So overwhelmed

 I'm going to take a minute to bitch!

It so challenging to get everything I need to get done so I can take leave starting next week for all this torture.

So first this morning I fasted so I could get my blood drawn for my pre-op tests. I went to the NorthShore office at 7:00 where I usually get it done in Deerfield, and there's a sign on the door "Laboratory closed today" -So I am fasting, no coffee, and have a really bad headache starting. I drive over to HP Hospital- they have a lab, right? But their Ootpatient lab is appointment only and the first available is 10:45-WTF ? I have never heard of appointment only blood draw- no one told me this- So I drive to Vernon Hills NS office, they are ALSO appointment only, (by this time a raging headache) thankfully they can give me an 8:15 time (by this time it's 7:45). So I sit and wait and it finally gets done. The silver lining is the lab tech did a really good job, got the vein on the first try and no bruise (yay!)

So on to work, trying to wrap up all the needed tasks and go on short term leave. To go on leave, they send me like 6 forms that are crazy long and I have to go to another site and start an account and they're going to turn off my email while I'm gone... I honestly don't know if it's worth it since I don't think I'll be out that long - maybe 2 weeks. Anyway I'm just not going to deal with this today. 

Thankfully I have no appointments or meetings tomorrow or Friday so I can just take it a bit easy. Debating scheduling a massage for Monday, the day before all the madness starts. 

May even roast a turkey this weekend/next week so we have lots of leftovers. I definitely want to make some chicken soup with matzo balls, and even though i'd like to go to services Friday night, I don't think I want to expose myself to that many people, even masked. 

I honestly can't wait for this to be over, but I am really terrified of the surgery.