A day of surprises

Almost all of them bad.

Surprise 1 - someone threw up all over my new door mat outside, Rocket? the other outside cats? the neighbor's dog? All I know is my rug is trashed

Surprise 2 - that vomit was frozen to the rug so I tossed it out of the way as it's supposed to warm up a bit

Surprise 3 - I get to work and my students are bickering is my lab over at 11:50 or 11:15. One students said the former the other 11 said the latter. It's 11:50 but SOMEONE put it into our new class software wrong and now some of these students have an 11:30 class. OMFG. I said fine, don't drop it because usually they'll have time to get there (especially as small as this lab is) I tell everyone about this including the success coach who should have caught this (I don't register the nursing students) but I nicely said, 'all labs are 2 hours and hopefully with more eyes on this in the future this won't happen again if someone transposes a number in the software (i.e. you should have already known this)

Surprise 4 - race home because I have to drive to Chillicothe to have my first gel shot into my knee to try and keep it from a replacement soon. What isn't a surprise is FedEx still hasn't delivered my computer (was due here last Saturday) but what IS a surprise is the neighbor's new puppy is on my porch eating the vomit. (dogs, I love them but man they're gross sometimes)

Surprise 5 - An unplanned arthrocentesis. I mentioned to the nurse that my knee gave out after Christmas and bent backwards again and I've been having quadriceps tendon pain and pain in the anteriomedial aspect of the knee (which is where the cartilage is fucked anyhow) he tells the doc who goes 'let's see how swollen this is?'

Well we can't put the gel in with this much fluid in your knee, you okay with an arthrocentesis. Yep, I've had them before. ( cut for the needle phobic )

He gets the gel in and bandages me up. I had brought shorts to make this easier so the nurse steps out so I can dress and...blood and the gel pours out of my knee like a waterfall over my leg so I have to wait for him to come back and I'm like sorry I'm sitting here in my gutchies but as you can see. His eyes get huge and he gets sponges so I can put pressure on it. Next time in two weeks we're going to do this before I get off the table.

Surprise 6 - Tim Horton's is doing a chocolate covered strawberry latte for Valentine's Day. My local coffee shop does this and I wish it was every day. I love this and Tim's did a great job (this was the Tim's I 1 starred back in November) with this so yay for a good surprise

Surprise 7 - My computer was on the porch when I got home at 630. YAY. Surprise 7.5 - the put the computer ontop the monitor, double yay. I'm afraid to look to see if it's broken. I'll play with this tomorrow since it's like 15 out there and you can't turn on electronics that cold (well you could but it's a bad idea)


I didn't want to tag the reading meme into the sad post so...

What I Just Finished Reading:

The Lost House - icelandic noir arc, I liked the ending (literally the best part of the book)

Whisper of the Woods by Ennun Ana Iurov a graphic novel about the haunted Hoia Baciu forest in Romania, horror, a bit predictable


What I am Currently Reading:
The Lefthanded booksellers of London by Garth Nix - I wish I had time to just get into bed and read this in one go. Love it


When the Bones Sing - YA horror set in Arkansas, off to a great start (this is an arc)


The Busy Body - reading this for a popsugar prompt. I might take another stab at it if this doesn't get better soon. I hate the narrator



What I Plan to Read Next: just picked up Bluelock manga for the popsugar prompt of reading about soccer.