fivebyevif

Today marks me going to an endocrinologist for the first time. Some tests came up weird, but I’ve been assured that’s normal because I’m weird to begin with. Ha ha. I kid. I went in because I can’t lose weight. Six months at 150 without budging, and I kind of think it’s not a plateau, [...]

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Despite a nay-saying weather report, we’re going floating AND camping tomorrow. Naturally, I’m excited. Our next self-imposed milestone here at work ends on August 5th. There is a crapload of other stuff going on I can’t talk about, and I have finally found a Civ game I can play and not lose within five turns. [...]

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Though I’m not classified as a vegetarian, I usually only eat meat once a day (at dinner). I buy and eat a lot of vegetarian products because there are quite a few of them that are great fake-outs for the real thing. (I also like firm tofu cubed up and thrown into a stir-fry, but [...]

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Three ticks grounded one UA flight. Three? Really? On Friday when we went hiking, I stopped counting the number of ticks clinging to my socks after twenty. Ha ha. Three ticks. Snort. Snicker. Also: John Scalzi has a recipe for schadenfreude pie.

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“I don’t see any turkeys.” “No, honey,” I said, gazing down the ridge into the gully. Everything was green. Missouri is such a…green state. Growing up in what was more or less terraformed high desert, I’m always amazed at the greenness. “But the trail is named ‘Turkey Hollow’.” “We saw turkeys at St. Joe’s.” “But [...]

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I don’t get sick. Oh, I get sinus infections. I get run down. I get days where my “allergies sure seem out of whack!”, but I don’t get sick. Nope. Never sick. I get ten sickdays a year. It’s a point of pride for me to use as few of these as possible. It helps [...]

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