HAPPY FRIDAY THE 13TH!

Today was a super fantastic day, work went well, I got to have lunch with a wonderful friend that I don’t see nearly enough (tho we e-mail a lot) and came home at a decent hour from work. Oh and I gave blood today, which means my blood pressure was once again in check. If you recall last time it was super crazy high and they wouldn’t let me cause they were afraid it would not be able to stop once they started it. This totally stressed out my coworkers, my family, and my friends. It didn’t make me very happy either but I really just chalked it up to everyday life getting on my nerves.

We had had a crazy stressful work week, one of my really good friends had breast cancer surgery, and I was just “ramped up.” So I really didn’t worry about it, but I was more diligent about my blood pressure medication and even put an alarm on my phone to go off every night playing “Don’t you forget about me!” as a picture of Dr. Mario pops up throwing a pill my way. It’s a pretty effective reminder.

It’s kind of funny to me, cause the last week or so has been crazy stressful with some turnover at the office and just a lot of work on my shoulders. So while the work craziness hasn’t changed at all I guess the medicine is doing what it is supposed to do I guess. Amazing how that happens when one actually takes it ha!

I’m looking forward to a weekend of hanging out, recharging and getting ready for another long work week ahead. That will also include some blogs over the weekend, maybe an update to my ongoing Haley and Michaels inspired story. Then again it could also include me just sitting on my ass watching TV, movies, and possibly spending some time with my neglected xbox. So don't sit around waiting on me .... i'd hate to know you wasted your weekend, but do know that the blog is still alive and well and we will get better about posting that I do promise.

So while I’m at it HAPPY FRIDAY THE 13TH, sometimes the day ends out pretty ok, other times you get stabbed by a dude who was supposed to be at the bottom of a lake.

--Marcy

Thankfulness Challenge - Day 14

At our office we have a blood drive every 6 months or so. The blood mobile comes to our office and we sign up, walk downstairs and spent about 30 minutes or so in the buss answering all these insane questions, get poked, lay around for a few minutes, then get a cookie a glass of juice and head back to work. It’s a wonderful opportunity to help our community. Typically they stay from 8:30-1, sometimes longer if there’s a stream of people trying to get in. There happened to be a blood drive on Sep. 11^th and the blood mobile ended up staying until well after 6pm.

Today was a blood drive day, or as I call it “Blood Sucking Day!” I got my submittal emailed to the other office (who was going to print/bind/and hand deliver it (see yesterday’s post if you have no idea what I’m talking about) and the receptionist called and said it was my turn. I grabbed my ID and took off downstairs. I read the paperwork and headed to the bus. I went into the room to answer the insane questions and the nurse went to take my blood pressure. She put the cuff on my arm and started squeezing. She jokingly asked, high or low? I said high … it’s always high. She was listening to my blood pressure and went huh…. Let’s try a different cuff. This one doesn’t always work right. She went out and got another cuff and came back. She started the process again. Upon finishing the task she said … that’s not … ok I’m going to get someone else to listen. She called one of the other ladies into the room and she completed the process again. After this time they both looked at me like I had a lobster on my head doing a dance and shouting profanities.  

It was determined that my blood pressure was too high for me to donate. As I said it’s always high, sometimes more than others but usually on the higher spectrum. They gave me a sheet of paper with the numbers on it and I was sent on my way with a big speech about getting it checked out. I told them I would. I made my way back to my desk and my boss saw me, he said that was quick. I told him what happened and now he’s all stressed out. It’s like everyone thinks I’m going to keel over dead at any moment.

I tried to tell him it’s been a super stressful week, from my friend’s surgery, to the last minute submittal and the long hours it’s just been a long week. I feel fine but I do have to admit it was nice of him to be concerned. So for today I’m thankful to have a boss that seems to appreciate what I do, appreciate who I am and who actually looked at me today and said “If something happens to you not only will it affect our work in a negative way but also I’ll miss you!” So I guess that means I’ll make a doctor’s appointment, something I truly hate to do. Good guilt trip Steven … well played sir!

-Marcy