Random Somesense

I guess in a lot of ways, I am like a guy. And that's good when it comes to fixing things, changing tires etc., and using logic over emotion, but it's not always so good when it comes to going to the doctor. I mentioned in an earlier post that I finally made an appointment with my doctor to get a referral for a hand doctor for my thumb. The thumb that has not been good for like 4 or 5 months. Well my thumb has been killing me lately and I was all mad at myself for waiting so long, but then something good came of it. I made the appointment last Wednesday (meaning not this most recent past Wednesday) for an appointment tommorrow (Friday) because my doctor is apparently VERY popular. Well, what happened was, since then I have developed a new problem which, although I am not a doctor, I play one in my house, is a urinary tract infection of some sort. I said a while back that I would not discuss peeing, but since this is medical pee, I gave myself an exemption. I mean I would never post about doing mushrooms in 1979 and waking up in a park and peeing on a duck. Because that would be wrong on so many levels, the first of which is it didn't happen. Although ducks feathers do repel liquid. But really, that's neither here nor there. And I promise it really didn't happen. (No animals were harmed in the goofiness of the last couple of sentences.)
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So what I'm going to do is cause a lot of problems for random strangers. When I go into the doctor's office, they will call me back to hall 3 to weigh me and when they do, I will say, "Uhm, since I made this appointment, I have had a bit of pee trouble and will need one of your little pee cups." This is what causes delays in doctors' offices. A hand doctor referrral probably should take about 10 minutes. But now I will have to pee in a cup, describe those symptoms along with my thumb symptoms and wait for the results. My bad. And in case you thought doctors just overbooked like airlines, you were wrong. Well, in most cases.
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Speaking of airlines, I booked my Vancouver trip (YAY! YIPPEEE!) in early February and although my next trip is only 13 days later, I did not book our flights until today. Unfortunately the best flight to Wilmington, N.C. leaves here at 10:05 a.m. That will seem like nothing to most of you but I normally sleep until noon except on Wednesdays when I have to get up at 8:30. So on THAT day I will have to get up at 6:45 and that will be horrible. Fortunately I can sleep on a plane quite easily. But 6:45? Ack! Maybe my Vancouver trip will help turn my clock around a little bit. I normally wake up earlier on vacations and Vancouver is already 2 hours earlier, so if I can stick to that, maybe that 6:45 a.m. wake up won't be so bad.
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On a lighter note, it was lizard city around here today. I saw these two guys just outside my garage side door by the garbage cans. Or maybe it's a guy chasing a girl?

Then from the same spot where I was standing I saw this guy, through the garage door windows, on top of my mailbox:And this is just a cute picture of Barney from tonight. Although he weighs 15 pounds, he still acts like a kitten and is always chasing his tail. Tonight when he caught his tail, he somehow also caught his foot: