The biopsy procedure went well yesterday and now we just have to wait for the results to come back in the next two weeks. Both of the doctors involved are on holidays over the next two weeks so we have no choice, but to be patient. The patient is in a little bit of discomfort, but I knew that things would be fine when the second thing she said to me was, "Can we stop at Tim Hortons on the way home?". Canuck, through and through.
The daughter(me), on the other hand, is exhausted. I went into work at 3pm instead of my usual 1pm for an evening shift because I just could NOT get it together and get out the door. The stress of the past week or so caught up with me and floored me. I still do not feel great, but hopefully another good night's rest will help because I begin my weekend shift tomorrow! Work sucks and will continue to suck hard for a while yet. The new pharmacist is supposedly starting at the end of July, but she is unavailable for most of the month of August so guess who might get one day of vacation during the month of August to squeeze something that might look like a long weekend. I have not taken any vacation time since last November and have only been away from work for more than 2 days once in that time period because the schedule has rotated in such a way that my weekends to work have fallen on 3 of the 4 Canadian summer long weekends. Something is going to break sooner or later and I suspect that my sanity will the thing to break. Stress is not my friend and my anxiety and upset about all of the recent bad news that keeps making itself known to me has me feeling really fragile. Oh well, the more I dwell on it, the worse it gets so maybe I should just go to bed.
Tomorrow, I am going to pick up my brother's engineering diploma that I had framed for him as a graduation gift. I am very excited about it because he has worked so hard to get this degree and I am very, very, very, very proud of him!! I am also dropping off two boxes of materials left over from my renovations to the ReStore which is on Rothesay Ave in Saint John for anyone reading this who has materials that they no longer need. The store will be opening as soon as they have an adequate inventory.
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Fingers and toes are securely crossed for good news on the biopsy - too bad you have to wait two weeks for the results. :(
The framing of your brother's diploma is a brilliant gift. My (adult) brother is putting himself through university and I may steal your idea when he graduates. :)
If I can snag a camera, I will take a photo of the framing. I view it as a pay-it-forward. My mom paid to have my diploma framed with my uni. logo on the matte and my brother has admired it for years so I thought that he should have one, too!
Thanks for the good wishes!
Here's hoping for some speedy and positive biopsy results. Waiting for mom's were just agonizing.
Love the framing job on the Diploma, I have mine in the red mats that they sell at grad but it just doesn't go anywhere in the house, black would work soo much better or even the computer science green...hmmm...
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