Stick 'em up!

Today I got stuck with 3 needles! Who knew that going in for a routine "woman" exam would result in so much activity. The needles account for a flu shot, the first round of the HPV vaccination, and getting blood drawn for a cholesterol check. My left arm is sore from where they drew blood, the area is kind of blue looking. It's rather cool, except when I bend my elbow, then it hurts. The HPV vaccination is an exciting thing because it's new. It diminishes the risk I'll ever contract HPV and subsequently the chance for me to get Cervical Cancer. I didn't know this, but a lot of woman do get cervical cancer, so I'm happy to hopefully not get it.

Other things happening include a bit of a snowstorm here in the Twin Cities! I'm very excited to see some snow around, it proves to create transportation challenges (sometimes in my favor!). My early morning 8am class tomorrow isn't convening until 8:15 to allow for transportation problems. For me, that means I'll be getting up 15 minutes later! In more exciting news the snow causes some interesting things to happen while biking. Since the snow isn't hard packed, and is actually quite melty, I can bike relatively easily. However, last night on my way down a hill I hit some ice and my bike actually fishtailed! It was only momentary, so it was loads more exciting than scary. With all this snow though, I've never been so thankful of fenders.

Also, I found out Friday that I passed my Emerging Leadership Program presentation. Thanks to Tony, Pete, and Mom for encouraging me and giving me some good ideas to talk about. The whole process wasn't as bad as I was anticipating. There were three people from "the community" there to listen to and judge my presentation, I think they were most happy about getting an afternoon off work.

That's all for now. In general I'm happy and healthy, soon to be healthier!