fluffy rambles: Today’s wins and frustrations

Today’s wins and frustrations

February 23, 2024 7:34 PM (2 months ago)

The work on my bathroom is nearly complete. The wall is patched, the tile is fixed (and it went surprisingly well with no additional damage from the broken tile’s removal), and all that’s left is replacing the baseboard and painting. I don’t even need to be without a shower while anything cures, as it turns out.

Then I had a massage appointment out in Tukwila (across the street from the hotel I was staying at during the original bathroom remodel from hell, coincidentally enough). I felt the start of a panic attack when I was close to the end of the drive, but made it there fine.

The massage therapist’s office was upstairs, in a building with no elevator, and his office was locked and the instructions said to wait out in the hallway if that’s the case. My knees were acting up much more than usual today, so of course I got to sit out in the hallway while I heard the massage therapist just chatting with his previous client for 20 minutes about fishing. And then when they finally decided to end the yammering and he saw that I was out there he said I should have just knocked on the door to be let in. Oy.

Anyway, the massage itself was fine, but not worth the half-hour drive for. I was super tense and I definitely needed this. I need to find a massage therapist closer to home, though. There’s several to choose from in White Center, but they’re all “spa treatment” type places rather than deep-tissue/actual-therapy spots.

I also finally got in touch with a nearby rheumatologist. They said that they wouldn’t see me without a referral from my GP, and didn’t care about my prior history of needing a rheumatologist. So I contacted my GP to ask for a referral, and got a response saying that they couldn’t give a referral without me coming in for an appointment so that they could be sure that I really need it. So I looked at booking an appointment, and the next one isn’t until fucking May. So I asked if there’s an alternate provider I could see.

No response, of course. But hopefully I’ll hear back on Monday.

Oh, and there’s definitely a clacking noise from the reduction gear on my car, so I’ve got to take that into the mechanic to get that evaluated and fixed. And this is why I bought the extended warranty. But also the original factory warranty should still apply for this issue.