Patience is a Virtue

....one that I do not possess.

Wednesday I went to the doctor to check out a pain I'd been having in my side.  In the past I've had an abscess on one of my ovaries, but this pain was slightly different.  I chose to see my family physician.  Immediately he asked why I didn't make an appointment with my gynocologist.  I told him that I didn't think I'd get in quickly, and besides, I wasn't sure it was a "female" problem.

So he asked me to lay back and began pushing down on my abdomen.  I nearly jumped off the table when he pushed down on the right side.  He was pretty sure he thought he knew what it might be.  After another sort of exam he determined that he was not so sure anymore.  So I was given orders for a CBC and a sonogram to see for sure.  I will spare all the boring details and say this: the sono started normally and then the tech had to take a detour....ugh, not sure what that was all about. Why must the sono-techs get trained to have poker faces?  And of course, I will not have the results until tomorrow afternoon, a whole TWO days later :(

All day today my sides hurt-one side or the other, and at times both.  I was beginning to think I was going crazy.  Am I psyching myself out?  I'm not sure if it really even hurts anymore.  What if it's nothing?  That would kinda suck, but then, I don't really want it to be something either, right?  Ugh.  Anyway, my students were supportive and engaged today, which kept my stress level in check.

After school I wanted nothing more than to come home and take a nap, the pain is exhausting.  I had given my word, however, that I would help judge auditions for our school's talent show.  That was entertaining, to say the least.  We actually have some great talent, the funny part were the bands.  They had to have spent over a half hour setting up their drums and amps and tuning their bases/guitars, only to audition for 1 single minute.  haha, Also, what's with the screamers?  The metal(ish) bands always had a singer and a screamer.  Didn't quite get that.  I could do without the screamer.  I should have been the Simon of the group and said, you guys are awesome, but the screamer is going to hold you back, dump him!  lol

Then there's this evening.  I decided Trey was ready for a haircut.  I got out my clippers.....

Front is ok, probably a little too long, but by that point I was working on borrowed time as far as him sitting still.

Back is.....well see for yourself:

C'est la vie....a friend of mine once told me, "The difference between a good haircut and a bad haircut is about a week."  And so the waiting continues..........