Writing didn’t really happen this week.  I want to get that out of the way.  Managed to write one chapter section of Darwin & the Beast Collector by the end of the week.  I just had so much else going on.  1/3 of it was taking my son out to walk around playing Pokemon Go.  That will come into play later.

As the title suggest, I had some health issues this week.  It started last weekend the night before my son’s birthday party.  Felt really tired and lightheaded. I figured it was the heat combined with a rough week.  The problem is that this lingered and started growing throughout the weekend.  My appetite vanished, so I had to force myself to eat pizza and cake at the party to keep up appearances.  The next day I couldn’t even finish a McDonalds junior burger or the pint of chicken and broccoli I had for lunch and dinner.  Of course, my blood pressure was going wild too.

This brought me to Monday where I woke up feeling so bad that I called out of work, which hurt.  Got myself checked out to make sure I didn’t have flu or Covid.  Both cleared, so I took the day to nap and watch some TV.  Blood tests came back on Tuesday, which showed I may have had an infection and am still prediabetic.  During the chaos of feeling like crap on Monday, I forgot to take my blood pressure medication too.  This resulted in me feeling better on Tuesday, which I thought was a clue.  So, I stopped taking it and prepared for the Thursday cardiologist session to be a disaster.

Then . . . Came the comedy of Thursday.

My BP was 108/76 in the morning.  After I stopped the medication, I suddenly was no longer in Hypertension Stage 1.  This should have been a sign that I was about to have a weird day.  After all, we had our zoo field trip, which was going to be crazy.  It certainly was with some of the kids being extremely excited to the point where they were a little hard to control.  It still went smoothly until lunch.  That’s when one person started having problems . . . ME!

Now, I was planning on eating better due to the prediabetes, but the only options were chicken tenders and hot dogs.  Both combos with fries.  I got the 2 hot dogs and fries combo.  Figured I’d take the hit and have a salad for dinner.  On my SECOND bite, I instinctively tried to tell a student to stop doing something while I was still swallowing.  It got stuck in my throat, but I could still talk.  This resulted in 2 hours of me having to repeatedly go back to the bathroom to spit up stomach acid because nearly choking caused an acid reflux attack.  I was miserable, but still trying to continue.  A student gave me a bag for the bus ride trip too.  On the bus ride, I ended up instinctively tried to say something to another student.  It resulted in a burp vomit that reset everything.  Seems a sliver of hot dog was lodged in the thingy that blocks the windpipe and throat or whatever.  It was over, but I was stressed and heading to the cardiologist soon after.

How did the visit go?  Well, my BP was 138/76 or something like that.  They said the mediation was doing its job.  Then, I admitted I stopped taking it days ago and they got confused.  Heart got checked and it was fine.  My heartbeat was fast, but it’s always been that way. Years ago, a cardiologist described my natural heartbeat as that of someone ‘who just finished a can of coca cola’.

Of course, I’m cutting back on soda these days and I’m going to start adding more leafy greens to my diet.  Goodbye breakfast sausage and hello scallions and spinach in my eggs.  I have to continue the weight loss too.  I think it’s been happening because of all the Pokemon Go outings.  I’ve been getting more than my 10,000 steps in most days.  Found out that biking for 1 mile equals 2,000 steps too.  So, I’m going to try to bike for 5 miles on days that I don’t have my son.  Need lots of water and snacks are going to be nuts and fruits instead of candy.  Let’s see if we can keep the momentum going.

Sadly, my health and Pokemon Go outings were really the only things I did.  Wish I had more to share.  I finished ‘The Witcher’ and ‘Bastard!’ on Netflix.  Started ‘Good Omens’ last night.  Working on Lego Rivendell and I hope to finish it before the father/son trip kicks off next Sunday.  Next week is the last week of camp for my son and summer school for me.  So, I’m not even making predictions since I have to start preparing stuff for the trip.  Just have to make it through because we have a lot of events coming.  Going to be both fun and stressful.  Wish me luck.

Goals of the week.

1. Enjoy the last week of summer school.
2. Pokemon Go outings with son when possible.
3. Finish chapters 7 and 8 of Darwin & the Beast Collector.
4. Pack for trip.
5. Reserve tickets for trip outings.
6. Eat healthier.
7. Bike.
8. Sleep.
9. Finish Lego Rivendell.
10. Watch ‘Good Omens’.