A bit of this, a bit of that

Friday got off to a bit of a slow start--was going to go into work for the morning and make up some sick time, but instead woke up with probably the worst neck pain I'd had all week (and it was not a good week), and realized I really needed to go back to the doctor.  So, I went to the doctor that had referred me to the rheumatologist and the interesting thing was I didn't actually get to see the doctor, I ended up just seeing this nurse practitioner that was working with her.  Now I know what you might be thinking--great clinic, they don't even let you see the doctor, but the thing is, this was one of the most useful doctor's appointments I've had in ages!  She was super knowledgeable, wasn't rushed to get me out of there, answered tons of questions, and gave me a ton of info that doctors don't tend to give on my options.  Anyway, I'm supposed to get more blood tests, a neck x-ray, and hopefully will get in faster for the MRI (but who knows...), and also got the referral to get a second opinion on the fibromyalgia.  Yay tests.  *rolls eyes*

Managed to make it into work for an hour and bit between then and my massage, which was better than nothing, I suppose.   Then went for my massage and came home and had a nap before heading out to Launch Party [photos] in Gastown.  It was great as always, all my geeky friends were out and I had a fun evening chatting, until about 9:30pm when I realized I was ridiculously tired and headed home.

Yesterday I took a self-care day and stayed in all day except for when I went outside to take out the garbage.  It was fabulous--I stayed in bed really late, and then just cleaned and read and vegged.  Did some yoga before bed, tried to relax a bit, cause I feel like things have been really busy lately.

This morning, the crew finally had brunch over in my neck of the woods instead of over in Yaletown, which was a nice change!  Then I headed with a friend to the Vancouver Art Gallery, which was a bit of a bust, because we had missed the boat a little--they were between shows and only had the Group of Seven show on, but was still fun thanks to good company and some mini-photowalking afterwards.

And now, all of a sudden, I'm incredibly sleepy so it's time to head off to bed...