The Bad News: I woke up with a headache this morning that prevented me from going to church.
The Good News:Â? I’m pretty sure I know why I’m getting these freaking headaches — it’s a side effect of Zetia, which my doctor put me on about 2 weeks ago.Â? About 2 days after starting it, I started to get hit with headaches that felt like migraines.
So… I’m stopping the Zetia until Friday when I can see her and we’ll see if the headaches go away.
I’ve had migraine/tension/neck problems this week that caused me to miss work on Tuesday in favor of spending an hour and a half in one of my doctor’s exam rooms while we waited to see if the Imitrex would work and if I would have an adverse reaction. (No dice on both counts and the stuff burned like Hades when they injected it. The follow-up shots of painkiller and anti-nausea meds in my hips were also no picnic. Oh… did I mention that I hate needles?) I’ve spent the other evenings drooling on the couch while doped on Toradol and muscle relaxers so… I now have a boatload of stuff to do. Posting about it will keep me accountable… in theory.
-print out labels for the “winter holiday of choice” cards
-write cool notes in said cards
-mail said cards
-mail the packages that need to get to Seattle and two places in southern California by the 24th (which is now a federal holiday, at least for Customs)
-figure out what I want to take to Seattle with me
-burn CD’s of Christmas/Hannukah music from the most awesomest mix diva that I got last year so I have tunes to listen to on my insane plane rides both ways
-make cookies to give to coworkers as Christmas presents
-pack for Seattle
I got hit with a pretty nasty headache on Thursday afternoon and while it kinda sorta responded to Aleve, it was still pretty nasty that evening.Â? When I woke up on Friday morning, I was fine until I actually stood up.Â? At that point, I was dizzy and the pain hit again.Â? (This is pretty classically migraine for me.)Â? I was also feeling light-sensitive so… I called in sick to work and went back to sleep.Â? I spent the rest of the day in dark rooms with dark-colored kitties.Â? (Jon probably could have taken me to work but I wouldn’t have lasted more than an hour under the artificial lights.)
I had rehearsal this morning for the Victorian Christmas thing that I’m in this weekend so I was happy that the headache was gone.Â? Rehearsal went OK and I got errands done afterwards.
Tomorrow is going to be chaotic.Â? I have the Christmas program for the Sunday school at one of the churches as well as the Victorian Christmas thing from 2-9 essentially.Â? I might have to skip part of the shindig after the Christmas program to get stuff done which I feel no guilt over doing.Â? (I have a limited amount of time this weekend and I can only socialize for so long.)
I’ve been telling people around here about my Christmas card list and how I have designations for who gets Christmas cards, who gets peace cards, and who gets either one.Â? Some have raised concern about me being part of the War Against Christmas and I guess I should learn to express my opinion a little more clearly such as the following.
THERE. IS. NO. WAR. AGAINST. CHRISTMAS!!!Â? HAPPY. HOLIDAYS. REFERS. TO. THE. FACT. THAT. NOT. EVERYONE. AND. THEIR. MOTHER. CELEBRATES. CHRISTMAS!!!!!!
I mean, seriously, I don’t celebrate Hannukah so it would be a little inappropriate of my Jewish friends to send me Hannukah cards and ditto for my pagan friends sending me cards regarding Yule as I don’t celebrate that either.Â? So… I don’t send Christmas cards to my friends who actively practice another faith because December 25th is just another day to them.
And for the record, the Christmas cards I *do* send out are religious ones.Â? I celebrate Christmas and I’m into Jesus being “the reason for the season” and all that.Â? I just choose to respect that not everyone celebrates the same things that I do.
If one of the following is true:
a.) you received aÂ? “winter holiday of choice” card from me last year and your address has changed
b.) you would like to receive a “winter holiday of choice” card from me this year
you need to email me your snail mail address at geeky.lutheran [at] gmail [dot] com
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