What a Monday!

It was a great day! Uh, no, not really...

For those of you who don't know, I have about a 30 minute commute to work. I also have a company laptop to allow me to work from home. I have a HUGE, multi-million dollar, project that I've been working on for a few months now and had a vacation day on Friday. Well, vacation days for me, aren't really a vacation. I have to still be accessible by phone or email - at least until this project is over and a new one starts. Well, I brought my computer home last Thursday, where it sat until this morning, when I called Jeremy to meet me somewhere between work and home to bring me my computer. I got to my desk, looked at the riser that holds my laptop, and the laptop wasn't there, nor was the bag, and I remembered - it's at home. I had tried to go in early as I didn't turn in my time when I left on Thursday. Double crap!

I was on my way to meet Jeremy and Jacob and realized I still had a truck full of garage sale stuff that didn't sell to return to a guy from work. By the time he and I changed it all over, Jeremy and Jacob were pulling into the parking lot. Jacob clamped on to me and wouldn't let go. I sent Jeremy to the bank to deposit all of my garage sale monies, and Jacob went to work with Momma for a little while. Of course, he had the run of the joint. With one smile, he pulled one of our chief finance guys out of his meeting to come say hello. My manager gave Jacob some cars to play with and the squeals brought many others over to say "I can't believe how big he's getting! Is that Jacob? Oh, is he cute!"

My corporate credit card numbers were stolen last week. Luckily, they were only able to get about $600 before I caught it. Thankfully, as it has a monthly limit of $50K. I had to call and report that last week, and while I had Jacob in my office, they delivered my new card. Of course, the "I need"s were in full force. And if that wasn't enough...

I've been having some issues with my knee again. I've had problems with it since Jr. high school, on and off. I had serious trouble with it again about the time I met Jeremy. The specialist ordered an MRI and though he found many, tiny tears in both the cartilage and the tendons, there wasn't enough damage to warrant surgery. I did physical therapy for a few months and was measured for arch supports and the pain eventually eased. I had a small, fatty tumor at the time as well, and we agreed to watch it, and see what happens. Well, it grew and I had that tumor - found to be a cyst after removal, removed in early June. Although I'm glad to have the cyst gone, it had nothing to do with the pain I have...again. I, of all things, fell asleep on our love seat about a month ago and it hasn't been right since. I went to a new Doctor (thanks to our new insurance), who prescribed an anti-inflammatory that didn't agree with me. So, I waited about a month, hoping and praying the pain would go away and it hasn't. I went back to the Dr. today. The Doctor ordered an MRI (@ 7AM and an hour drive to the hospital) for next month, as he says to "rule out a tear in the cartilage but, I do think it is torn". So, we have a new plan, we get the MRI, we find out how badly it's torn, then it's back to the specialist I saw five years ago, and possibly arthroscopic surgery to repair the tear(s). I've never had a surgery before - not that this is major, by any means but, I'm still a little scared nonetheless.

Tuesdays are better, right?