I was feeling - a lot of different things - after I took 2 more of those pills this morning.
High - like on LSD. Drowsy. Lethargic. Muscle cramps all over my body. Surreal - there but not there. All kinds of sensations. The obvious conclusion: stop taking the stuff, my body and this drug did not agree to a contract and all negotiations are off the table. I stopped taking it. Talk about taking a drug whose side effects are FAR worse than the thing it is trying to treat, this is one of the worst I have ever experienced, Penicillin taking the number one spot.
Next time a doctor wants to prescribe something to me that I have never heard of before and know nothing about, I am going to ask specific questions about side effects. If his answers are vague, I'm going to look it up on the internet. A side effect of "Death" is not exactly something I want to venture into when considering a condition that is not going to come anywhere close to taking my life. I left work early - 2 hours before I should have gotten off, stopped at Walmart for some dog food on the way home, got home and went to bed. My cell phone wouldn't stop ringing, really got annoying. Calls from people answering my ads for things I am selling for my company on Craigslist. Normally, I wouldn't care but today - no thanks. I answered the calls and got it over with.
After 5 hours passed after getting home, I finally started feeling these side effects to start thinning out. I feel MUCH better now than I did this morning. So, I went outside, removed plants off of the larger pond, caught 4 of the fish in there and relocated them to the turtle pond. I do NOT think the turtles can catch them, they are large goldfish and very fast. Regardless, the load in the larger pond needed to be reduced, too many fish, too much waste, too much toxins. I did regret in catching one of them - she obviously is full with eggs. I couldn't tell which was which when I was fishing them out, I just caught them. She was leaning to one side when I got her in there - the move was not exactly a good thing for her. I added shock treatment to the water and hope that she is still alive tomorrow.
Life - at least for me - is an interesting conundrum of both good and bad things going on at the same time. The occasions when either there are only good things going on or only bad things also occur. I'm always dealing with tenant issues - bad - my ponds and fish - mostly good. I'm learning about pond pumps - they are a pond's life blood. I had one break this week and realize that I didn't keep the paperwork for it. It's history. I ordered another one and this time, the paperwork will go into a folder. It has a 2 year warranty on it. My winter neighbor arrived 2 nights ago. He's - early. He hates the heat and there is still 4 more days of it before the expected temps go below 100.
Well, just an update.
G'nite.
ben
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Thursday
Today's high? 108 degrees. That's ridiculous. Insane.
Whatever the temps outside today, I feel MUCH better after stopping taking that medication. Gotta love medication that makes you sick!
Another crazy thing is this situation with my son's auto insurance. They quoted me $134 per month for him, now they have raised it another $25. I will be asking them about that today - and if no good answer - I will be seeking insurance somewhere else. However, I know young people that are paying far more than even the extended cost that they are dumping on me to dump onto my son. Dunno, guess it just depends on how much badly my son wants to drive.
I heard on the news this morning that AHCCCS (Arizona's free health care to people under the poverty level) is cutting costs - and people that have that health care. It sounded as though a LOT of people are suddenly going to be without. So, what are they going to do? Go to the hospital, of course, with whatever it is they have, even minor stuff. It will end up costing far more, imo, than if they were to just keep those people on the health care rolls and find other ways to cut costs.
Speaking of money, I guess the ex isn't doing too well in that arena. She called yesterday, leaving a message - I left the phone in the house and was outside fooling around with the ponds - my son isn't liking what's happening with his mother and is taking it badly. She doesn't want to lose her home and he doesn't want her to lose her home, either. She is still out there putting out applications. It's not like she's sitting around doing nothing, but then again, so many other people are looking for jobs, too, it's a bad situation. She is not, however, behind in her mortgage payment and I informed her that it would be 3 full months of being behind in payments before they would even start the foreclosure process.
I don't know that that made her feel any better, but it IS nice to know that if you are a month behind, they can't come and throw you out.
Meanwhile, the Army reservist tenant in my house is behind in her rent now. Go from one to another, gag. She is about to start receiving almost $1,400 per month from the military for school expenses on top of the money she makes working at Subway and also doing the monthly weekend thing in the Army reserve.
The ONLY problem I have with this lady is that she does not discuss these things with me unless I force her into the conversation. Why do I have to be the bad guy? Well, whatever, she is working and she should be paying, so, I will have to force the issue. I am guessing she wants to wait to pay the rent with the money that comes in from the military - it would just be nice if she would communicate that with me.
I now have 4 computers running off the same router, THAT is an interesting thing, because I have noticed that at times, the internet is running a bit slower. Nothing I can't deal with, I just wish Qwest would run fiber optics through my neighborhood and I would gladly pay the extra money per month for faster internet service.
Anyway, work day approaches, there is only one thing in the truck routing system for a delivery, but, that's better than nothing at all.
G'day.
ben
Stressful...
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