Yesterday I had the day off so I could get a bunch of stuff done. Casey let the HVAC guy in to fix the heater before I was even awake. That ended up being a much more expensive house call than we had anticipated. Casey knew from looking online that the part needing replacment was only $40-60, instead we were charged $200 PLUS labor PLUS tax. Ugh, not such a fun thing to spend money. After I was showered and dressed I headed to Lab Corp to take my glucose screening (the one hour test). It wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be although the drink was really disgusting. I’m betting that if I’d gotten the orange flavor or lemon-lime flavor that most other women I’ve heard of get, it wouldn’t have even been as bad as it was. Instead, the tech offered me the bottle with the lid off and it was fruit punch flavored. Bleh, I hate fruit punch even when it’s not super concentrated and sickly sweet.  I guess the upside was it was cold. I’m pretty sure I’ll be fine as I’m borderline hypoglycemic (low blood sugar) anyway. I was actually concerned that I was going to get sick even before getting there since I hadn’t eaten but I made it through fine and brought food for after my blood was drawn at the end of the hour. My doctor should have the results of my test some time next week. I’m betting that I won’t hear that I passed until my next appointment, unless of course I failed in which case they’ll most likely call me and tell me to go back for the 3 hour test. Let’s hope it doesn’t come to that.
I was able to run home and eat lunch before heading to my next appointment. At 1, I had an appointment at the Infiniti dealership to get the tire on the truck that’s been leaking air looked at. They were unable to find the leak at first so they had to take the tire completely off and put it in a barrel of water to locate the leak which was actually a previous plug they had put in, leaking. So that ended up taking way more time than I thought it would have (an hour and a half) but at least it was free and we got another free car wash out of the deal. Unfortunately it’s threatening to snow today on our clean car.Â
Finally, I stopped off at the post office to get a package mailed off and buy some stamps. There were quite a few people in there for it being only 2:30 and before Christmas but still not as bad as it would have been had I waited much longer.Â
We’re relieved that Top Chef is back on. A lot of the episodics are just not that great this season. We also watched Private Practice last night and am getting more and more annoyed. It’s like every show revolves around some ethical dilemna (usually featuring Addison). And don’t get me started on Addison. Since she moved over from Grey’s Anatomy she just gets on my nerves. She’s always involved in everyone’s business and trying to play the morality police. I’m surprised some of these patients don’t threaten legal action for the crap she pulls. It’s just nutty. Casey laughs at me for watching the show because I just sit there and make fun of it the whole time. It does entertain me but I get so annoyed at the same time, so is it even worth it??