JdotMI's LiveJournal

So, it occurs to me that I haven't really been posting on here regularly. I know, shock of shocks. But my life has been a little cray cray the past few months so maybe it's time I update for those who aren't also selling their souls on Facebook.

So, back in April I had a bit of a health scare. Sharp pains in my chest (pin prick style, just a pop and then gone) and got light headed. Went to the urgent care across the street. Turns out, my EKG came back totally normal. Okay good. My blood sugar was 305. Three hours after I had eaten lunch.

So, they had me get my blood drawn to do a bunch of tests and sent me home with a note to make an appointment with my doctor (I don't have one) or to start with a doctor there who was taking new patients. I did not make an appointment.

Got a note from them saying my blood work came back normal and there wasn't a need for further tests. Then a few days after that I wasn't feeling well so I decided to make that appointment with the doctor at the clinic. Before that appointment, though, I wound up having a massive massive MASSIVE anxiety attack on my drive home from work and wound up in the ER. Blood sugar and dehydration, it turns out.

So, I get to my actual appointment. I'm sure you will be shocked to find out that that "normal" blood work I got back included an A1C of 8.6. Feel free to google that if you, like me, had no idea what an A1C even was. Needless to say, my new doctor was like "they said that was normal?!?!?"

So, now I'm on Metformin and some statin. Tracking everything I eat and all my exercise in MyFitnessPal. And I've lost over 30 pounds. I started at 388 and was at 356.4 this morning after my shower. I've just finished two weeks at the gym. Going 3 to 4 days a week. My body is like "holy shit there are muscles there???" It's fun! I actually look forward to it.

I have a glucometer that my Mom had never used, so she gave it to me along with a bunch of test strips for it. If I start feeling janky I test it. Discovered that an 88 means my body starts behaving like I'm having a hypoglycemic episode (which, ironically enough, has very similar symptoms to high blood sugar). The past couple days were baaaaad for high blood sugar with me. Like, really ugly. But I'm good today so far. Granted, I just now ate breakfast (after an hour at the gym) so we will see how the entire day goes.

But, yeah. That's what's been up with me. Also, now playing Final Fantasy XIV because it no longer sucks ass. What's new with you?

Well, we are officially moved out of Westbrook apartments. Turned in the keys yesterday. Lots of unpacking needs to be done at the new place. Hopefully the stress level starts to go down soon. Lots of conversations have to happen before that I suspect though.

I'd post more but my brain is mush and I have crap to do before going to work today. :-p

I know it's been a while since I posted. Again.

This coming Wednesday I get keys to my new apartment.

Getting cable and internet ordered. They are stupid fast on shipping the necessary items so I don't want to place the order too far before we get keys cuz of that. Our Future Roommate™ is moving electric and gas to the new place in his name. I'm doing cable and internet thanks to the discounty goodness of bundles.

Already called to cancel my home phone line. It ends on the 25th of this month. Going to schedule my cable/internet disconnect here. I would schedule the gas disconnect but it's too soon before the end of our lease for me to do that still. Have to find out what we need to do to schedule the electric disconnect, but that can wait.

I've transferred almost all of my accounts off of my soon to be former email address. I have to help Keith do his now. And the packing/cleaning bonanza has begun. We keep saying it's not as much as we think it is. It's still more than we really want it to be.

This is the last weekend I will be spending in this apartment. All the rest will be in Lansing for the move. Bittersweet. Long time readers may remember that I started my livejournal just before moving into this apartment complex. Massive life changes were in progress then, some of which got undone, some of which did not. This is definitely a happier move than that was. At least for me.

Well, time to pack some more and clean some more and get ready for work some more.

I knew it was time to finally wake up when I was falling in and out of sleep and dreaming about falling in and out of sleep. And people drift racing in parking lots.

I apparently have 150 Google+ invites to hand out. If you need/want one, just send me a private message on here with an email address and I'll send one your way.

...is negated by the Vorpal Axe of Company Slaying!

If anyone was wondering where I disappeared to in LJ/Dreamwidth land, now you know.

Borders going into Liquidation.

It's rather ironic that I link to the article on the website born of the rotted husk of The Ann Arbor News, one of the papers of a place I used to work at where I was let go when they were eliminating the division I worked in.

Work blocked LJ (but not Dreamwidth! Cross-posting for the win) a long while ago, and I was just too worn out when I got home to come on and post anything.

Now, time to start a new chapter. Well, after I find out when I'm really being let go. We do have a wind-down to do still.

My current addiction. Let me show you it.

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So, I'm just gonna put this out there for anyone who watched last night's episode of Glee. I didn't make it, but, really, it sorta summarizes the episode in a nutshell.

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2011 is not getting off to a good start.

Work had a bad holiday, leading to start of month stress.

Grandma's health took a turn for the worse immediately after my vacation, leading to more stress.

Knew that layoff's were coming, it was just a matter of when exactly. Add more stress.

Layoff's happened while I was at home on a vacation day. Feel free to do the math.

Grandma died that following weekend.

And I am now sick as a dog.

Hi, 2011? Get back in your box, you're not ready yet.

Just posting this as I know certain people who read this journal will be interested in knowing what I'm doing with my Sims of late.



That is all.