Monday, May 02, 2005

The headache that wouldn't die

Had a ultra-quiet weekend... rotten headache that started Saturday lasted through most of Sunday. I was supposed to go to breakfast with my sister Sunday morning, but cancelled. Just wasn't up to it, and wanted to sleep through the headache, which kind of worked. Doc appointment this morning in Portland, so I left the house at 7:15 to get there by 8:40. Actually made good time and was 10 minutes early. It's the damn commuter traffic that I hit when I-205 runs into I-5 north of Wilsonville. Five lanes of traffic and it all slows to a crawl. The drive home only takes 50 minutes or so with the cruise control set at 72. Had to fast this time for lab work... last time my triglycerides were over 1200, primarily due to the meds. So I get to run 10-30 weight instead of plasma.

My doc wrote me all new prescriptions, so I could move all my scripts to Walgreens, which is just down the road, open 24/7, plus I can request refills via the Internet. Tired and fed up with the current pharmacy... I use my debit card to pay, and they sometimes take as much as two weeks to deduct the money, and 2 times now they've deducted the money twice, which is really a pain in the ass when it's a week before payday. They are very nice folks at the current pharmacy, but small town pharmacies really need to get with the program... it's called the 20th century. And Don's surfing the technology wave as fast and as far and as long as he can... :)

Looking forward to vacation later this month. I took Friday, May 20th off, plus the following week. Which means a 3-day weekend, 5 days off, and then another 3-day weekend (Memorial Day). Friday, May 20th, is the stop smoking day... there was no way I could quit smoking and work too... I'd be too much of a shit to work with. Hopefully the weather will be nice, and I can take my frustrations out on the backyard with the electric hedge trimmers. I really need to quit... period. And am pretty much a dumb ass for continuing to smoke.

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