They reopened I-70 around 10:30 last night, so my husband rolled in somewhere around 1:45 a.m., and he was there with me for every minute of that entirely boring two hour process. Now that we know what to expect, I won't have a problem going by myself, but we just didn't know what might happen on the first go 'round.
I had expected that I was going to be miserable for the entire two hours, feeling like my bladder was full and I really had to go pee. I didn't have that at all. I did get up super early and hefted some weights, drank water until 5:00 a.m., and then taught my class at 6:00 a.m. By the time I got to my appointment at 9:00 a.m., my bladder was pretty well emptied, and they had to catheter me to get a sample.
(I didn't realize that this 6-week process might take up to 9 weeks in the event they have to cancel if there's any bad stuff that shows up in the urinalysis. I learned something new today!)
Anyway, I'm back at home, and I have a bit of a headache and I feel a little draggy, but that could be the early wake up call and the lack of coffee this morning. In any case, I'm going to hang out on the sofa and see what's on Turner Classic Movies this afternoon.
I haven't used my "biohazard bathroom" yet, but it's equipped and ready to go.