It is almost over!
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The 122 on my last Biology test means that even if I get a 40 on the final, I will get an A! Whoo hoo!
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I’m all about the books this week. Well, the books and those tests I had done on Friday. The CT scan drink or one of the meds they gave me left me with an icky tummy for the past few days. So I can either be found sleeping or studying. Or sleeping on top of my Chemistry books, which I am sure lets me learn by osmosis. Positive of it.
Finals are tomorrow (Biology & Algebra) and Wednesday (Chemistry). I have an A in each of my classes going into the finals – I just hope I come out on the other side with an A. My teachers keep telling me not to worry, that I will do it. I hope they are right. I’m a woman on a mission right now, but I am trying to accept that there is only so much that I can do. I either know it, or I don’t.
I had my follow-up appointment for my MRI (finally!) today, and they found nothing. There is no specific reason why the left side of my face goes randomly numb. It is happening less and less, so that is a good thing. The neurologist reassured me that it can happen just from tension, and gave me relaxation exercises to do for my neck. I told him that the end of finals would probably help too.
I would also be willing to bet that the pain meds that I’ll get next week after my hand surgery might take the edge off of any pain I have.
Tomorrow afternoon are the follow-up appointments for the gallbladder ultrasound, the Hida scan and the CT scan. Plus the blood work results from almost two weeks ago. Hopefully this will be the end of the road for all of these things; I just want a resolution. Like I told Mike today, I’m really sick and tired of being sick and tired.
I think it is time for another round of Biology studying. Trying to keep the mitochondrial inner membrane, mitochondrial intermembrane space and the mitochondrial matrix separated in my mind is freaking me out.
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Checking in.
Checking in.
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Waiting for registration. I wore housepants and knit socks. May as well be comfortable!
I was in the living room, reading my lovely Biology book. My hands were getting very cold. (Not my feet though – handknit socks are fabulous!) I was cold. I started to wonder why the furnace wasn’t kicking in. Where, oh where is my heat?
I discovered that my thermostat has decided, “No heat for you!”
There is no heat downstairs right now, thanks to a flashing “change battery” message. It won’t respond to anything. I don’t have batteries for it, so Mike is going to hook us up with some. Meanwhile, I’m hoping that is all that it is – we were warned last year that this thermostat wasn’t going to last for long, and when they replaced the battery last year it didn’t seem like it was going to come back online for us at first.
WHY does this stuff *always* happen right before it is going to get really cold? It will be a low of 34 tomorrow morning. My hands are already frosty, but they will be icicles at 34. Our fireplace is gas with faux wood, and while it is pretty it puts out no heat at all. None. You can sit directly in front of it while it burns on a toasty summer day and feel nothing.
I have a feeling we will be sleeping upstairs in the guest bedroom tonight. Brrr…
Update: I’m not sure what I did, but I must have pushed the right buttons or said the right words (a long string of swear words can be effective), but now the thermostat is on and the heat is working. Yeah! I’ll replace the battery when it isn’t heading towards temps in the 30s – for now, I’ll enjoy being warm!