Good morning.
I have a few life updates to note in this post today.
Jason and I have paid off some debts with the money that we have come into recently, so we will no longer be living paycheck to paycheck anymore which is a huge sigh of relief after many years of living paycheck to paycheck. We will now be able to afford to swiftly save for both things we need and want. In saying this, we will no longer have to clench our butt cheeks together each year to be able to afford a decent vacation once a year. I have also received my sleep study results back and I do, in fact, have mild sleep apnea. I will be going to a medical equipment consult this Friday to get fitted for my brandy new A-PAP machine. All things considering, I hope that the sleep apnea has been the root cause of my autonomic dysfunction, including the high blood pressure, tachycardia, palpitations and anxiety because if we treat the sleep apnea, it may mean that all of these issues will significantly reduce, if not, completely resolve. I'm also looking forward to not feeling so much chronic daytime fatigue so that I'm able to function better. On top of all of this, I received a phone call yesterday from my job, extending the job offer to me for Suture Specialist which I excitedly and most definitely accepted! I officially start on Monday, February 9th! I worked so incredibly hard to achieve this and I'm looking forward to seeing what the future holds with my career path at Arthrex. Though the pay could be better and career advancement process could be improved for individuals such as myself who sincerely want to invest themselves into the company, overall, it's really one of the best places to work. I'm truly blessed and thankful to work for Arthrex.
I've been praying so heavily for these burdens to be lifted from me because they have caused me so much stress. For so many years, I've been struggling severely under a very dark cloud that felt like it was never going to dissipate. God's been listening and I also think I have some prayer warriors to thank here as well. God knows what I've endured and I'm finally getting the break that I deserve. I will not take that for granted. I'm finally, slowly getting my spark back and I must say, it feels nice. I have an appointment on March 9th to follow up with the sleep apnea doctor on how the APAP is working. My tattoo appointment is closely nearing as well. I can't believe I will be sitting for my first ever full-day session and it's going to take multiple full-day sessions to complete. I've been waiting to get this tattoo forever as I absolutely adore Alice in Wonderland. It has significant meaning behind my mental healthy journey. With my mom coming out at the beginning of August and Jason and I going on vacation at the end of October which already has a deposit slapped on it, I'd say that we are off to a pretty amazing start to the new year! I've been dabbling into a new hobby of drawing and I will also be getting back into reading. I want to do more of the things that make me happy. Soon, I will be working on my overall health better.
When I get my first trip of a lifetime at work, Jason and I are thinking of going to Rome, Italy. We may also take a day trip to Venice while we are there. Jason has a long-lost relative that lives about an hour and a half away from Rome, so when the time nears, we want to see if he would be willing to meet up with us and show us newbie international travelers a thing or two. With the debts that we are paying off, we are going to be saving that money that we would have spent on monthly bills to finally renovate our house. I definitely owe it to God, Jason, family, friends and my co-workers for supporting me unconditionally through all my shit, both good and bad. I'm going out with my co-workers this coming Thursday to Texas Roadhouse for dinner and drinks. Once I start feeling a little better from using the PAP machine, I want to get with my friend Penny who has been nothing but patient with me as I struggled with health which in turn made it very difficult for her and I to get together. I truly hope that this year and going forward, my life stays on this very positive track because Lord knows it's been very long awaited.
We are getting ready to receive some very nasty winter weather here, starting later this afternoon. We are not even sure at this time if we will be able to go to work Monday and possibly even Tuesday because they are predicting that the roadways will be impassable due to excessive ice. They are also predicting that we will have extended power outages for several days with no prediction when the power will be restored. I went to the stores early yesterday morning and felt like I was in the run of my life trying to get what we needed to get through the storm. It was almost like a mini black Friday out there! It took me about three stores to find bread, but other than that, I was able to get everything else that we needed. Shelves were definitely bare. I had to pay three times the amount that I normally pay for bread because the only bread I was able to luckily find was Nature's Own Keto Bread but it will suffice. The first part of the day today will involve getting everything done that requires electricity so that I don't have to worry about those things. We have food and a gas grill to make food on, gallons of clean drinking water and will charge our phones in our gas-filled vehicles as necessary. We will be okay! We have plenty of warm clothes and blankets to keep us warm.
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