What a long and exhausting day. We made it to the hospital, which is about a 45 minute drive from here, around 10:45am. They whisked Jo right on to the CT scan testing room within a few minutes. I think they were getting ready to take their lunch breaks, but that’s not the point. Jo must have only been back there for 5 minutes, if that. I honestly thought it would take a lot longer than that, as my own experience with a CT scan took about 20 or so minutes. They explained to us that he should get his results within a week, so hopefully this will shed some light on his back pain. If not, I don’t know what more can be done other than surgery.

After we left the hospital we headed over to the mall and Wal-Mart. This is where my day turned to squat. Why must there be rude people in every Wal-Mart I go to? If you see someone trying to get down an isle, which by the way was hardly big enough for 1 person, then for crying out loud - MOVE, you aren’t the only shopper trying to get your items and go. This happened at least a dozen times. And of course every isle I went down, there had to be somebody standing right in front of the item I needed to get to. My “Excuse me’s” weren’t responded to, so I did what anyone else might have done in that position - I pushed forward, literally nudging the person in front of me until they moved. I seriously felt like running over some people with my cart, but I refrained. Needless to say though, I was so happy to get out of that store. For the 10 or so items I picked up, it took me nearly an hour and a half to get them and be checked out (limited cashiers of course, which is a rant for another day). I decided that even though I could exit Wal-Mart into the mall, I didn’t want to. I was too flustered to shop for anything else.

After that whole Wal-Mart thing, we got a bite to eat and headed home. I think I popped online for maybe an hour before my eyes started getting heavy to the point where I couldn’t keep them open any longer. I decided to have a nap because my entire body was just exhausted. I asked Jo to get me up at 6pm, but when he came in to wake me he said I grumbled “I don’t want to get up…” and drifted back to sleep until nearly 7:30pm.

I’m so frustrated with myself today. I wish I hadn’t taken such a long nap because it made me feel even worse. I’m also upset that I didn’t allow myself to shop in the mall. There’s a really nice shop in the mall where I buy a lot of knick knacks for my mom, sister and mother in law. They have some really gorgeous items with inspirational and sentimental quotes on them for things like holidays, birthdays, bridesmaid gifts and just every day things to let your friends and loved ones know you care. I was hoping to get my youngest sister a little something because she’s been having a rough time where she works. Some of the women aren’t treating her very nicely, so I wanted her to know I was thinking about her and hoping things would look up for her soon. I guess we’ll just plan a trip back there for another day.

I’m so glad this day is almost over with though. The weather hasn’t helped either - it’s been rainy, cloudy and cold.