Reaction did not occur

Reaction did not occur. RDNO. Not a welcome message on the screen of your cholesterol machines. Especially not when you only have enough staff to handle a perfectly flowing program, not to mention 50 fewer capillary tubes because someone pushed the plungers all the way down and ruined them. So you tell your participant to drink more water because they are dehydrated and their blood is too thick to flow into the entire $20 a pop cassette. And when your blood's too thick, reaction does not occur. So part of the motto of this story is drink more water. And no, coffee is not water. Neither are Rock Stars, Red Bulls or Pepsi.

I always have thick blood when I'm not properly hydrated, but what about thick skin? What do I have to drink to develop some of that? Isn't it ironic that running health fairs that are meant to draw awareness to a person's health status: cholesterol, blood pressure, glucose levels, etc., translate for me into fast food and high cholesterol, an immediate all-day and then some rise in my blood pressure...and a day of no exercise--because like I always say, "Walking around at work all day doesn't do much for your heart! It's actually stress." But it's a killer on your feet when you're wearing masochistic heels. And like the other thing I always say, "Exercise DOES NOT come in a pill." So I end up with this pulsing in my brain from the blood pressure, and a tightening in my neck from the stress, and apparently, I look like I'm gonna blow.

Reaction did not occur. Reaction did not occur. Reaction did not occur. So Sybil-like, but it's not in my head. This is my life.

I just can't let go. Where's my RDNO?

And the only thing that gives me a little relief right now is that ducks do fly.