Yesterday wasn't great, but I did get a piece of good news.

Yesterday wasn't great, but I did get a piece of good news.  I called UAB and they said that I'd been accepted into their financial assistance program.  They said that I should be getting a letter soon saying that I can see one of their rheumatologists for free.  I don't have that letter yet, but hopefully it will come soon and the wait won't be long.

My hips and knees are what gave me so much trouble the last time I was having a bad flare up.  While they are uncomfortable now, what is really concerning is that my forearms, hands, and fingers hurt.  I am losing my grip - to the point that my hands keep sliding off of things.  This has caused me to break 3 nails in the span of 2 weeks, which is - yes, the least of my problems, but one that makes me super sad nonetheless.  It is a blow that I don't need.  It is especially a bummer because they were all the same length and shape for once, which was a damn accomplishment for me.

Yesterday I saw the doctor because she told me to come back.  I thought I was having labs done for UAB (she was not clear with me on anything), but that was not the case.  Basically, I paid $25 to have her tell me that patience was a virtue (regarding UAB taking so long) and for her to write me a prescription for horse ibuprofen and send it to the wrong pharmacy.  I could have just decided to take 800 mgs of ibuprofen for free for all the damn good it did me to pay her to let me sit there, stressed, waiting on her to inconvenience and frustrate me.

Anyway.  I was looking at parking at JSU and since the building that all of my classes are in are so far away from any of the parking spots that I'm allowed to use it looks like I will be walking uphill halfway across campus every morning.  I guess I need the exercise, so whatever (whatever unless my hips and knees start hurting again), but I am probably going to have to invest in a rolling backpack because my grip / arms won't hold out that long if I'm trying to just carry stuff like I usually do.  I hate to admit that I actually considered asking Shaun to drop me off every morning, but I am trying hard not to be that pathetic yet.

Guess what else.  I have a Calculus test tomorrow.  And I was wrong when I said I have 3 in 4 weeks - I have 4 in 4 weeks.  The final exam was not counted in the 3 before and I thought it was.  So that is super fun.

I am off to repair one of my nails and to file the another one into something other than a jagged mess.  Then I have to study!  (Are you shocked by that news?)  I hope things are going great for you all.  I feel like I should be so excited and happy about a lot of things right now, but I just can't.  I'm tired and sore and it was all I could do to even make my hands cooperate enough to type this post.  Fun times.

I have broken a nail AND a flip flop.

I have broken a nail AND a flip flop. I legit don't know which is worse. I have been lost today because my GPS wouldn't work. My car has run hot. The duct tape on my backpack strap is melting and getting sticky crap all over me. I have worked today, now I'm at the doctor, and I have school later.

I'm pretty sure it's a Monday. 😑

Relaxed ALL day.

For some reason our literature work has doubled...

For some reason our literature work has doubled for the last month of the semester.  🙁  But I am done for the week.  No work and no homework and no school tomorrow.  I am beyond excited to have a day just... off.  😃

Not a very impressive go at "nail art," but...

Not a very impressive go at "nail art," but who needs that when you're wearing a Tonic Nail Polish, anyway?  This polish is called Come Wander and it's beautiful!  It's obviously holographic, but it also has flakies in it, which are more visible in other lighting.  They are the flashes of pink you see towards the center of my nails.

It's been a busy week, so there has been no real time for nail art, but I did file the talons down and put some paint on them a few days ago.  I'm not doing a thing for work or school on Saturday, so maybe I will have one last nail art hurrah before I'm back on the grind for the last month of this semester and work.  We shall see.  🙂

I made a 67 on the Cal test that I previously bombed...

I made a 67 on the Cal test that I previously bombed, so that is better than a 38. I'm not sure I can be done with it, though. If we get another chance at it, I'll probably take it again. 🙁

I made a 167/200 on the new one, so that's an 83. I made a dumb mistake that cost me 5 points, which is annoying. The other problems, I missed legitimately. 

My Cal average is a 90 right now. That's ok, but I'm not thrilled. It's so close to being a B that it stresses me out.  I need to really step it up in Calculus if I'm gonna come out with an A. I loathe scraping the bottom of the "A" barrel. 😡

In better news, I made a 99 on my Literature mid-term essay. I think my average in there is a 97 right now. 

I guess I need to get home from class, eat, and do some homework. Woohoo. You're all so jealous of my super fun and carefree life, right? 😜

I have not felt well since last night.

I have not felt well since last night.  After I got home from school I felt a migraine coming on so I took Excedrin.  I hate taking it at night because it keeps me up.  About 4 this morning I emailed my tutoring job that I wouldn't make it in because I was still not asleep and was supposed to be there at 8:30.  I would have been useless.

I haven't been out of bed for long today.  I don't feel as bad as I did - I think the rest helped, but I don't feel good by any stretch.  Between stress and psoriatic crap I'm not in a great place.  On the bright side I checked Blackboard and have the grade for part of my literature mid-term.  I made a 93 on half of it.  Still waiting on the grade of my paper.  At least one class seems to be going ok.

And with that, I'm off.  I don't know what I'll do, but if I can get my head clear I'll work on my literature assignment for the week and try not to think about Calculus.