What a Hellacious Week!

Argh!  What a week!  I'm just glad I survived it, and everything turned out well.   

 

Here's why.  In the last 6 days I've had 1.) my monthly acupuncture appointment 2.) a dental cleaning appointment 3.) two appointments with the plumber, 4.) two nasty ocular migraines, 5.) an allergic reaction to makeup that made my eyes feel like I had an infection, and 6.) an eye doc appointment.

 

Whew!

 

It all started with a helluva ocular migraine.  I get those every 2-3 years, and they are painless.  The worst of it is the flashing lights, usually zigzags like lightning bolts moving slowly across my vision from one side to the other til they disappear in about 30 minutes.  This one wasn't like that.  The flashing lights formed arcs that made a circle around both eyes and took almost 24 hours to go away.  They are always caused by an allergic reaction to something I've eaten.  In this case an anti-inflammatory supplement I took for my back.

 

On Wednesday I had my monthly acupuncture appointment.  It went well. 

 

On Thursday morning I had my 6-month dental cleaning.  It went well. 

 

On Thursday afternoon the plumber was scheduled to fix the drip in my tub and my singing toilet.  That was a no show.  I had made the appointment on Monday, so I called to see what was going on.  Turns out the computer ate my appointment. 

 

Yikes!

 

The supervisor felt so awful about it he called and said he would come out on Friday afternoon to do the work himself.  Plus, he'd give me a discount for any trouble this screw-up had caused me.  Cool! 

 

I went out to a new Mexican restaurant on Thursday night, and evidently my bod has become extra sensitive to ALL anti-inflammatory foods, cause I had another ocular migraine afterwards.  Jalapeno (in the salsa) is an anti-inflammatory, so I guess those are off limits for me now, too.  I could tell it was an allergic reaction, cause my heart was pounding out of my chest, and I had trouble breathing.  This one subsided the next day, but it left me with floaters in my right eye, and the arcs of light took days to disappear.  Very odd.  So on Friday morning I called and made an appointment with my eye doc for Tuesday to get it checked out.

 

The plumber came on Friday afternoon and fixed 4 things instead of 3 and gave me 2 discounts instead of 1.  Awesome!

 

Saturday morning I woke up to a text from Michael.  This month he has made major changes in his life, and he's moving in a new direction.  So we decided to downgrade our relationship to just friends. 

 

Yes, I will miss him, but it's easy to see how happy this new path makes him.  I will always be grateful for the 9 months we had together.  He was the sweetest, most affectionate, loving man to me.  I'm honored I had a place in his heart for that time, and I treasure who he was when we were together. 

 

I wish him well, and I'm thrilled he's found such happiness.  He is the kindest Empath and Healer.  Truly the most wonderful man, and he deserves all the happiness he can get.  I'm 100% supportive of that and glad we can remain friends.

 

SPECIAL REQUEST: Our love relationship was very public on Twitter.  Michael has asked that my fans not friend him on Twitter or Facebook.  He would like to be left alone to refuel his spirit and to enjoy this new path he's walking.  I ask that you all honor his request.  Thanks!

 

After Michael's text I hop in the shower Saturday morning and discover it's just lukewarm.  The dial won't move any further.  Huh?  So I call the plumber.  He thought he'd adjusted it to give me lots of hot water, but obviously not.  So we make an appointment for him to come by Monday afternoon to fix it.  In the meantime, I take a shower in the other bathroom, cause like most runners I neeeeeed a HOT shower for my muscles and tendons.  ;)

 

On Monday the plumber calls me in the morning.  He's in the neighborhood and wants to come over early.  Cool!  He's there in twenty minutes and fixes the water temperature in the shower.  Then I ask him about the wimpy stream coming out.  Since he fixed the water pressure in my house on Friday afternoon the shower stream is pitiful.  He points to my shower head, which is 15 years old.  And shot.  Who knew?  Not me.  So he installs a new one, and I jump in the shower after he leaves.

 

OMGODDESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!  That's the best shower ever!  I'm such a happy woman!!!!  ~twirls with happiness on my Fey wings~

 

Tuesday afternoon I have my eye doc appointment.  Good thing cause I noticed after the second ocular migraine on Thursday night my eyelids are swollen and getting more so every day.  Plus, my eyes are burning.  I put some tears in and OUCH!  That burned too.  So I figure I have an eye infection.

 

The eye doc did a bunch of tests and determined my eyes are actually healthier than they should be at my age, with no deterioration which is unusual.  My eyesight has continued to improve every year, rather than get worse like it should at my age.  Also good news. 

 

And I don't have an eye infection.  What I have is an allergic reaction to cheap drugstore makeup.

 

Yikes!

She gave me lubricating eye drops for my eyelids and a new prescription for glasses and sunglasses, since mine are too strong again.  Then I went to the mall and bought Clinique eye makeup, which is what I used to use over a decade ago.  I had makeup allergies in my 20s, and it was the only brand that didn't bother me back then.  Obviously, it's time to return to Clinique.  What fun!!!  ~wink~ 

 

So after my hellacious week I end up with new makeup, new glasses and sunglasses, a successful eye and acupuncture checkup, a very quiet bathroom with no singing toilet, the most awesome shower on the planet, and no cavities for the next six months. 

 

Woot!

 

True, this is NOT the kind of hectic, stressful week I ever wanna experience again.  But I survived it in true SexWitch form. 

 

However, I really hope I don't have to use my lemons-to-lemonade talent again any time soon.  This week totally beat my ass, and I'm pooped.  ;)

 

Hope you had a fab New Moon and Litha celebration on Tuesday and Wednesday.  Much love to all of you!

 

~smooches~

 

Laura Stamps (c)
Romantic Pagan Erotica Novelist

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