Say What?!?!

I was so nervous. I had a whole speech. I knew that the perfect time was during my Monday morning meeting. We finished discussing my responsibilities for the week.

"Anything else?" I asked.

"Nope. That's everything."

"Alright.......Um......"

I was losing my nerve! I'd been thinking about doing this for WEEKS! I had to do it. I heard my mother (lecture #429) in my head "You can do hard things."

"Hey....there's actually something I need to talk to you about."

I closed the office door. Now or never!

"I need a raise."

I gave my whole speech. I was nervous. And shaking. And spoke fast. Tried to act put together and calm and responsible. I told my boss that I would basically need a FIFTY percent raise to stay where I am. Side note: I've been told over and over and over again by multiple people that they've asked for a SMALL raise and been told no. And consequently had to quit and move on. And I was asking for FIFTY percent.

And then I waited...

"Alright. You're worth a LOT more than we're paying you. We don't want to lose you. So I'll talk to Curtis and we'll get something worked out. We'll make this work."

Oh man. Awesome. But now getting Curtis on board....

I got a phone call later that afternoon.

"Hey I just talked to Curtis. We're going to take care of it."

SAY WHAT?!?!?!?!

And it continues....

Six weeks ladies and gentleman.

For six straight weeks I have had headaches. And they are getting worse.

At first they thought they were stress headaches. And given all the stuff I was going through when they first started it could have been it. But they haven't gone away. And they've gotten worse.

I'm out of my drugs that worked. I've resorted to taking my hardcore drugs. Ugh. No fun! How anyone can become a drug addict is beyond me.

But I got a blessing last night. I was blessed with hope.

So tomorrow I will go to another doctor. And Tuesday I will go the neurologist. And I will remain hopeful. Hopeful that one day (soon) the pain will be completely gone.

Thank you for all of you who have prayed for me and taken care of me through all of this madness.

High on Life

I remember back in high school a friend of mine would always jokingly say she didn't need to do drugs. She was high on life.

I have had horrible horrible headaches for a month now. EVERY day for a month to be exact. And I don't get headaches! This week they got so bad that I was forced to go see a doctor. The doctor gave me LOTS of pills. Six prescriptions to be exact...until they figure out what is wrong.

I'm only taking one of the prescriptions. It ended up being a blessing in disguise that I couldn't remember which ones I couldn't take together. I called two pharmacies that gave me different answers. So after a minor freak out I called one of my best friend's dad. Who is a doctor. He told me that the drugs I was prescribed, if I had taken them as instructed, would have had me taken to the hospital in an ambulance. Thank heavens for him.

So I'm only on one of the drugs. But holy goodness its enough. I am SO high on more than life.

Apparently it makes me really funny too.