What A Week!

It’s been awhile.. and since my last carpal tunnel post I’ve been to the doctor. While I was working last Friday, I made whipped creams. Making said whipped creams requires a lot of twisting…and well my hand went numb and I couldn’t use my fingers for about five minutes. Five minutes without the use of fingers is freaky!!  So I went home and immediately called the doctor. I went on Monday, and he was a very nice man. Said it was most likely carpal tunnel (duh) but he had me take five xrays and a blood test (ew!) because apparently thyroid conditions can cause carpal tunnel. Sooo I got the xrays done…xrays of the hand and wrist are SO cool. I got the technician to let me see them when he developed them. Wrists looks like little jigsaw puzzles, so neat. Annnyway…the next day I get a call saying that my blood test was “weird” and that ESR (whatever that is…Bertie told me but I forgot) levels were “elevated” and that I had to come in for ANOTHER blood test so that they could rule out (hopefully “rule out!”) rheumatoid arthritis. Joy of joys! So Marie went with me yesterday and I had the same awesome technician (didn’t hurt a bit on Monday). She gets everything ready on the left arm…tourniquet included…sticks me..didn’t feel a thing…but missed. My veins are smart! It realized something was about to violate it again and it jumped to the left. The technician apologized profusely and eyed my hand. To which I replied “heecckkk no! no hand needles!!” so she went over to my right arm. I am now convinced that my right arm is nothing but a bundle of nerves wrapped around veins…because it hurt. A lot. It hurt, a lot, as well, when I donated blood from that arm….so I am avoiding it from now on. I felt sufficiently sorry for myself walking around with two huge bloodtest bandages on both arms. So Marie and I got Chipotle as comfort food (it was just as hard on her as on me. She hates needles, poor thing.).
     Today was nice. I got up, finished my homework, went to the bank to deposit something for Dad since he’s gone. Oh yeah! I didn’t mention that. Alex and I have been alone since last Thursday when Mom and Dad went to bonnie ole Scotland. I’m jealous. It’s gorgeous over there at this time of year (I’m going in January when it’s going to be BLOODY COLD!). Sooo.. I’ve been cooking, cleaning and waking Alex up all week. He’s been good…but he really doesn’t do a damn thing lol. Oh well. Annnyway..i went to class today and then had a manicure and thennn went to happy hour at Champs with Lisa. Mmm, happy hour. Drinks were good, as was the bruschetta. Then I walked around Nordstrom to walk off the drinks (that’s the convenient thing about having the mall immediately next to the restaurants!)…annnd I bought a new bag with matching wallet. Its perty! Sooo that’s all the update that’s really needed. I’m going to get a move on with some French homework that’s been piling up.