Last week, I finally took myself to the doctor about my cold. My sleep was disrupted, my throat was on fire, and I was reaching new levels of cranky. It was time to go.
But the cold wasn’t the only reason for going to the doctor. Since I go so infrequently, I tend to “save up” minor ailments and go in with a list. In addition to the head cold, I also have a consistently dry patch of skin on my arm (with what feels like a lump under it) and a pain in my hip.
The hip pain had prompted getting a new mattress, but that new mattress hadn’t helped. It’s usually worse in the morning when I get up and on the day of my doctor’s appointment, I marked the center of the pain with a sharpie on my hip with an “X”.
The nurse and the doctor were both intrigued by my “all over the map” ailments and amused by the sharpie mark. Hey, it made sense to me.
I got prescribed an antibiotic for my sinus infection and an anti-inflammatory for my hip. The doctor suspected it might be a deep bruise – that I don’t remember getting – or some kind of bone spur since it’s not at the joint.
The dry spot with the bump that isn’t a microchip – dang it – is not a big deal. He said it could be cut out/off – but I’d be trading a bump for a scar.
I went to the pharmacy next and still made it back to the office within an hour. Not bad.
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With the drugs kicking away in my system and already sort of helping, we took a trip up to Sandusky for the weekend to visit some friends that have an amazing condo right on the lake. And by “on the lake”, I mean that they are on a narrow peninsula and you can see the lake from both the front and back of the condo. We went to a winery on Saturday, visited some shops, and did some origami. Dinner was late in the evening – but amazing – and I fell asleep to the sound of the birds and the water.
Sunday was a boat ride out past Cedar Point and over to Kelly’s Island. We took a golf cart tour, saw some glacial grooves, then headed back to the condo on increasingly rough waters. At a more shallow area, they stopped the boat so I could go for a short swim before we headed back. Time then for a late lunch and then back to Akron. Really relaxing trip and a nice weekend.
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Back to work on Monday and a whirlwind of projects. I stopped in the middle of the day to get lunch at subway and encountered an idiot.
Many restaurants now have a sign at the counter asking people to refrain from using their cellphone while in line. I’d never seen anyone be so rude as to actually do that until that trip. The guy two people in front of me was texting on his phone and not paying attention. When it was his turn to order, he was oblivious – even after the woman asked what kind of sub he wanted.
The sinus infection and sore throat had already deepened my voice, but I dropped the bass and went full-on Vader.
“Dude,” I said, with warning and malice. Yes, I can make Dude sound scary.
His head jerked up, he came back to reality, and of course didn’t know what he wanted to order. At least he was paying attention now and there was hope. He figured out what he wanted and placed his order – and didn’t so much as glance at his phone until he was well away from the counter after getting his sandwich.
Dude, don’t get between me and food when I’m hungry.