Yesterday didn’t quite go as planned. From the moment my alarm went off (oh that’s
right… it didn’t) to right before I fell into bed at 11pm the day was against
me. I was wide awake at 5am ready to run a marathon. I laid there waiting for
6am. Some time passed and I thought “hmm.. its been awhile. I wonder how much
longer I have” so I rolled over and it was 6:30. I was supposed to be up 30
minutes ago and leave in 20. Oh I forgot to mention that I needed to
shower. I was impressed that I was only
5 minutes late to work. Not too shabby! I did not have time to make a lunch
though, so I went to Whataburger during my lunch break. It was scrumptious!
The rest of the day went as planned… work. Then it was off
to softball practice. Finally… a sport I can hold my own in and not be a
liability. It was fun to play catch and hit. Man slow pitch is
SSSSSLLLLOOOWWWWW. The first two times I swung I could have swung again and hit
the ball! I got the hang of it though. I
did go all feminist on my team…..
Softball. Women play softball correct? At least last time I
checked the roster is all GIRLS. We were getting set up to bat and someone
asked our pitcher if there were any smaller balls for the girls to practice
batting with. What? They explained that when a girl is at bat, a smaller ball
is used. THEY SWITCH OUT THE BALL. WHAT??? That make ZERO sense so just as I’m
about to tell everyone exactly what I think about that, our pitcher is like “oh
she will love the next rule”…
Rule #2 in this messed up league… when there are 2 outs and
a guy is walked the girl (who bats next) is automatically sent to 1st
base without batting. Why you may ask? So the defense isn’t walking the guy so
he can’t hit and the next out (the girl) will be an EASY one. Ohhhh HELL no!
First why are we treating anyone differently? Second who says a girl cant hit
and is going to be an easy out?? It is so extremely sexist and demeaning! In
co-ed soccer the guys push me around and steal the ball. They don’t stand back
and say “oh a girl has it, I’ll be nice and not try to steal it!!!” Grrr… so I
went all Spartan. It was a great first impression Im sure.. everyone probably
thinks Im crazy.
After practice I got to go to… the Texas MedClinic. Oh it
was fun. When I have free healthcare in England I don’t need to go to the
doctor. When I am home with the best doctor ever and am living off of the
government on free Obama care… I don’t need to go to the doctor. When I move to
Texas and haven’t figured out a doctor… I need a doctor. So I make a call to
the aunt and head to the MedClinic. I should probably explain why I was headed
to the doctors huh? All day I had had a sore throat, headache and my stomach
has been a gross for a bit. I looked at my throat at work and almost threw up
when I saw a large white lump on the back right hand side. Ewww… So I call the
mother to ask what strep looks like and I was informed that I did not have a
choice… clinic it was.
Every time I visit a doctor that isn’t Dr. Holley, I miss
Dr. Holley. Oh my goodness I miss him. Urgant care wasn’t a bad experience, but
it wasn’t fun and friendly. I was asked what was wrong with me and if I had a
fever. I wanted to say that I was here to find that out.. but didn’t.
Apparently a 99.5 is not high enough of a fever to have strep because as soon
as the nurse saw it she just looked at me and said that I didn’t have it. Ok… I
would still like to see the doctor. He came in and looked down my throat and
said that I did not have strep throat, but that since I was here that he would
test me. He turns around, pull up google images, and googles Tonsil Stone.
Yup.. that is exactly what I have. Why don’t I have normal ailments?? In
college I had SHINGLES… and old person disease that none of my friends let me
live down. (they are no joking matter btw. Shingles HURT) So I go thinking I
have strep and I have tonsil stones. I hadn’t ever heard of tonsil stones.
Basically it’s a build up of bacteria and they hurt. This morning was worse
than yesterday. The back of the throat is BRIGHT red and swollen, it feels like
someone is shoving Q-tips too far down my ears, Im pretty sure I have a fever
because my teeth are starting to ache, and the absolute worst… I can feel the
stone. Yeah its beyond gross. It feels like something is stuck in the back of your
throat. Im nauseous just thinking about it. My tongue hits it when I swallow
and I have to drink a ton of water with my meds (according to the doc) so its
really really gross. If it falls out I am pretty certain that I am going to
throw up. Just saying that right now.
Anyhoo… after the docs I went to CVS to pick up my meds,
went through the McDonalds drive through (its 9:30 and I hadn’t eaten yet) and
went home at last. Long day. The dogs were pumped to see me and wanted to eat
my Big Mac (Fluff almost succeeded btw. Sneaky thing that one. She even got the
bag knocked down on the floor. So close)
Tomorrow is my 15 seconds of humiliation at my relay. You
will all hear about it this weekend. Promise.
If you are feeling courageous and want to learn something google Tonsil
Stone. Its gross.
Miss you all!
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