I have not adjusted to this time change. It’s 10:00 and here I am, completely exhausted again.
It was a pretty darn good day, though. It’s always encouraging to start off the last week of school! And as a bonus, we had a Quechua linguist-guy visiting our class this morning. He was only going to sit in for an hour or so and watch us work, but in fact he gave us a very interesting 2-hour lecture and used up all our time! So we didn’t have to do our dialogs, and didn’t even correct or turn in our homeworks. Thus, we also didn’t get any more work assigned! Best class yet. Neuroimaging was good and short today (as it is every Monday), so it was a real smooth day.
I did also go to see the doctor (nurse practicioner, it turns out) about these migraines though. I was looking forward to having that taken care of. So there isn’t actually any real news from the visit. My nurse is great. She thinks the headaches are some combo of hormones and stress, and that I don’t have to do anything about them unless they really get in my way. We can try messing with my birth control perscription, or they could perscribe me migraine medicine or something that has the effect of migraine mitigation (anti-depressants, blood pressure medicine) if I wanted… but one crap day a month sounds a hair less bad to me then being on medicine every day I don’t really need. So for now, no change. But good to know that it’s non-life-threatening and that I’ve got escape plans if I need them. Nurse said I could even see the neurologist if I wanted… ooo. Anyway, sort of a relief to know the headaches are not a huge deal, just another minor annoyance to deal with in life.
So I triumphantly rode home, got all my work done, baked cookies, and concocted dinner. I’ve discovered that one of my best cooking resources is some innate ability to conjure up a version “KC’s Rice Surprise”, my Dad’s magical never-the-same-twice refridgerator meal. Boy, Laurie’s Rice Surprise was sure good tonight. Verrry spicy, and full of kale and collard greens and rice and red beans and ground beef. Mmm. It did have the odd effect of making my fridge as seemingly full as when I started though, since I somehow managed to create twice as much rice surprise as the rice I was attempting to use up. Ended up going right back in the same tupperware it came out of! Oh well! It’s at least a little tastier now.