The Valkyrie: Glo

I suppose I should provide a bit of a life update. Nothing too major, but still important nonetheless. I got my blood results back from my doctor visit and it turns out my immune system isn't in great shape. A certain protein in my blood is 3x the levels it should be, which indicates that my body isn't working quite right. I still have the head cold I previously mentioned after ~3 weeks. I'm still coughing and my sinuses are all kinds of messed up. Normally, a cold should last maybe a few days and that's it. For me it's never ending. My headaches were starting to get better and less frequent up until a couple days ago. I had to drive a little over two hours round trip on Friday and normally I'd love it. I've always loved driving and being on the road. I like putting on some good music, turning it up, and zoning out. It's relaxing. However, I had a very bad headache that made me feel borderline nauseous. The drive was awful and it made me sad that I couldn't enjoy something I normally love doing. I also had a very odd instance of feeling very disoriented and dizzy out of seemingly no where. I was lucky that I wasn't driving or at work when it happened, but it's concerning. I have a follow-up appointment on Monday to possibly have more testing done. I'm not sure what else could possibly be done at this point, but I feel nervous driving now since I had the episode of being disoriented. I don't want that to happen while I'm on the highway doing 80mph. I'll update on any medical news once I have a better idea as to what's going on and how/if we can fix it.

On another (better) note, my parents finally met Mike. It was a brief conversation but it was enough for them to initially judge him. I asked them after I returned home what they thought and the reviews seemed positive. My mom said he seemed like a nice guy and my dad agreed. However, when I expressed my relief of them liking him my dad chimed in with, "I didn't say I liked him. I said he seemed nice". So, we'll see what happens from here I suppose.

Life in general has just been overwhelming recently. Working full time, doing graduate school full time, and maintaining some semblance of a social life isn't easy. My mom has asked a few times if I was ok and I just didn't know how to respond. I'm a ball of anxiety sometimes and stress doesn't help that. Some days feel easy, but others are like never ending torture. I'm counting down the days until summer. No work, no school, no real obligations. I can just relax, maybe see a few friends, catch up on some shows/movies I've been meaning to watch, and just enjoying BE-ing. As a side note, I've been watching Star Wars for the past week and a half and only have one movie left till I'm done. I've always been more of a Trekkie, but Star Wars isn't half bad. I guess I never gave it a fair chance. After I'm done with the movies I'll be moving on to Mandalorian, then the Tron movies, then every single Marvel movie. I'm basically going on a massive geek binge but why not? I like trying new things, and maybe I'll find something new that I really do love.

Just a fun extra once in a while, I'll provide a random fun fact about myself. You guys know me pretty well on a deeper level, but the fun innocuous stuff isn't really touched on much in these posts. This won't be an every-post thing, but if I happened to think of a fun fact to share I'll put it in here.

Fun Fact of the Day - I wear a bow in my hair every day to work. I'm not usually girly, but I feel cute in a bow. I always match my bow to my dress, which also matches my sweater and my mask.

Here's the always anticipated music dump. These songs are all directly from my "Uppity" driving playlist. It's songs that get me happy and singing along and hyped up. If you find yourself driving for a bit just put on these songs. Make a playlist, drive, and enjoy.