This is where I bitch.

It has been a long day.

(We might get TMI here, you've been warned.)

On Monday I had a sore on my nose where my glasses rest. This happens, so I ignore it. Yesterday my face gets kind of sore and my teeth become really sensitive. The sore on my nose starts to discarge a bit of fluid. After talking with Paul we decide I should have it looked at. So I plan to call the doctor today. This morning I wake up with the entire left side of my face swollen. I look like I've had a stroke. My eye is kind of swollen shut as well as my lip, making it look droopy. I decide to call in to work, saying I'll be late. I head off to urgent care. It doesn't open until 9. What part of "urgent" means "opens at 9am"? So I go into work for an hour, since I'm up and about anyway and then go back to the clinic. Turn out I have shingles. So I'm semi contagious, so I can't go into work the rest of the week. But with one coworker working off site at a conference, I can't in good conscious leave all of my work and the one who is gone to the one guy left. No one is the cruel. Plus I don't have any sick time yet. So I worked remotely, dialing in via VPN and talking to people on my cell phone. It was slow, but I got things done. And I'll do that tomorrow. I should be fine by Monday. However, this dose mean that I can't go to Milwaukee with exarian for the beer fest on Saturday. Which blows.

On good news, our NOH8 photos have been posted! So I have a new default icon. I decided to retire the cabana boy I've had since I joined LJ.

Here is my NOH8 pic.

Here is one of Paul and I.

And here is me this morning, swollen and sad looking.

I've uploaded all of my pictures from the camping trip onto my website here.

I've also fixed some links there for the pictures for mom's Birkenbinder race and my trip to see anothersuperboy on my website.

Also, new icon from John Kavolic, w00t!

Worked out with David after the match tonight, very tired arms.