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Well that was an eventful day. After I signed off yesterday, my sister and Yoda got up. He had apparently thrown up repeatedly, and was just not feeling well. We watched him closely and decided after I got off that he needed to be checked out. The thing that clinched it was his difficulty getting on and off the couch. That freaked me out. Unfortunately, I had my doctor's appt, so we had to wait til I got back to do that. Fortunately, the BIL came through and took Yoda and Jess up to the urgent care. We got there about 5:30 and I was the last to leave, since I was staying for his discharge paperwork. I got to my car at about 9:45.

After being sedated for labs and xrays, because he was being a little shit about it, it was determined that he had an upset tummy. Bloodwork was good, xrays were clear except some gas, and some mild changes to his spine that show he's getting older. So, a nausea shot, some subQ fluids, and we were taking our small stoned puppy home. Well, Shelly and Jess were. I was there another 35 minutes for the privilege of paying $1400 for gas. *shrug*. Oh well. We took him home and he was seriously stoned.

It was a good day otherwise. I had my meeting to go over my new position. I'm going to be doing what I'm doing, plus backing up the other leads. That could be anything from working the PET queue, emails and faxes. Or it could mean jumping into the team chat to answer questions from my coworkers. At least once I'm announced as a Lead. I've already been told that one of the other leads is out for 4/7-4/8, so I'll be helping then. My schedule will stay the same, though if they need me early or late, I let them know that I'm willing to do that. On especially heavy call days, I may take some calls, just to try to bring it down, but it'll be considerably less. Basically, it sounds like the job is still evolving, and will be what I make of it. Which is both terrifying and cool. They're going to go in and adjust my parameters for my review, so we'll see what that ends up being.

After work, it was off to my long-awaited doctors appointment (The fucker's cancelled my last two as the provider wasn't available, moving me at least 3 months out each time.). The doctor was like "Oh, it's been a while!" And I had to gently point out that little fact. We talked about all the shit I wanted to cover plus a bit. So, I'm going to be changing my primary diabetes med to Mounjaro, as the Rybelsus just isn't doing it. My HgbA1C was utter shite at 9. Two years ago it was a 5. Time to get a new drug. The Mounjaro is a once a week injectable, so that's not bad. One less pill I need to take daily. I don't have a needle phobia, so it should be just fine. In addition, we added a statin med, because it's suggested that everyone over 40 with diabetes should be on a statin. Sure, whatever. Then, I also got 90day scripts for my inhalers, and the seasickness patch just in case. My doctor applauded my preparedness for the cruise, which was nice. She's apprarently had patients run out of meds while on cruises, and it's a pain for all involved.

I finally sat down to dinner at 10pm, but I was more tired than hungry by then. I ate a few bites of chicken curry and then put it in the fridge. It was very good, but their mild is on the border of my spice limit. I mean "give me white people spice." And they hear "Mild for me."

We're officially under 50 days for the cruise, And I'm having some stress, especially after the dog had to be sedated to get an xray. I'm hoping that he does better when he's feeling a bit better, but ugh, one more anxiety that I can't relieve for like a month. I'm hoping he feels a little better this morning. Less stoned at least.

Today will be a day of quiet, and double checking myself. I'm a wee bit tired from the early morning combined with the late night, so I will be double checking that I'm replying to the correect email, and scheduling appointments appropriately. It's definitely going to be an early night.

Tomorrow, we have game,, Saturday we have two games, and Sunday, I have one game.

I think on Saturday, between games, I may make the pasta shells and bake them. I think I'll have time. It should only be about 30 minutes to boil the pasta, 20 to make the filling and stuff the shells, and then bake for 30-40. So that's only about 2 hours. We have four between games, so that should work well.

Sunday, I think it'll be beef stew of some sort. I've got the mirepoix ready to go, and we have some beer, so I'm thinking a nice stout stew. I'll chunk up some potatoes, throw in a bay leave and some thyme, and it'll be great. I might need to get some bread, since we'll probably eat the loaf we have with the shells.

Today, we shall have hash brown casserole with chorizo. It's the easiest dump meal. Hashbrowns, two tubes of chorizo sausage, cheddar cheese soup and cheese for the top. It's perfect for when you want an easy night. Some of my packages came yesterday. I have another bathing suit which is okay, but the bra doesn't do a thing for the tatas. I also got more food. This time it's Lilikoi vinagrette salad dressing (very tasty), granola for jess (they said it's delicious, but a little sticky and fresh) and last was Pineapple macadamia nut pancakes with coconut (can't wait to try these this weekend.)

Puppy is up! He's still a little subdued, but seems to be perking up a bit. He came out from the bedroom, which is more than I expected. Now he's toddling after my sister who is getting coffee. Apparently he had the runs more last night, but he seems maybe a bit better.

We'll see how he does. All we can really do is watch him.

Okay, time for me to go forth and drink some coffee and try to wake up. Oh, Yoda just jumped up on the couch with no problem. Now I feel a bit better. Everyone have aperfect Thursday!