A Trip to the Doctor

I woke up on Monday with a rash on my neck.  What is going on?  I hadn't changed my routine at all so it was a mystery to me.

I went to the office on Tuesday and my boss happened to be in town.  "So how's it going?"  I debated on whether or not to say something to her.  "Um...okay."  She could tell something was up, so I found my words.  "Ok, I'm going to tell you this as a mom and not as my boss.  I have a rash on my neck."  She encouraged me to get it checked out. 

I went to the dermatologist this afternoon and they diagnosed me with shingles.

I blurted out the first thing that came to mind.

"Isn't this something that happens only to old people!?"

Apparently not. 

Work has been really stressful lately, but it's more of a personnel issue rather than my workload.  I wish it was a workload issue because if that was the case, I could just dig in and get stuff done.  However, with personnel issues, it's not something that can be easily smoothed over.

I went to the pharmacy and they didn't have what I needed, but at least I can go back tomorrow to pick up my medication.

UGH! 

On the flip side, the pain isn't too bad.  The rash just looks "fugly" (yes, a Mean Girls reference...).  And I'm thankful that my boss was understanding when I told her what was going on.  I think time away from the office will be nice.

I'm really hoping these are magic pills that I'm taking because I want to have this rash contained before my sister and I head off to Vancouver next week.

New Nails and Completed Office Order

My new Bundle Monster nail plates came in!  The Cheeky plates aren't here yet, but at least I had something new to play with in the meantime.  These are what I'm going to call my Kapow nails.  Base coat: Sally Hansen in White On.  Pink: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri in Fuchsia Flash.  Bundle Monster plate #305. When I posted the picture on Facebook, a friend from work commented: "I was showing off your nails to my sisters and nieces... they were all super impressed!"  :)

Most of my Sunday was spent working on the 40 card office order that came in last week.  I'm done, so yay, extra money in my pocket!

To celebrate 3 August birthdays and my youngest cousin going off to Boston for dental school and my aunt and uncle leaving to go back to Taiwan, we had a family dinner at That's Amore.  Mmm, Italian food.

Crafty Haul

To reward myself for getting an "exceeded expectations" rating at work for the past year's worth of work (and getting a raise!), I went shopping today.  I didn't see anything makeup related that I really wanted (shocking, I know), but I did see some things at Joann's that I wanted.  They were having a 30% off die cutting supplies special and I also had a $5 off $25 purchase competitor's coupon.  I bought some hexagon, flag and leaf dies and a canvas for a project that I'll be working on for a friend.  Score!

I met up with my friends Meg and Robyn for dinner.  There was a lot to catch up on since the last time the 3 of us saw each other in person was in June.  We went to Piola and enjoyed some Italian food and of course, our favorite red wine sangria. :)

Samples for Office Card Order

I got an office order for 20 birthday and 20 anniversary cards.  Because these will be sent out in the fall, the Human Resources girl asked me for some fall-ish cards.  Here are the samples I came up with.

 

An Office Request Wedding Card

I received an email from one of the directors at the office.  She asked if I could make a wedding card to celebrate one of her employees upcoming wedding.  Aw, yay.  Ok, no problem.  I actually sit on the opposite side of the aisle from her employee and we chat very often so I was happy to fill that request.  She sent pictures and gave tips on things the couple liked.  I incorporated some of her favorite colors and used some wood elements as a nod to their love of the outdoors.

New Nails

The coloblock nails that I did earlier in the week were starting to chip, so I decided that it was time to redo my nails. This is 2 coats of Sally Hansen's I-rish Luck and Silver Sweep for the nail art stamping (Bundle Monster 202 plate).

Fitbit Goal Success

I gave myself a goal on July 1: if you can do 10,000 steps every day for the month of July, you can buy some new nail art plates.

And I did it. Yay!

The highest number of steps that I had in one day was on July 31 with 21,396 steps and the lowest was on July 25 with 10,036 steps.

Off to Amazon.com to order some Cheeky plates I've been looking at for a while. :)