A hung parliament, with Cameron most likely to become Prime Minister. I give it a month before the shit hits the fan and idiotic Tory voters will wonder what on Earth they were thinking when they voted him in.
Yesterday I went to the doctors to have my blood work made up to send for tests for my thyroid and kidneys. I don’t know if it was because I was tired or had other things on my mind, but I felt really nervous about getting it done, which is unusual for me. I go in, and the first needle is inserted and oh my god, it was painful. Really painful. And no blood came out. We waited for a little while, and then a ‘ffffff’ noise happened, which made me jump and the vein sprayed a little blood into the tube (sorry if anybody was planning on eating before reading this!) and then nothing else happened. So they tried another vein… nothing, it collapsed. They tried another vein… it collapsed. A second nurse was brought in… and again, veins collapsed. Each time was more and more painful and by this point I was crying and shaking because we’d reached something like needle seven at this point, and still, nothing, and each time it was getting more and more painful. Eventually I was referred to the hospital, where they managed to get the blood out fine, and it barely hurt at all. I was told, before I left the doctors, that I may get “a little bruising.”
…To the left you can see the “little” bruising they’re talking about. 
It looks much worse IRL. D: I think that’s the ‘ffff’ vein and one other one they desperately tried to get blood out of. My other arm also has marks. D: I don’t think I have it in me to ever become a needle-using drug addict. Now I wait to hear for the results I guess, fingers crossed it’s nothing too sinister.
Apart from that, everything is good. I get my till training tomorrow which is excellent as it’s a bit embarrassing when a customer want’s to be served and I have to say I’m unable to serve them because I haven’t been taught yet. I am loving my job though, and it is surprisingly challenging. I just hope I pick up everything at a steady pace and I pass my three-month probation period.
♥: Tired
♪: KoRn – Here To Stay
Following a night of worrying my feet will drop off, I went to the doctors the following morning, and there is three possible causes for it. Firstly, it may just be that I’ve been on my feet too much, and the weather has been warmer and they just swelled extremely. Secondly, I could have a thyroid problem, and thirdly, and probably the most worrying, is that my kidney is not filtering blood properly. I don’t know what that means or what will happen if that’s the case. I am having blood tests done next week so I guess all will be revealed then. It wouldn’t surprise me if it was my kidney though, it’s still never given me any real respi
te. After a day of having my feet in ice they’ve gone down quite a bit. My ankles are still a little iffy though.
So now the job is mine I can say a little bit more about it; It’s at Sainsburys, but I’m not working on the tills, it is a pharmacy position. Initially I am just a customer assistant but I will be given the oppourtunity to train up so that I can have more pharmaceutical responsibilities and I hope I will be lucky enough to be offered the oppourunity to train and learn a Pharmacy NVQ and make a career out of this as I’ve been interested in a medical career ever since I was in hospital last year. But we’ll see. It’s just early days at the moment, I am only working part time in the evenings! But that’s fine, I didn’t want to rush straight into a full time job, after having difficulties with anxiety and stress, I worry a full time would be jumping from the frying pan into the fire. At least this way I can go at my own pace, and as I build my confidence again, work my way up to more hours, full time, and then hopefully a career. It’s funny to think though, I never imagined ever becoming a (potential) pharmacist for a career! But I like the sound of it. 