You've GOT To Be Kidding Me!

Yes, two blog posts in one day ... but that's not the kidding part.  I'll get to that in a minute.

First of all, my waking up at 3:30 in the morning after 3 hours of sleep left me amazingly productive!  I made my sort of homemade loaf of bread.  It was edible but my aunt has apparently either lost her memory or her sense of taste because it tastes nothing like dad's bread   : (   Ah well, the search goes on.  Anyway, after my blog post I decided to tidy up my cross stitch charts & fabrics.  That led me to tidying up the dining table which really acts as a desk, file cabinet, & general catch-all as opposed to a piece of furniture where you eat meals.  While doing this tidying up I spied some long overdue insurance forms.  Yes, they truly are never ending.  I decided to tackle a couple of what I knew would be the simple ones merely involving the writing of a letter.  Finished those & felt a nice sense of accomplishment ... but did I stop there?  No ... I oh so foolishly decided to tackle "just one more."  Three hours later I was still struggling with this huge mess which I have been trying to get straightened out for 8 months now.  ARGH!  I swear this particular set of claims has traveled back & forth between our house & the insurance company office in Arizona more times than I used to travel back & forth to the neighborhood penny candy store when I was a kid.  John suggested we go into town for lunch.  Since at that point I felt like running out of the house screaming I thought it was a good idea to leave.  

We had a nice lunch & then stopped to take advantage of a sale on sheets & towels, both of which we have been in need of for quite some time.  Found what I hope will be good choices ... including new bed pillows ... & came home.  Checked my emails & found one from my doctor's office.  I had some blood tests done a couple weeks ago & the email said they have called three times & left messages for me to call them back but I never have.  Well, I never got the messages!  I suspect they have been calling my cell phone number which I told them very clearly is a phone I do not use except for emergencies when I'm traveling somewhere out of town.  Grrrr!  And the reason they were trying to get in touch with me?  Are you ready for this?  I've got Lyme disease!  The doctor told me at my last visit that she suspected this & tested for it in a previous blood draw & the test came back positive.  I told her surely it was a lab error.  She didn't think so but she humored me & ordered several other tests to make sure.  All positive.  Now ... Lyme disease is pretty unusual, wouldn't you say?  Especially since it's been apparently lying dormant in me for years & now suddenly Whoomp!  There it is!  I swear, I get the strangest ailments.  First I was diagnosed with adult growth hormone deficiency.  A couple months ago I had a brain MRI & my pituitary has, in layman's terms, "shriveled up & died."  It's called empty sella syndrome.  Now Lyme disease.  I am actually laughing here.  What's next?

Oh!  Before I forget, I want to thank everyone for your concern regarding my doctor visits the other day.  The gyn appointment revealed nothing but some irritation.  Got a couple pills for that.  The blood tests were fine.  My pregnant eye turned out to be caused by backed-up oil glands at the base of my eyelashes.  Warm compresses & a gentle scrubbing with No More Tears baby shampoo should remedy it in no time.  John says my eye is looking better already although it is still a bit sore.

I did not get any stitching done today.  Thankfully the weekend isn't over & I have no set amount of stitches I have to do for IHSW.  I am going to try to put in a few tonight before I head off to bed.

And th-th-th-th-th- ... that's all folks   : )