I woke up around 2 and had trouble falling back asleep. My brain kept spinning on whether I would have to request time off work to get my pee tested. The pain was back, but I feel like the pain was just an excuse to keep me awake. I think I dozed a bit, but I didn’t get back into any dreams.
I went for my mile walk in a bit of wintry mix precipitation. The high mile again because I felt so tired. When I got back, I called the number and found that my color was not called today. All that worry for nothing. At least I shouldn’t be worrying tonight, because if I get called on Friday, I won’t have to test until Monday.
Even though I was really tired, I decided not to have any caffeine today. If I use it too many days in a row, then I get withdrawal when I stop. Work was tough, but I did at least have a simple set of tasks to work through as I trained my new person. Through the day, my left shoulder got tighter and tighter, the harbingers of a headache coming on.
On my after work walk, the neighbor dog came out to walk with me again. The neighbors are trying to train him not to leave the property, but I think he’s decided that I’m his walking buddy. No stopping him from following me home. I let him sit on my lap on the porch. He tried to lick my face and I tried to stop him from licking my face. He kind of won that battle, so I went inside and did a quick shower to rinse off the dog saliva before I started to get itchy.
I had to remind my dad that we had a zoom tonight, but once I did he got right on. My brother has another interview coming up. I hope he gets the position that he wants. I told them about the probation meeting and what I’m going to need to do.
Before I did my exercises and staff spinning, I was journaling, and I realized that I was getting a headache and trying to avoid taking the medication that would treat the headache. I realized that seemed silly, so I just took the migraine medication. Better to take it tonight than to wait for the headache to get even bigger tomorrow. For exercises, I continued my review of Shoulders & Arms level 1 week 3. I feel like I’m building up some strength in those movements that I need.
I hope I can get some solid sleep tonight. Even if my color is called, I won’t need to get tested tomorrow. Nothing to worry about. I’ll be driving to Boise and spending some time with my friend and his roommate and the roommate’s dogs. And then I’ll get day 3 of 5 completed. These 5 weeks are tough, but then I’ll get a vacation when I go to South Carolina, and I can spend time with family. Until then, I have to follow the lyrics of “Put Your Hand Inside the Puppet Head” by They Might Be Giants and “do the dumb things I gotta do.”
