So today was the day I had my glucose test for gestational diabetes (I won't know the results until tomorrow). It involved getting up an hour early, forgoing my morning cup of tea, drinking the gross glucose solution, then undergoing a pelvic exam while waiting to get a needle stuck in my arm for the blood draw. The kicker? I get to work... and the heat is broken. Everyone is sitting around wrapped in their coats and shivering.

I would like a do-over on today, please.

Sophia, sometimes you have to squeeze a little, too. Just don't go overboard.

There is literally no needle coming out. No matter what I turn it up to-- My cat barfed on the directions and I threw them out, and I thought I could figure it out, but alas, I am doing something very wrong.

Oh, I meant squeeze your finger. If the needle isn't coming out of the sticker, then I don't know what the deal is. Get a new one?

I would like a do-over on today, please.

The glucose test is really insult enough. You definitely deserve a do-over, or at least a big piece of chocolate.

Kate, I'm pretty sure your Delicate Condition means you can't stay in a no-heat office. You'd better go home and wrap yourself in a blanket, maybe have some nice soup.

And chocolate. Chocolate helps keep you warm (if you can stomach anything sweet after the gross glucose).

Teppy should give you her Godiva!

...No?

Heh, thanks, y'all. The office has warmed up considerably since I got here at 9:30, thank god. It's actually a beautiful day in Nashville -- 62 degrees at the moment -- so it's not bad right now, but the first hour or so I was here was pretty unpleasant.

And chocolate. Chocolate helps keep you warm (if you can stomach anything sweet after the gross glucose).

Normally I would be all over this, but I really don't feel like eating anything else sweet today! I thought I'd get some tea after the appointment, to wake myself up, but I'm not a fan of unsweetened black tea, and I really didn't want anything even the least bit sweet, so no tea for me.

I had as a federal employee, sigh. I had like 3 weeks of accrued sick leave when I left the government, and since I won't be re-hired within a year, it's just gone. Damn it.

Oh how I feel your pain. I had 600 hours plus of sick leave. Would that I had gotten a payout for that!

Would that I had gotten a payout for that!

Argh! Really. 600 hours! My heart bleeds.

Teppy should give you her Godiva!

...No?

If only I were closer (and she wanted it), I would give up at least a couple of pieces.

I am back, surprised at how much chocolate I got for $20 (the large chocolate bars were 4/$10, so that helped). I also found one bra (not at Godiva; at Dillard's) that I bought so I can test it out. Er, not really to wear all day or anything, because I would feel guilty returning a bra that I sweated all over. But I just want to take it home and try it under different shirts and get Tim's opinion, since I just squint at the fat beneath my armpits and then readjust my boobs and wonder how it's all really supposed to look (fat included).

It seems like a good bra -- super comfortable, so that right there means it's most likely a keeper -- but I need the opinion of someone who's seen me in many bras before.