Stir Crazy

My RAI procedure is going to be on February 20 and I have mixed feelings about it. I don't really enjoy the thought of being in the most isolated part of the hospital with no visitors and no McDonald's for four days, at least. However, as I was looking the procedure up online, I found a somewhat reassuring statement from one of the top thyroid information websites:

"Your isolation in the hospital will be the perfect time to catch up on reading, as well as talking to family and friends on the telephone! You cannot communicate with a nurse in person but you can ask her for assistance by telephone at anytime."

Well, I just found the huge notebook I've been putting aside for a journal when I was cleaning my room so I guess February's as good a time as any to crack its spine. Besides, everybody needs alone time and even if I didn't envision mine happening at a hospital, it's bound to do me some good.

This is why I'm trying to get out more this January, aside from it being my birthday month. After the hospital stay, I'm going to have to stay home for two more weeks so you can imagine the risk of my going absolutely, over-the-top, stir-crazy.

I'm just glad I'm going to get rid of the condition - no more hand tremors, not to mention unnecessary fatigue and moodswings. I am also starting to gain weight, so I'm looking forward to saying goodbye to my collarbone by the time school starts.

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A strange thing happened to me a few days ago. I had just come from my doctor when this guy came up to me like we were friends or something. Now, I recognized him from school but the degree of just how chummy we were hadn't registered at all. However, his over-all friendliness just got to me and before I knew it, I was slapping him on the back and asking him how he was, etc.After a few jokes and his business card, I walked away.

And realized that we have never had a SINGLE conversation in my ENTIRE stay in school. What the hell. Being in sales, he had all the right to come up to me and act friendly but as for me, it was so humiliating. I don't remember anything about him at all, not even if we were classmates.

So there we have it. Belated awkward moment 2006 episode one.

In other news, I have a crush on a faun.