Yup. So my new doc has me trying a blood pressure medication that has been used for headaches (i love that - such random meds are used to treat other random things… hey, at least I’m not being prescribed little blue pills that are meant for men only…). Of course, with my system being as sensitive as it is, and with my blood pressure already being on the lower end of normal, it has gone down even more. Monday afternoon was when it really started to hit me (after being on the stuff since Friday AM), and since then I’ve been kinda unproductive. I drove the 2 minutes over to Walgreens so that I could have them take my pressure and then I drove home, so that’s about all the driving I’ve done. I was SUPPOSED to go to my grad class this morning, but that clearly didn’t happen. I wasn’t able to get into the car for just about an hour and then get on the little train and then sit through 3 hrs of class… and then drive again after that.

I managed to do my laundry this morning, but whoa, was that a task! I could have won the award for “Slowest Laundry-Doer Ever”. The laundry room in the building is in the basement and we’re on the 2nd floor, but thank goodness for elevators. Still, my laundry bag was no heavier than normal, but it felt like 10 tons. I took it slow and hadn’t even taken any meds since I was waiting for my doc to call. Hey, when you need clean clothes, what are you gonna do. I also just wanted to get it done with, since the pile has been growing, and I didn’t want to wait til D got home and whatnot. We’re cutting the dosage in half, luckily, and still moving along my taper off of the Topamax.

Tomorrow’s highlight: New carpet for the living room and new kitchen floor. Ya know, since it was, um, flooded. [Sidebar: As embarassing as it probably was at the time, I ended up turning on the waterworks of my own in the management office on Monday and was welling up in tears when I was told that it could be yet another week to wait for the whole recarpeting/flooring business to take place for us. I so kindly reminded them that we are living in half of our apartment right now and can barely stay in the part that was flooded for more than a quick meal's time because of the smell and mold that is probably growing. "We made some calls and can have it all done on Thursday morning." Gee, how prompt. Seeing as how we were told it would be 2-3 days, and now it's been almost 2 WEEKS. end rant.]