MRI Mondays, Tuesday Checks and Wednesday Waa's

So Monday I had what I think was my first MRI. I honestly don't remember whether I had one last time I did my knee - I think that was more of an X-ray situation....? Eh, don't quote me on it, it was all a blur.
I think because I had never had one before, I had a bad sleep wondering what it would be like, stressing ever so slightly about the results - even though I bloody well know the answer. Seriously brain, what the heck??
It was fine. Apart from stripping off and putting on a crepe gown and going into a room that was cold and then having to lie still for 20 minutes while a jack hammer went off around you as it scanned away. Totally fine.
It actually was super fuss-free and easy, so that was great, and the folks there were awesome. I was done and dusted by half nine! It left me a full day to go and get some basic shopping done (I am in the need for a quiche and have so many eggs, so the stars all aligned!) and then come back to get some puppy cuddles in and apply for job after job.
That is such a soulless process, I think. Exhausting too, constantly talking yourself up, pitching the best sides of you for which ever job you're going for, and then sending it out into the interwebs to be judged, and most likely be found wanting. Good times.

Then Tuesday, I headed off to the sports doc to find out the MRI results came back saying my knee still looked intact o.O Wtf. The doc was pretty confident in ignoring the results though, given my experience and his own judgment on what he could feel, so then I got a surgeon referral. Two more hours and I walked out, having booked a date for my second ACL reconstruction on my right knee. A little bit of terror about the surgery, a lot of terror about the money, and the headache began to build.

And now it's Wednesday. I still have the headache even though I talked it all out with my partner. Fun fact: I get stress headaches. If you have any suggestions about how to deal with them, I'm all ears.

So here we are. Counting down til the 20th September, earning whatever I can in the meantime in bit jobs, applying for a million others, and hopefully, hopefully, finding something with a mid-October start date.