1. Had a nice evening with plumtreeblossom, involving dinner at Martsa on Elm (the Tibetan place in Davis Square), trying out for a show, watching the first cable or broadcast TV either of us had seen in a good long time, thanks to vanguardcdk setting up the TV for us, and hanging out and chatting with vanguardcdk, which is always fun.
2. Had a good meeting with a potential renter. I hope ( Read more... )

Had a lovely time with plumtreeblossom Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. We met for dinner after work (I had pumpkin ravioli) and then went to auditions for PMRP’s annual Hallowe’en production of live radio plays - i.e., actors standing in front of the audience at microphones and performing radio dramas, while foley artists do live sound effects. plumtreeblossom wants to ( Read more... )

My doctor told me I should drink more wine. I like my doctor.

EDIT: He also agreed with my suggestion to try decreasing my testosterone dose a little bit and seeing how that goes. Don’t worry, those of you who might care about that; we’re only talking about a small decrease.

• Awesome date with plumtreeblossom!
• Awesome wildflowers!
• Awesome party!
• Awesome yummy people at awesome party!
• Awesome opportunity to show off my new kilt at awesome party!

This is going to be short because I'm very sleepy, but I had another really lovely day with plumtreeblossom today. We woke up and puttered around the house for a while, then went out on a couple of errands, including brunch at the little diner near my house, and then spent all afternoon doing yardwork. My sweetie weeded my flower-patches! And machete'd down ( Read more... )

plumtreeblossom’s mom has been visiting her this weekend, and I spent a bunch of the last couple days with them. After work on Friday I met them at the Kendall Square Legal Sea Foods for dinner. I forget what the fish I had was (it was a special, so I can’t just check the online menu), but it was deliciously prepared in an elegant sauce that involved lemon, ( Read more... )

I had a very encouraging and hopeful meeting with my doctor today. (And an encouraging but possibly not quite on-target voicemail message from my hematologist this morning.) The short version is that I have a couple of endocrine problems, and it’s very likely that treating one or both of them will make a big difference. If I get a chance later ( Read more... )