30 Days of Coffee - Day 15 HALFWAY!!!!

I hear it's going to snow here this weekend, so I decided to serve up my coffee in the appropriate coffee mug...

Let's hope it doesn't snow enough to build a snowman.


I ventured back to work yesterday. My desk was piled high and I worked straight through my lunch hour as I had a follow-up appointment with my hand surgeon. I left work at 3p.m. and made it to the office with plenty of time to spare. I thought it might have been a little strange that the parking lot had only a few cars. When I got out and walked up to the front doors there were hand written signs all over...NO POWER!!! Different offices had posted directions as to what to do to re-schedule, etc. My doctor...was OPEN! Now this building is weird, the elevators are in the main lobby, but where were the stairs? Back outside, a small note says "stairs at either end of building". So I walk around the building, I see no other entry doors, no stairs, no people. As I'm walking around, a few more people drive up and join me. They tell me they heard the entire building had power failure, but a couple of offices open. I walk around the building 3 times. At this point I am ready to call it a day, but I go to my car and call the office on my cell (which is charging). They tell me the office is open and I explain that we can't find the darn door to the stairs. Apparently they had the door propped open, but someone closed it...heck, maybe safety reasons???? So I walk up the 3 flights of stairs and enter the pitch black office. The receptionist checks me in by flashlight! Okay, this is fun! I am the only person in the waiting room and get called back to a light filled room. Seems the buildings generators light 2 rooms in the office, this being one of them. The doctor arrives and we share a few laughs and then the news....how about surgery? He feels the right arm should be done, the left, maybe never if it doesn't bother me enough. So today they will call to schedule with me and the hospital. GAH!!! Now comes the worry....he says I need minimum 2 weeks off...at least until the stiches come out and then light duty but NO large keyboarding. Well, hell, a Paralegal keyboards...a lot! I have only 1/2 day vacation left for this year....hmmmm...should be interesting. Anyone out there had the surgery for carpel tunnel? Should I get in before holidays and still be okay and not miserable for Christmas? Should I go in after???? WHAT SHOULD I DO?????

After the appointment, it was only 4:20p.m, so I ventured to Wegman's to their photo center. I am loving those little kiosk photo managers! I had almost 300 pictures on my photo card and planned on going to a scrapbook class at 6:30pm! I selected 60 photos and told them I'm be back at 6:00pm. I picked up stuff for dinner and went home, made dinner, packed up my stuff, and back out. I haven't scrapbooked in WEEKS....now if I could just get my daughter's books past third grade....