2011 officially takes the cake as the weirdest year of my entire life. There have been so many crazy things happening all around me. I had a really crazy day Wednesday and figured I ought to write it down somewhere.
At about 3 PM Wednesday afternoon, I bent over my work desk to cut out some samples that I’ve been working on. As I rose up, I started to feel faint and dizzy. Soon the objects in the room were shaking and the ceiling started to melt. Voices behind me sounded like growling and I apparently turned a not-so-flattering shade of grey-green. I looked over my computers and said, “Hey Margo, can you come over here when you get a minute.” When she came over, I talked about my condition and other co-workers handed me a huge pile of M&Ms. My speech started to slur and I can’t remember saying this, but I apparently mentioned that I felt like I was on a boat. I also explained how books looked like they were trying to shake themselves off of the shelves and that the lights were melting.
Eventually, Margo and Brent Rogers (another co-worker) walked me downstairs to a couch where the light fixtures continued to melt like molasses. My body turned to heavy mush and I closed my eyes. Soon, Margo was on the phone with my doctor’s head nurse and she thought I was potentially having a stoke or a seizure and advised Margo to call 911. Once paramedics arrived they took my vitals, which were normal, and they gave me option of riding with them to the hospital, driving myself to the hospital, or going to the Polyclinic and waiting for a 4 PM appointment. I chose to wait to see my doctor at the Polyclinic. Taylor had showed up a few minutes before the paramedics and so he was able to drive me around.
My doctor was really nice and it didn’t take long for him to diagnose me with Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo. It’s basically caused by a cold that got into my inner ears. I totally thought I was going to to be Liza Minnelli in Arrested Development and that my friends were going to start calling me Lucille 2. He said that the vertigo could likely return and that I should be prepared for it. Afterwards, Tay drove me home and I passed out cold for about 5 hours. I finally woke up, ate some dinner, and wondered what the hell had just happened.
When I went to work the next day I was a little embarrassed. It was good to hear from other people exactly what had happened and it gave me a little more clarity. I’ve recently adjusted my desk at work so that I’m standing up all day and we thought that may have contributed to the vertigo. Anyway, I’m glad this wasn’t anything too serious and I’m glad my co-workers were so helpful and that they don’t call me Lucille Austero. Man, I miss that show.
2011 is CRAZY! And now I’m off to Utah where I’m going to emcee my dad’s wedding reception “program” at the Joseph Smith Memorial Building!
