Seriously?

So I had to leave work early on Tuesday. Is the suspense killing you? Why on earth would this nearly perfect human specimen have to leave work? Pinkeye. Yep. I'm days away from my 32nd birthday and I get friggin' pinkeye. Seriously?

Ok, leaving work wasnt that big of a deal. Again, why... on a Tuesday on the AMC, USTRANSCOM, and Army SDDC Headquarters base? We should be swamped what with the 60 or so Generals and hundreds of Colonels running around. Yep, not so much. It seems that 2 to 2.5" of snow can cripple the Air Force. Seriously? Only mission essential personnel (ME) were to report to work. It was mission essential for me to tell retirees that they couldnt fly for free that day (with goop in my eye), while most people were snug in bed, safe and warm. It's not like the storm didnt give advance notice. This is Illinois. The midwest is known for snow and ice, not to mention cold winters. The base has been here since the days when Airships were cutting edge. The base closed... seriously.

So, I called the hospital to tell them that I needed to be seen at sick call. I got a recording. It seems that medical personnel are not mission essential. I dialed the nurse line and they told me to go to the EMERGENCY ROOM. For PINKEYE! Seriously? I asked just to make sure, "the emergency room, for pinkeye?" She said do not go to urgent care. I called the emergency room and they said to come on down... for pinkeye. C'mon!

So, after my eyeball was pressure washed with what had to be iodine and citric acid, and following the light around the room, I sat back up. Dont worry about the yellow stain running down the side of my face, it'll wash off... someday. She said Yep, it's conjunctivitis. That's Pinkeye for us lay people. I needed all of that just to be sure. The fact that my normally white eyeball was RED and covered in mucus. The iodine, the acid, the 10 days of antibiotics and drops four times daily... all for pinkeye. Seriously?

I'm glad to say that I'm back to normal though. Well except for the "side effects" of the antibiotics. I'm sure most of you know what that means. Supposedly yogurt helps. Not for me.

So, I'm off to bed. We're going to pick up my mom tomorrow evening and then we're headed up to Joliet to see family and celebrate Ian's birthday. If you get the chance to ask him, he's "free" and his "birfday" is "janrary six". He's so excited to go to Chuck E. Cheese he cant contain himself. We're excited too.