Miscellaneous thoughts

I just got back from the gestational diabetes test. I won't get the results for a few days and since my doctor's office isn't open on weekends I probably won't hear anything until next week. The test wasn't as bad as I thought. I had to drink a small bottle of a carbonated sugar substance that tasted an awful lot like orange pop. While it's not something I'd like to drink in the morning I managed it better than I had expected. Then, I was sent back out to the waiting room [after the technician kindly showed me where I could lie down if I suddenly started feeling ill] and was told to wait for 1 hour. Good thing I brought a new book [Crow Lake - not bad so far].

It was a pretty amusing wait. I was at a local office of the BC Biomedical Laboratories and it was pretty busy. You could really tell when people were nervous about their tests, most of which probably involved needles. One man spent 15 minutes tapping his foot so fast I thought it would fall off. Another kept trying to get out of his test. He went up to the receptionist about four times asking if she was absolutely sure that they needed to draw blood. One woman kept pacing and another had to get pushed in by her mother. Only one lucky man was spared. His test was to take a few hours and as he had eaten breakfast, he could not take it until after lunch. However, the office was closing early due to the snowfall warning so he happily left.

My hour passed quickly - I contemplated cheating a little and doing some exercises to get the blood moving a bit quicker but thought the other patients were amusing enough. No need to add to the general atmosphere by suddenly jumping up and down or doing some of the strange pregnancy-type stretches I've been doing at home. Nope. No need. I was called back in and they took some blood and that was that.

I had some time to kill before my bus so I went and did a little more baby shopping and bought myself some new clothes to fit my ever growing belly. I picked up some lunch for Dakota and I [she is at home today due to a cold] and went home. I was a little concerned that the bus wouldn't be able to make it down the hill to the stop near our house. It's our second day of snow here in Vancouver and there are so few plows and salt trucks that the residential neighbourhoods don't get their roads cleared properly. We made it okay though and I had the pleasure of walking the few blocks to the house in the soft silence that only snow can bring. I'm glad we got some this year because once again I didn't make it back home [to Merritt]. Mom told me that she and my niece went x-country skiing recently and I was a bit jealous. Then the girls got to go snow boarding and we had to stay home. Now, at least I was able to see some snow.

Unfortunately, we all seem to be getting sick. Dakota had it first. She picked it up in Kamloops and has been fighting it all week. Mind you, the crazy kid stubbornly decided to wear shorts during the week despite winter-like lows. She doesn't get dressed until the last minute and if I'm not upstairs when she leaves for school I don't find out until she gets home. Last night she was coughing most of the night so we decided to keep her home. At about 4:30 in the morning when Don got up to give her some cough medicine I started sniffling and had an itchy throat. This morning Don was also sniffling and Des started coughing too. It seems like at least half of Don's office is off sick and more than a few people from my office are in various stages of recovering. Let's hope that it is a mild bug and we all recover quickly.

I'm going to finish watching the news and get back to work. I'll post an update next week when I hear the results of the test.