out of the way today! Central lines are not fun to have put in, but in the long run they are must better than repeated needle sticks.
Best wishes for a better day on Tuesday.
Diane
It's a full moon. What happens is. . .the icky stuff gets saved up for that one day. Then you're over it, SEE?
I hope that today is a better day for the both of you :-)
Oy. I hope everything will be better today! (condescending men stink. I deal with that a lot, and I have to say, it NEVER gets better for me.) In context though, choking or having a car accident is far worse--so glad to hear you are ok.
Oy, Annie...what a drag.
I've had one of those choking incidents, so I know how scary that must have been.
When I first started driving, a pigeon (who was either lost or suicidal)jumped right in front my car, while I was cruising down Ocean Parkway. I can't tell you how sickening I felt when the car did a little "thud" and ran over it.
But that's nothing compared to a whole deer! Oh dear!!
Wishing you virtual Xanax and a calmer day.
What a bad case of the Mondays! I know today will be better, it sounds like all the ickiness happened in one fell swoop. You, Gerry and the kids are in my thoughts.
oh annie! hugs! i'm 'established' in IT and still get some of the most horrendous guys who think just b/c part of their X chromosome fell off and stuck somewhere else (er, not really) they know more than I do. I've actually made my husband call a few times b/c I just get so po'd.
I hope that your not-Monday but Tuesday is better.
{hugs}
HATE all the rain and its troubles ya'll are getting--wish some of it could be Fed'Ex'd down here to the South!
I have to have horrendous days like you just had every so often so I remember the gift of the good days like you had on the 25th! Keep on keepin' on!
Oh Annie! Sending hugs your way! About once a year I have a day like that when Murphy's law is in full effect. I don't know if the stars were aligned against you or what, but I trust today will be 100% better. I think without the dark we wouldn't appreciate the light.
Boy those muggle non-mac people are useless. That is one of my buttons too, always makes me mad to get that "oh, you're on a MAC....." I sure hope Tues is better for you. Sometimes the yucky stuff just all happens at once, and then it gets better. Wish I could use the Prairie Home tickets, but we are 2000 miles away. We listen every weekend, makes our friends shake their heads and wonder what planet we came from!
Jennie
Maybe those wasps were loaded for BEER.
If you think about how hyper kids get after a sugary drink, it must be 20 times more "high"-inducing for a wasp. Drunk wasps or not, any wasp is scary, to me.
I'm sorry you had such a difficult day; I hope things went as well as they could today.
*I'd've thought of that handyman, too.
Everytime I meet some man with that type of condescending attitude, I smile at them and sweetly say, "why you're just giving me the warm fuzzies". Usually stops them in their tracks.They definately know that you are on to them and they quiet down.
Gerry will breeze through his central line and be so much the better for it.
Take a deep breath and knit, my friend. You need a break (and some ice cream).
Yes, I hate it when the IT guys want to blame their problems on my Mac. I don't know why they're so scared of them!
I was once one lane over from a dead horse on the interstate. The car ahead of me apparently didn't see it, didn't change lanes, and went right over it. Pretty exciting!
I hope you don't mind that I got a laugh at reading the blog.I was catching up for the first time in a couple of busy crazy days. I was going full throttle p/o at the injustice, to the opening line of the previous day...funny how things turn on a dime. May they flip back to "I'm so happy" very quickly. Peace and prayers Marsha
I have been keeping track of your blog and Gerry's condition over the past few weeks. I read often but this is the first time I have commented. I just want you to know that even though I really don't know you or your family -- all of you are in my prayers. I keep you guys in mind each time I pray so that God will put his blessings on you. I hope Gerry's health continues to improve and that there is continued healing throughout your family.
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