MacBook, Meds and Me

I finally bit the bullet and bought a new laptop. In our house we currently have a desktop, getting antiquated, and a laptop, which belongs to my oldest daughter. She is kind enough to leave it home, most days, when she goes to college so I can use it. The desktop is slow and cumbersome so the laptop is preferred. Yesterday I went to BestBuy, an electronic "super" store for those who don't know, to buy an adapter for my daughters data card in her phone. The youngest was off to Game Stop with her father to get the new Pokemon game. I picked up the $16 adapter and started browsing the laptops, I have been wanting one for awhile and was just looking when a young kid came over and asked if he could help..... sure I said and started asking questions... this kid actually knew what he was talking about, a rarity in these stores. I did look at the Macs and decided I didn't want to spend that much and went back to the "regular" laptops. I was considering an HP or a Sony, leaning towards the Sony. I have an HP printer and it has been nothing but trouble since I got it so I was leery of buying anything HP.

Meanwhile the Apple salesman comes over and starts talking to me. I tell him I have friends that hate Apple for various reasons and some that will buy nothing but Macs. We have had many ipods in our house and have had no trouble until we bought an ipod touch. It has been crap since day one. He said he would take care of it if we brought it in... nice enough. The BestBuy salesman says he likes the Macs as well (apparently neither works commission) Ok back to the Macs, they are virtually free of viruses and spyware. (I have had my desktop in the repair shop several times because of spyware).
The youngest likes the Garage Band software on the Mac she is a budding guitarist (taking lessons) so it should be useful for the songs she has been writing.

They are also having a "deal" at BestBuy if you make a purchase over $500 you can get credit for 18 months interest free. Not bad...

So I am finally sold..spent more than I planned but I paid half cash and charged the other half... Now I am learning to use it.. after 20 years with a windows unit this is a challenge. The youngest daughter has Macs at school has been very helpful.. I have 14 days when I can bring it back for full refund so at my old age the learning curve is steep.. wish me luck.

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Meds?
I went to the doctors the other day because I am almost always in pain somewhere. My hands, knee, ankle or hips. I was tired of it. I am seeing an orthopedist for the knee and received some Synvisc injections to help the cartilage last ... I was told it could take a few months to work... well it gets worse. Go figure.. I call and they say give it more time.. that's when I end up at my primary care dr. Ok she gives me a script for NSAIDS... big horse pill ones.. and while I am there she checks my blood pressure. It is up.. and I leave with a script for BP pills too... and while she's at it I get a script for some sleeping pills. I work nights and have trouble sleeping for any length of time, especially when I am off. She warns me about drinking while I take the sleeping pills... damn one of my few pleasures when I am off.. oh well I will behave.. mostly. God I love getting old.... not.
PS the NSAIDS seem to be working..not pain free but better.

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And me?? I need a new job. I have been at the one I have for 23 years. I work nights in a blood bank in a major hospital. It has a level I trauma center so we get anything... and I mean anything... we also do liver transplants, bone marrow transplants and open heart surgery to name a few. Lately it has been hell. A woman with a bleeding disorder slips and falls in the shower and ruptures her spleen. 30 units of blood, countless units of plasma and platelets on an 8 hour shift plus all the other work that comes in I am spent at the end of the night... it has been like this for weeks.. different night, different name, similar situation. There are only two of us that work at night.. it is insane. We have literally run out of cryopercipitate on several occasions.. what is that you ask. It is for fibrinogen... google it, I have no intention or willingness to explain it here. As the years have passed this job has gotten more complicated and precise. There is very little room for human error.. wrong blood type given and dead patient.. no pressure.

And this doesn't even cover the coworker that likes to fight with me...

In this economy there is no quitting or even looking for a new job. I am at top pay and seniority at my facility so here I stay... no wonder I need BP pills... *sigh*