the state of me
Jan. 6th, 2013 11:31 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kindkitIf you gave me your address to send you a Christmas card, you may have noticed that you didn't get one. That's because after I bought the cards well in advance and badgered you all for your info, I . . . never actually sent them. Sorry. That time of year is always busier and more stressful than I expect. (My New Year's Resolution, to the extent that I ever make them, is to have a job that is Not Retail by next Christmas.)
I am sick. Again. Second time in less than a month. This time I got a cold which on Thursday night unexpectedly turned into a nasty ear infection that gave me bad pain all the time and, when bending down, the feeling that nails were being pounded into my ear. Yesterday I actually had to go to the doctor. (It was a Saturday and I have no health insurance. Luckily, the clinic where I usually go, which has fairly low fees, has just switched from being closed all weekend to having Saturday walk-in hours.) The doctor was impressed by my sore red eardrums and gave me lots of meds, which did not prevent one eardrum from rupturing that afternoon, less than 36 hours after symptoms began. This is yucky and of course I'm worried about possible hearing loss, but I'm in a lot less pain now. The other ear doesn't seem like it's going to get as bad. It had only just started hurting yesterday morning right before I went to the doctor, so hopefully the antibiotics got to it in time. Anyway, the upshot of this is that I'm behind on commenting and replying, but I'll try and catch up.
On Friday afternoon, when I had just come in and he was just leaving, the boss said that on Monday he wants to talk to me. This is probably good, right? He didn't say it ominously, and if it's bad the talk would happen right away, right? *worries*
I am sick. Again. Second time in less than a month. This time I got a cold which on Thursday night unexpectedly turned into a nasty ear infection that gave me bad pain all the time and, when bending down, the feeling that nails were being pounded into my ear. Yesterday I actually had to go to the doctor. (It was a Saturday and I have no health insurance. Luckily, the clinic where I usually go, which has fairly low fees, has just switched from being closed all weekend to having Saturday walk-in hours.) The doctor was impressed by my sore red eardrums and gave me lots of meds, which did not prevent one eardrum from rupturing that afternoon, less than 36 hours after symptoms began. This is yucky and of course I'm worried about possible hearing loss, but I'm in a lot less pain now. The other ear doesn't seem like it's going to get as bad. It had only just started hurting yesterday morning right before I went to the doctor, so hopefully the antibiotics got to it in time. Anyway, the upshot of this is that I'm behind on commenting and replying, but I'll try and catch up.
On Friday afternoon, when I had just come in and he was just leaving, the boss said that on Monday he wants to talk to me. This is probably good, right? He didn't say it ominously, and if it's bad the talk would happen right away, right? *worries*
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Date: 2013-01-06 10:07 pm (UTC)Kind of thoughtless of your boss not to say there was nothing to worry about over the weekend, but I think even that augers well--in my experience you don't get trailers for bad news but quite often do for good.
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Date: 2013-01-07 01:09 am (UTC)I agree that if your boss had something bad to say, he'd say it immediately!
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Date: 2013-01-07 04:34 am (UTC)I know the relief/horror of a ruptured eardrum. On the one hand, omg gross pain yuck, and on the other hand, at least the pressure is gone. I hope you're better soon. And fingers crossed that it's all good news at work, too.
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Date: 2013-01-07 08:33 am (UTC)Maybe you're getting a promotion. :-)
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Date: 2013-01-07 11:18 am (UTC)I hope you feel better soon and that your boss is going to offer you a raise or better position.