Last Thoughts For Tonight

Here it is, coming to the end of August, and we are finally getting a break from the triple-digit temperatures that have plagued us for the last few weeks. AMEN! BUT...and there is always a BUT... it is supposed to get back up to the triple digits by the weekend. Figures! Oh well. You can't always have everything you want.

The weekends always pass by so fast, and the work week always seems to drag on. It is only Tuesday, and I feel like it should be at least Thursday. I guess that's wishful thinking for you. At least it is Hump Day tomorrow. Of course, I have to work on Friday, which is just going to make the week seem even longer. Plus, I have a lot to do on Friday after work....go to AAA and renew my membership and pay my car registration... go to the radiologist for an x-ray... go grocery shopping (ugh!)... and maybe get my tire fixed (it has a slow leak). Oh yeah, I also need a new windshield wiper refill and a new signal light for my car, since my front left turn signal is not working. Damn...there goes my Friday.

I have been so tired lately. It must be the heat. My doctor's appointment went pretty well last week. All systems go. My white blood cell count was a little low and so was my iron level, but the doctor says that is kinda normal for people taking Plaquenil and who have arthritis. I am not worried about that. Of course, the lower iron levels are probably contributing to my fatigue, but what can you do? Liver and kidney tests were A.O.K, as was my blood sugar. The inflammation level was up...to 54 this time, but the day I went to the doctor I was in the middle of a pretty mean flare-up, so I expected that. The doctor ordered me to get a chest x-ray, so I will have to go on Friday after work for that. It is a standard test she said. Nothing to be worried about. I also have the trip to the opthamologist on the 24th to look foward to - haha. I hate having my eyes dilated!

I found out over the weekend why it is so important to let your contact lenses soak in the cleaning solution for the required length of time....because if you don't let them soak long enough for the solution to dilute, putting your lenses in your eyes can be freaking painful!!!!! Yeah...the burning sensation was NOT fun. Let that be a lesson to me.

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Gas is freaking expensive! The lowest price in town at the moment is $2.61 a gallon and the highest is $2.99 a gallon (for regular gas - premium is even higher!). It keeps going up and up and up....will it ever go back down again? Please say yes!

And with that thought, I am gonna hit the hay.