Isn't this week over yet?

[tracilicious]

Nothing like starting the day with complaining! So here goes...

I start the week in the middle of a vicious head cold. But can I alter my daily life in any way to accommodate it? Nooooo. So I'm stumbling through the week feeling like my brain might start oozing out my ears, when yesterday I wake up with a huge crick in my neck. Like I can't move it to one side at all. Moving hurts. Everything hurts. But can I alter my daily life in any way to accommodate it? Nope.

Then I wake up today, and I can move my neck again even though it's a bit sore, only to discover that it's Wednesday. Wednesday! That's only mid week! And to top it off I have things running through my head like, "There are people that would kill to have small problems like cricked necks." Damn you mind for not letting me enjoy my self-pity.

Feel free to bitch and moan here to make me feel better about doing it.


P.S. - On the bright side, I realized that I payed five dollars for my toaster five years ago. That's a dollar per year for toast! You just can't beat that value. And to think, my sister wanted to get me a $100+ toaster for my wedding. Bah!

[Prudence]

I gots yer complaints right here...

So, I have bilateral carpal tunnel. I had an L&I claim several years ago. (And let me tell you that it's a sad sign when someone under 25 has an L&I claim for carpal tunnel!) Mostly my arms behave now, but that's because I listen to them. If I don't, they're liable to suddenly go all tingly-numb and I get aches all the way through my elbows up to my shoulders and into my back. So I try to pay attention to things like - no heavy lifting. So why do I always get nominated to change the water jug on the water cooler? Somehow it's *my* job. Hello? What part of no heavy lifting was confusing? But the faculty won't do it because they minght injure themselves. So I muscled the jug across the room (because the storage racks are on the other side of the room) and and onto the pedestal and now my arms ache. Huge surprise.

[cstephens]

Originally Posted by tracilicious

And to top it off I have things running through my head like, "There are people that would kill to have small problems like cricked necks." Damn you mind for not letting me enjoy my self-pity.

Feel free to bitch and moan here to make me feel better about doing it.

OK, make you feel better...well, I have the same thing running through my head about how my problems are minor compared to lots of other people, but it doesn't make me feel any better. It's not so much self-pity, but it just doesn't make me accept my situation any better.

I have a medical condition that generally keeps me at some level of pain at all times. I've been trying to ignore it as much as I can and refrain from popping pain pills all the time. Several years ago, I was up to 800 milligrams of Advil every 3 hours - and even that wasn't working. It hasn't been that bad in recent years, but that's because I'm on other medications/treatments to help alleviate the pain. The last week or so, though, the pain has been a bit hard to ignore, and regular ibuprofen hasn't been doing the job, so last night, I decide to step it up a notch and throw some vicodin at it. Vicodin reacts with me oddly and unpredictably. Sometimes, it doesn't do anything, sometimes it just takes the pain away with no side effects, sometimes it takes the pain away with some side effects like fuzziness and sleepiness, and sometimes, it just makes me violently ill. Guess which effect it had on me last night, after I had dinner? And some of the effects are still lasting into this morning, so I seriously considered not coming into work today, but I finally dragged myself out of bed really late and forced myself to come in. My boss is pretty understanding about these sorts of things, so that wasn't a problem, for which I am extremely grateful. But I'm ready for this particular bout of elevated pain and generally "I feel crappy"ness to subside.

Feel better?

[tracilicious]

Originally Posted by cstephens

Feel better?

No. Just guiltier. Fate did smile at me and give me a morning nap today. Both kids asleep at one time? It's a miracle!

I would also like to add that I hate diets and there's no new Lost tonight. So there people with worse problems!

[tracilicious]

Originally Posted by Prudence

So why do I always get nominated to change the water jug on the water cooler? Somehow it's *my* job. Hello? What part of no heavy lifting was confusing? But the faculty won't do it because they minght injure themselves. So I muscled the jug across the room (because the storage racks are on the other side of the room) and and onto the pedestal and now my arms ache. Huge surprise.

Argh! That just makes me angry! Those jerks. I would just let them be thirsty.

[wendybeth]

KoL is down.

'Nuff said.

[AllyOops!]

Originally Posted by Prudence

So why do I always get nominated to change the water jug on the water cooler? Somehow it's *my* job. Hello? What part of no heavy lifting was confusing? But the faculty won't do it because they minght injure themselves. So I muscled the jug across the room (because the storage racks are on the other side of the room) and and onto the pedestal and now my arms ache. Huge surprise.

ARGGH! Totally unnacceptable! Um, aren't there any chivalrous fellas in the office? *ducking the angry glare of feminists everywhere*

I once somehow got stuck with that job when I worked at the Disneyland Hotel. I couldn't even lift it, and when I finally did manage to somehow, I sent it tumbling and boy oh boy, water ahoy! Some very kind fellas (I believe one of them was Hades ) rescued me, and I never was asked to do it again. Amen! Start spillin' that water, Pru!

Other tips to avoid office duties you don't want to partake in:

*Smile big, bat eyes,twirl hair, chew on fingertips coyly and giggle.
*Have sex with the office manager. Added bonus if he highly resembles Scott Bakula or James Marsters. Female manager? Learn to "experiment". Fast.
*Two simple words convey "no", and managers love to hear them: "f*ck you"


Okay, I am SO kidding! I've never done any of those things, although quite honestly, if my boss was a single Scott Bakula or James Marsters doppelgänger, I might need to break that rule, but that's another Thread. Ah, here's to forbidden love on the copier machine..

Hang in, there Pru!

[Sheila]

Originally Posted by cstephens

I have a medical condition that generally keeps me at some level of pain at all times.

Oooh, I'm so sorry to hear this. For a while there last year, it seemed like things were getting better too.

Hugs to you. And eat more chocolate -- that fixes a lot of things for me.

Take care!

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by AllyOfTheDolls

Um, aren't there any chivalrous fellas in the office? *ducking the angry glare of feminists everywhere*

Feminism and chivalry are not mutually exclusive.

At least that's what I think!
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Well, stick a fork in this week; it's done.

[cstephens]

Originally Posted by Sheila

Hugs to you. And eat more chocolate -- that fixes a lot of things for me.

Thanks, but adding to my complaining - there are some indications that avoiding certain foods can help alleviate some of the pain. The foods included in that category are: dairy, caffeine, alcohol. I've cut back on the alcohol (not that I was drinking terribly much before), but the caffeine is kinda hard. You just get back into that habit. And I had been buying sugar free chocolate - which reduces the sugar, but I keep forgetting about the caffeine. Did I mention I've been enjoying some of the candy I got from trick-or-treating at last Friday's Halloween Treat? So, some of the increased pain might be my own doing - just paying the price for having indulged.

I suck.