So yesterday morning I went to my pain dr. and told them I'm not going to see that behavioral pain management guy anymore - she agreed that "his methods" are not for everyone. Whew! Next week I go back for more cortisone shots in my hip. I've had them before and they give me a lot of relief and aren't that bad to go through, but the nurse freaked me out yesterday! She came in with the scheduling book and started asking me what kind of sedation I want. Ummm, last time I didn't need sedation, it was just two shots, boom boom we're done. Well I guess this time the dr. wants to do the shots under xray and try to get them deeper into the joint for hopefully longer-lasting relief. Since they only do the injections in the morning, I have to go back to work - can't use up all my PTO in January! My choices were: general anesthesia (completely out) which would have been my 1st choice if I could take the whole day off, IV of Demerol, or Valium or nothing. I opted for the Valium. It doesn't do much for me, but it might help me relax a little and I should still be able to work after an hour or so. Not looking forward to it, but it makes a world of difference at WDW.
After work I took my car in for service. Nothing major, but the brakes have been squealing & it's been running rough, plus I needed a couple paint touch-ups and an oil change. I wanted to get it all done before the end of the month, when my 3-mo bumper-to-bumper warranty is over and it reverts to engine stuff only. The dealership offered to give me the bottle of paint for DIY touchups - for $7. Ok no big deal, that'll be good to have. Then they called this morning - they can't get the brakes to squeal (of course!) but suspect the brake pads need a deep cleaning. Which oops, isn't covered by the warranty but they can give me a "special discount." So there's another $20. Sheesh, they really nickel & dime you to death! I know they are minor charges so it's no big deal but the idea of it just irks me - they say everything is covered, but forget to mention what isn't. In the meantime, I'm driving my dad's car today (my old one) and it feels really weird! I miss the Cwooozah!
I took the girls out to Lone Star for dinner with exBF last night. Emma backslid a little in her recovery and kept yelling "MY BUTT HURTS!" The poor kid had a lot of gas and kept thinking she messed her pants so we made many many trips to the restroom. Finally I put a maxipad in her pants and that seemed to make her happy.
She still didn't want to sit though, so we put 2 chairs together and laid Lyzzie's jacket over it, and Emma fell asleep before her food even came! Thank goodness for free kid's meal night. I took a picture of Emma with my camera phone - the lighting was bad so it didn't come out very good.
She slept through getting her coat on and getting home and changed - and then of course woke up and decided the only non-scary place in the house was my bed. I hope she gets over this soon! She seems to be doing better today so far.
Lyzzie has tryouts this week for her school musical, she is very nervous and a few days ago thought she wanted to back out, but I think she has decided it can't hurt to try. I hope she works up the nerve to do it. I know how shy she is and I think this would be a great thing for her, especially if she gets a part. I know that if she can just TRY, she'll really enjoy it!