Listen to me complain

Whining Wanda here.... Today was NOT a good day.

I got up early to go to the gym. I figured that, since I wasn't feeling too great yesterday, maybe a morning workout would help get my body back into gear. Well, to my surprise, I actually went to the gym and worked out for about 25 minutes. I read one of my library books while I took it easy on the elliptical.

Then I got ready for work and, by the time I got to work, I wasn't feeling very well at all. For some reason my hoarseness turned into a cough, and I spent much of the day coughing. It was extremely obnoxious. I ended up having to leave work at about 3:00 p.m. because I just couldn't seem to get it together. I kept feeling like I had a fever, but the thermometer said I didn't. I just keep breaking out into hot spells. Typically I'm not a thermometer person, but I've checked it a handful of times today. I actually hit 99 on the most recent one, which is high for me because I usually hang out in the 97s.

Anyway, I got a salad from Chipotle for lunch. It was sooo good! I remember we used to have Chipotle pretty frequently at my first job. I didn't have much of an appetite so I figured I'd grab something light. Good choice, me!

What else happened today? Umm, I dunno. Even though I feel down and out, I'm happy.

We don't have a show this week, so I was glad I didn't have to miss rehearsal tonight. Free night on Thursday, too. Cool!

It's gettin' hot in herrrrr

Where should I even start... I'm going to go stream-of-consciousness with this.

I am in such bad pain right now. This is by far the worst pain I've experienced since the ER on Thursday. It's partially my fault, too. I tried to wean off of the pain pills for work, but I really made a bad decision on trying to tough it out. It's so weird because my pain is an 8 on a 10-point scale, and I hadn't gotten over a 4 since Thursday. I just know it's because I didn't adhere to the pain pill schedule, but frankly I was sick of being out of it. Life goes on. I have taken four Percocets in the last eight hours. It's weird because, when I breathe in, I feel a click in my right kidney. Good or bad? No idea. But painful.

That brings me to my next point, which is that the doctor's appointment today was a complete waste of time and money. I really want to walk into a doctor's appointment and hear something I didn't already know. Telling me to drink water is kind of irrelevant at this point. The doctor told me that he only needed to hear from me if things got worse. Well, his wish came true. Congratulations. He also made it sound like there are more than two of those silly suckers in there. Whateverrrrrrrrrrr.

While I'm being depressing, let's talk about my air conditioner. When I got home from rehearsal last night, it was making a weird clicking noise, much like my kidney is right now. So, today an AC guy was supposed to come out, but he called after 3:00 p.m. to say he wasn't going to make it. Thanks for the heads up, punk. Here I am, it's mid-80s in my house, and my new roommate has seen one disaster after another. I swear I feel bad for everyone who knows me right now.

I was in an improv show tonight. Did I think this was a good decision last night? Yes. Did I think this was a good decision this afternoon? No. I definitely toughed through it, but it was hard to fake it near the end. There were probably about 90 people there, 60ish being under the age of 18. Wow. I played Sounds Like A Song, Dialects, Narration Switch, and Musical Styles. Despite the pill-popping, I had an enjoyable time. It felt good to be back on stage. Honestly, I can't even believe I played Dialects, but I guess that's the bonus of doing a show while taking medication for kidney stones.

I think I might sleep like a baby tonight... on the couch.

I just re-read this post to look for errors since I'm not all here right now. It's amazing how pitiful I sound. I know it's annoying to hear someone who is being negative all the time, but I truly need a free pass to Negativityland right now. Yowzers.

Negative Nancy? Present.

Hello. I am being a Negative Nancy right now, but that's fine. There are many reasons why I am allowed to be negative right now.... 1) Because I can be, 2) Because it's Monday, 3) Because I'm tired, 4) Because I'm intelligent, and 5) Because I can be. I'm sure that didn't make much sense, but I don't particularly care. It's been a really long day and I am ending it in self-critical mode.

We just watched our improv show DVD and I am being overly hard on myself. The main problem is that I'm very intelligent, so I can watch scenes and quickly see what went wrong and think of a million ways I could have improved the scene. It would help to be an incompetent moron right about now because ignorance is bliss, but oh well. Ignorance also makes people unsuccessful. Write that down. Anyway, the self-analyzing probably diminishes with time.

Today I got a lot accomplished at work - much more than I thought I could accomplish in a day. The rest of the week should be downhill from here, primarily after tomorrow. And Wednesday. And Thursday. And Friday. So, by the weekend, the week will definitely be downhill! Yeeehaw! I'm rambling right now because I've utilized my brain to its daily potential.

I exercised today at work. I'm glad about that... three days of physical exertion in a row. I also went to Starbucks between work and improv. I got a white mocha something or another hot chocolate. I wanted to avoid caffeine so I could fall asleep easily. Why am I awake? Anyway, I wrote my CF newsletter article while I was there. I also wrote probably about 700 words for my book. I need to get in some good, solid writing tomorrow since I'll have some free time after work.

Anything else interesting happen today? Nope. I made a new station on my Pandora at work. I used to loooove The Juliana Theory, and I was pretty pleased with the variety I was getting today on my new TJT station. It was kind of angry music and fit my general mood, so it allowed me to perpetuate my frustration throughout the day, which fueled many of my accomplishments.

Now I'm just talking crazy-talk because I'm so delirious. Good night!