My house, and something isn't quite right
A page in the diary "A Day in the Life Of..."
Written by babz 21. May 2008 08:30 PM
It is all stations go at the moment. Today was the final inspection on my new house, and settlement is on Friday afternoon. I spent the morning doing all sorts of running around when I really SHOULD be writing my essay (due tomorrow). Had to call energy company because my account hadn't been created and it would be nice to have gas/electricity, had to arrange for the locksmiths to come and change the existing locks as well as install deadlocks because I am a bit of an alarmist so it will be peace of mind. Also had to call Telstra and arrange for dial up internet while my ADSL modem is being sent out - unfortunately I can't be without the net because a lot of my uni stuff is online and exams are coming up. Then I had to arrange for an electrician to come out and install a phone socket in the room that will be the computer room so that I can actually use the ADSL internet. I am new to this whole domestic thing, and I'm already kind of sick of it. I suppose these are really 'one off' things, and hopefully I'll settle into a routine shortly. I thought I would be scared/sad about leaving my home (I've lived here my entire life except for the 10 months my parents were separating), but I'm not, I'm just really excited. I have a feeling this will be a really good thing in my life.
Speaking of feelings, I'm feeling very odd with my chiropractor. He has been treating me with acupuncture which I have no problem with, but yesterday I felt that he rolled the top of my pants down a lot more than was necessary. He does the needles then puts these electric things on them and turns the charge on for about half an hour. He doesn't stay in the room the whole time, but comes in and checks every few minutes. When he comes in to check on me, he puts his hand on my upper back and leans down to talk in my ear - it makes me very uncomfortable as I feel it is a bit familiar for a doctor-patient relationship. Today he had me completely take off my jeans because he wanted to put needles in my legs and butt as well. I'm no doctor, but I do know about body systems and I really don't think that was necessary. It didn't particularly help that he commented 'we'll be using the back room today, so nobody can hear you scream'. He said it in a joking way, but I just feel not quite right around him. He's an older guy, so I think he's just being nice - the ways doctors and patients can interact has probably gotten a lot stricter since he started practicing. I think he's just trying to be nice, and I'm trying really hard to convince myself of that. I'm not entirely comfortable ignoring this intuitive 'something isn't right' sense though, especially given what happened last time I ignored my intuition about a male stranger.