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Dec. 15th, 2009 09:36 pm*sigh* What a week.
* It rained again. More days of trudging through the mud and taking painkillers that don't really help much.
* I saw the doctor yesterday because I still have pain in the foot I sprained back in late Sept/early Oct. It turns out I have posterior tibial tendonitis. The cure, according to my doc (who really is good, despite my bitching here) is anti-inflammatories (already proven ineffective), very expensive orthotic insoles, physical therapy (also expensive), and/or surgery if nothing else works. Guess I'll just learn to live with that pain, too.
* The Buick broke down again. This time, it seems, something fell off the power steering box. Cost will be at least $300, and it'll take 3 days to fix. Since my roomie had to be picked up and I couldn't afford to miss any more days of work (due to work volume, not lack of vacation days), I figured we'd better trot out the Honda. It went wonky a couple of months ago - the locks kept locking and unlocking - and the battery was drained, so I tried to get a jump. Ha. Not so simple. It needed a new distributor. $275. We couldn't fix both, but the Honda could be done in one day, so I'm driving the Honda now, and the Buick will have to wait until my tax refund.
I'm trying to find something good in all this. I'm a silver lining sort of person. But you know, I just can't today.
* It rained again. More days of trudging through the mud and taking painkillers that don't really help much.
* I saw the doctor yesterday because I still have pain in the foot I sprained back in late Sept/early Oct. It turns out I have posterior tibial tendonitis. The cure, according to my doc (who really is good, despite my bitching here) is anti-inflammatories (already proven ineffective), very expensive orthotic insoles, physical therapy (also expensive), and/or surgery if nothing else works. Guess I'll just learn to live with that pain, too.
* The Buick broke down again. This time, it seems, something fell off the power steering box. Cost will be at least $300, and it'll take 3 days to fix. Since my roomie had to be picked up and I couldn't afford to miss any more days of work (due to work volume, not lack of vacation days), I figured we'd better trot out the Honda. It went wonky a couple of months ago - the locks kept locking and unlocking - and the battery was drained, so I tried to get a jump. Ha. Not so simple. It needed a new distributor. $275. We couldn't fix both, but the Honda could be done in one day, so I'm driving the Honda now, and the Buick will have to wait until my tax refund.
I'm trying to find something good in all this. I'm a silver lining sort of person. But you know, I just can't today.