What Some Would Call Lies » This is the one where I have nothing to be worried about.

Mar 13 2008

This is the one where I have nothing to be worried about.

Category: fear, work

I just got a new job. Exciting, right?

Today I have to go and get drug tested, and for some reason I’m worried. Which is odd because my blood is cleaner than Howie Mandel’s bathroom.

I just kinda freak when things are so official.

I get this way when I have to talk with police officers too. One time I was driving through a sobriety check-point and before I reached the front of the line I had created an elaborate story about why I was out so late. Again, I had nothing to hide. I was innocently driving from a friend’s house home, but when I pulled up to the cop before he could ask me anything I blurted out, “I’m on my home from church. We just had a youth group get-together.”

The cop furrowed his brow and waved me through.

I know that when I pee in the little cup my hand will be shaking…which can complicate things. In the car ride to the clinic I’ll try to imagine different stories to tell the lab-techs about my drug-free-ness.

9 Responses to “This is the one where I have nothing to be worried about.”

# Brian on 13 Mar 2008 at 8:08 am

Yay! Congrats on the new job.
# Paul on 13 Mar 2008 at 9:10 am

You should ask them if they would like a straw with that.
Best of luck with the new job!
# beeker on 13 Mar 2008 at 1:48 pm

Yeah New Job! Don’t pee on your hand.
# Cherisse on 13 Mar 2008 at 2:08 pm

which job?
# Daniel on 13 Mar 2008 at 3:27 pm

Ha! Youth group get together?! That story screams innocence.
Congrats again on the new job. Yay for a paycheck!
# Jillian on 13 Mar 2008 at 3:39 pm

I think the worst part is when they hand you the label to slap on the cup and make you write your name on it.Who ever thought you’d need to write your name on your own urine?
# Olivia on 13 Mar 2008 at 4:07 pm

I’m sure you’ve been asked this at least a hundred times by now, but have you ever considered getting an insulin pump to help manage your diabetes? My nephew was diagnosed with diabetes at age 3, and he now has a pump. And that means no more shots!
# Mike Lawson on 18 Mar 2008 at 5:30 pm

Olivia,

I’m currently uninsured (for a few months more)…and paying cash for everything. I hate the state of health care in America. Wealth and health are too closely related in this country.

Once I’m insured I can explore options like that.
# Mike Lawson on 18 Mar 2008 at 5:30 pm

Cherisse,

I got the job that you were a reference for me on. Thanks!

How’s your search going?

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