Six weeks waiting for my appointment at the VA clinic, and the doctor calls in sick ( Read more... )

There hasn't been anything like this in my lifetime ( Read more... )

Nobody I know in person has the disease, but one person on my LJ friends list does; you are in my prayers ( Read more... )

It seems people are talking a lot about fitness trackers these days, and I thought I'd join the conversation. I am in the market for a fitness tracker (not right away, but in a couple more paychecks) and I want to make a good choice. I've already gotten valuable input from susandennis and chochajin, for which many thanks ( Read more... )

I was just a little bit sick today. Just enough to justify taking the day off from work, but not enough to spoil my enjoyment of the day.

Last August I was having some mild pain in my back teeth on the left side. I'd just had a dental cleaning and check-up with my local dentist, Dr. G., but I went back to have him take a look. He did some tests and took a few more X-rays, and suggested I make an appointment with an endodontist, Dr. V ( Read more... )

Last week I was having a sort of generalized soreness in my mouth, which I connected with sore / receding gums (something I'm prone to), which I connected with having unwisely used a firm toothbrush for the past few days. By Friday afternoon, I was able to isolate a single tooth in the lower left back of my mouth that was - and is - causing me ( Read more... )

I finished reading Agnon's 'In the Heart of the Seas' (English translation by I. M. Lask) in a marathon session this evening. I'd made up my mind to read the novella to myself aloud, because I was determined to finish it, and I didn't want to "cheat" even though I was finding it rather dull. I actually got to like it somewhat near the end. The ( Read more... )

Home to Wildwood Trail and back. Five hours with two ten-minute sit-down breaks. Wasn't even hard.
( Tedious details follow ... )

That recliner I bought a few weeks ago is a perfectly decent looking chair, and it's comfortable to sit in and lie back in, but I'm not sure it's very good for my posture or my back. To begin with, there is no headrest and no head support at all. The back of the chair supports my back about as far as the shoulderblades, and stops there ( Read more... )