Thump Day

[trystinn]

Had to leave the house early this morning, grab Tiger and head to the Naval Hospital for my fasting blood tests. Wowsa - after the 5th vial, I started wondering what all I was being tested for?? I've already had my annual exam, with all the attendant cholesterol, etc. tests last Spring. Geesh. I left feeling like I'd donated blood. And I didn't even get an OJ or a cookie.

Thankfully, we immediately headed to Sakura on the Mainland for sushi. I allowed myself the great indulgence of having two sushi rolls, figuring I could use the extra food in my system after that huge blood draw.

Given the amount of books I've been mailing via PBS, I had to run into a post office so we did so in Burlington. There was a nutter out front with a picture of Obama in a Hitler mustache. Listen, you may not like Obama. You may even think he's a Socialist or secret Muslim, but you do NOT align him with the leader of the Holocaust. If Tiger hadn't been sitting in the car, I'd have gone off on this guy. Turns out he's a Larouche supporter (whatever that is) and wants to "Invoke the 24th Amendment". Jackass.

We saw the movie "The Help", which is going to rake in the awards this Academy season. Very good stuff. After three shops, we finally found butane canisters, geesh. This after trying six shops on Whidbey. Apparently payday weekend wipes out the local butane supply. Which is curious to me. Is this now used by the drug seeking crowd? I'm so out of date. I merely wanted to refill our fireplace lighter and candle lighter before the Full Moon and Autumnal Equinox.

Managed to make it home around 7pm, having spent most of the day sitting on my tush driving which wears me out completely. I'm in awe of folks who can drive forever, as I used to be one but now it just makes me need to nap immediately after.

I've another dozen books to get prepped, so I need to get wrapping. *slump*

Big happy news to announce tomorrow. :D

Comments

[rimrunner.livejournal.com]

The LaRouche people are crazy. I did go off on one hanging out in front of the post office near my work, because I was having a really bad day and they are really obnoxious. (They used to march around UW when I was in grad school there. They can't do that on my campus because we're a private university and can and will eject their disruptive asses.)

[wendyzski.livejournal.com]

Wowsa - after the 5th vial, I started wondering what all I was being tested for??

I had 5 drawn at one point when they were still trying to decide if I had Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. After the 4th I asked the tech "Are you going to leave me enough to get home on?"

He replied "How far do you live?"

Just my luck - a phlebotomist with a sense of humor

[tryst-inn.livejournal.com]

I'm not even sure Tricare recognized CFS or any of the attendant similar diseases. All I'd asked was to be tested for arthritis (I'm experiencing a lot of joint pain, but that could be due to other factors like a higher energy and activity level now that I'm on insulin).

I'm fortunate that our phlebotomist is awesome! She always gets me on the first stick, never leaves a bruise and almost never gives me a sore arm for the rest of the day. Today, you'd never know I had a blood stick yesterday.

And she keeps chickens!

[dbmyrrha.livejournal.com]

LaRouche is the crazy end of Libertarian. Beyond that, you're Tea Party.

Those Obama/Hitler people have been around for a long time. They disgust me. One tried to talk to me once, and I told them "That is offensive and disgusting." and would not even stop for them.

Plus, the first to submit to Godwin's Law automatically loses.