The Cure for What Ails Me

I'm sure if you read my last blog post, you will understand the importance of this one.  You know how there are just some foods and/or beverages out there that just make everything better.  In middle school, it was a Boar's Head dill pickle from Publix and a bag of salt n' vinegar chips.  Off and on in the past years, my comfort food meal of choice would include my mom's spaghetti or Velveeta Mac N' Cheese or a bowl of mashed potatoes.  Some nights it might be a pint of Ben N' Jerry's Chunky Monkey or a bowl of Cocoa Puffs.  During the last two days of frustration and anxiety, it's been a can of Diet Coke and a packet of Dark Chocolate Reese's Peanut Butter Cups.  And today was one of those days that required me to double up on that snack...

I had a doctor's appointment to follow up on the "dense urine" test results over in Edgecliffe.  That's about a 30 minute walk (mostly downhill) but the weather was nice and I didn't feel like driving and risking not being able to find a parking spot.  So I walk to the appointment and get there with 5 minutes to spare, grab a new patient clipboard and fill out all the necessary documents.  I get to the receptionists desk to check in and I'm told that the doctor I'm supposed to meet with had a medical emergency and will be gone the next week.  And why wasn't I called and told this prior to my appointment time?  Oh, because the person who took my appointment didn't  write in my cell number.  Fine, who else can I see today?  Oh, I'm sorry but we are fully booked, you'll have to come back next week.  Sigh.  Round one of sweet caffeinated release of Diet Coke and dark chocolate/peanut butter goodness here I come.

And remember that whole situation regarding the fingerprinting and not being able to get that done because I didn't have a pre-paid postage, self-addressed international envelope??  Well, I called the Australian Post Office Headquarters, as well as Fedex, DHL and UPS and NO ONE SELLS THIS.  It is impossible to buy American postage in Australia.  And it is impossible to get an account through any of the above shipping companies unless you are an Australian company with a company ID number awarded through the government.  So, I have to have my mother go to the post office in the States and buy said envelope with the appropriate postage and put that envelope in another envelope to mail to me.  Round two of that delicious snack duo.

So I could feel guilty about all the sweets and corn syrup and calories I'm ingesting or I could have a psychotic breakdown and get myself deported not even a month in to my stay here.  You be the judge, and pass me another can of DC while you're at it.