What a Day

My Thursday was very interesting. As a preface, I had been having back-end digestive problems since Sunday night.


I woke up at 1:00am on Thursday with tear-inducing pain radiating from the lumbar region of my spine. I decided to try to wait it out and go to the urgent care center at 9am when they opened; my body had other plans. Around 3:45, despite repeated attempts to fall back asleep (or even find a position which wasn't excruciatingly painful), the stabbing pain was still there, so I decided to drive myself to ValleyCare. I knocked on Lisa's door to let her know, and of course, she being the selfless person she is, offered to drive me.

We'll skip past the boring stuff and get to the heart of the matter: I was seriously dehydrated. The doctor speculates that the back spasms were related to the bowel issues and the dehydration. In any case, they started an IV and pushed Toradol and Zofran into me. The entire IV, 1000mL (about 4 cups) emptied in less than an hour. They also checked to make sure I didn't have any infections; all of this is fabulous because I really dislike needles. Lisa had to keep me distracted by playing WordFeud. I think I still won, but am losing the game we started (I blame the drugs).

Other than the severe dehydration, there seems to be nothing wrong, which is a good thing. The doc prescribed me some pain meds and told me to get some sports drinks (I opted for PediLyte, which I think is a little gentler on the stomach). Then, it was 8:00am and time to go home and go back to bed until 12:30pm.

Much of yesterday was spent sitting around on a heating pad, watching Harry Potter movies in preparation for Deathly Hallows Part 2.

We met Shaine and Kevin (and 4000 other people) at the Dublin theater at 10:00pm and got in line. The theater had the lines divided into lines for theaters 1 - 10; the IMAX; theaters 11 & 15 (for 3D), and theaters 12-14 & 16-20. We were in the line for theaters 12-14/16-20, and it took us until 11:40 to get inside and get seated. After a few (too many) previews, it was time for epicness...

I thoroughly enjoyed the 2nd part of the Deathly Hallows; it was action-packed, fulfilling, and emotional. I didn't think I would cry as much as I did, especially for Snape. The girl behind us was snivelling, and I was just quietly weeping as the truth about Severus finally was revealed visually. There were clearly people there who had not read the books, as they gasped in horror when seeing Lupin, Tonks, and Fred's bodies.

I can't believe it's over, but it filled the emotional expectations I had for it; I hope J.K. Rowling invites us Muggles back into Harry's world sometime in the future.