My day started a little after 4:30AM with kidney pain. Shortly after
I participated in the saddest one-man dance party in my room. It
only lasted about thirty minutes but it was still a decent workout,
though I would have preferred it not to be accompanied by the kidney
pain. And the early hour. I kind of went back to bed but not really
because I still ached so it was a very fitful rest.
Compared to my workday yesterday, I felt a lot more uncomfortable
today. A kind of verging on an achy feeling. So there was more
emotional distress than physical, there being a constant threat of
physical pain. But I made it through the day. I spent a lot of time
downloading MAP reports for resource and SPED teachers. I also
worked on storybooks off and on. I kept getting sidetracked by
classes in the lab or reading groups and whatever else but I managed
to finish a page or two. Not great but it could have been worse.
I will probably need to start interspersing my storybook time with
scanning the sixth grade pictures so I can get those back to their
teachers and to the parents. I have done the barest amount of
research and found out it is possible to make the slideshow using my
video editing software but I'm not sure how flexible it will allow me
to be. I still need to design the slideshow itself and decide how I
want it to be arranged. I am assuming each kid will have more than
one photo so in my head I see each kid's pictures fading in one at a
time and then fading out in the same order before moving onto the
next kid. It looks pretty cool but I have no idea if that is even
possible. I need to start messing around with my program.
While I was at my computer today I listened to the new Bayside CD,
which I downloaded this morning before work. And I am still a
Bayside fan. The new CD sounds like them and it hits all the right
chords, as it were. I didn't dwell too long on the lyrics but
Bayside is one of the few bands where I will listen to the lyrics. I
did pick up on at least a couple of the songs that would probably
make good end-of-relationship songs. They already have several of
those and they are so good when you just want to feel down, and feel
like you're not alone in having those feelings. Off the top of my
head I can't think of the song title but they have one that
completely nailed my feelings near the end of my last relationship.
It is pretty cool when a song can do that.
Right after work we had a meeting in the library about the upcoming
state assessments. Last year I had to drive across town to one of
the middle schools and it seemed like the meeting ended up taking
close to an hour. So going down the hall to the library was
convenient. And it only lasted thirty minutes.
When I got home I planned on having an early dinner but my kidney was
starting to hurt more and food didn't seem too appealing. So instead
I just waited it out until it was time for book club. I always enjoy
those. I told them briefly about how my grandpa and his sister had
been shipped out here on an orphan train, and only briefly because
there really wasn't much else to share. I was also able to chime in
on testing in schools and my opinion on the happy ending. The
supervisor in charge always asks what I thought about the happiness
level of the book because for the first couple of books they were
just complete downers. This one had some sad and disturbing moments
but it had a happy ending.
After book club I came home and chugged thirty-two ounces of water.
My kidney had started to radiate an achy pain and I was afraid it was
going to get worse. I think the water calmed it down. My theory is
that as long as there is enough water moving out of my kidney than
the stone doesn't cause to much trouble. But when it dries up I
start to feel it. That might explain why I have been awakened by
pain in the early morning because it has been several hours since my
last drink of water. I figure I'll be up all night going to the
bathroom but I'm about to finish another thirty-two ounces of water
and see if that will hold me through the night. Although my kidney
still hurts a little beyond an ache when I don't have heat on it.
And I've just read a bunch about water intoxication. These kidney
stones are going to be the death of me one way or another.
I played a little bit of the new Operation Metro map in BF4
tonight. It looks amazing. It's really the same old map, with a few
new features, but it looks so much better. I got into a no
explosives server and I've got to say, the game is way better that
way. It is nice not getting constantly bombarded with grenades and
RPGs, which is definitely prone to happen on small maps like Metro.
I'm going to have look for more no explosives servers.
And now I am exhausted from a lack
of sleep but I really don't trust my kidney to let me sleep. I think
I'm going to try and hold off a bit longer until I'm sure I can pass
out as soon as I climb into bed.
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