Oh, one more annoying thing - yesterday, my 2:30 appointment was finished at 6:30. The Dr. wanted me to be seen right away by a specialist, so he told me to show up at 9:00 this morning and at that time they'd have an appointment made for me. So I show at up at 9:00. The appointment is for 1:00 (as the Dr. I am to see spends all morning in surgery).

I don't have time to go to work and then come back, so I take a train home and take a nap and then go back. The train trip is an hour each way, so I've spent four hours riding CTA trains today. And I missed an entire day's work.

The seats of the CTA trains suck. If I'm sitting next to someone I often have to sit on the edge of the seat. Plus there's not enough legroom for me, so I have to sit a little sideways (unless the train is empty enough for me to get one of the seats with the extra legroom).

Timelies all!

Well, things have gotten a little better on the shower front. I spoke to the friend who brought the whole thing up tonight, and she(or yet another friend who will be involved with this shower) is going to call the mother of our friend to see if we can hold the shower at her house. Even if that doesn't happen, it looks likely that we will have the shower after the baby's born, which gives us more time to figure out what we're doing.(Also we will try to get our friend's family, and maybe her in-laws involved in the planning)

I just wish I hadn't had a mini-meltdown while trying to explain how I was feeling about this. I don't know what's wrong with me that I'm such a mess...

Gah. Next time you're downtownn at midday, though, call me. We can do lunch and you can bitch about the doctors, if nothing else.

Sheryl, they threw something at you last minute that stressed you out. No wonder if it freaked you a bit. But really, baby showers? Think of it as a tea party, with more pastels. If you end up hosting, it shouldn't be a big deal.

At the last minute, I'd be freaked to host too. But more because I'm not a hosting type. But to echo what brenda said, should you get stuck, they aren't a big deal (unless people involved get freaky. I've been lucky.If you aren't lucky, reserve whatever number of seats at a restaurant and let it fly from there.)

Um, I should sleep.

Gah. Next time you're downtownn at midday, though, call me. We can do lunch and you can bitch about the doctors, if nothing else.

That would be cool. The Drs. are at the U of Illinois, west of the loop, just off the Blue line - is the Blue line close to you?

Yeah, I'm right by the Blue at Lake.

Cool - I'll keep that in mind.

I need to figure out which Dr. is gonna be the main Dr. in all this. Probably it will be the U of Il Dr. I saw today. Also, I need to figure out something to occupy me when I'm sitting in the waiting room with my eyes dilated, as I can't read then. But hopefully, they won't need to dialate my good eye anymore....

eta: have recently discovered that it's 'dilated,' not 'dialated.'

In other news, I'm slightly drunk, and have a new pink razr.

Yay!

boo on family stress though, and on Tommy's eye flames.

John Spencer's death makes me very sad.

Plei, did you get something from Nebraska?

Huh. Ian Sommerwhoever from Lost was in an incestalicious L&O and now Daniel Dae Kim is on Without a Trace. Sometimes catching up with the Tivo is entertaining. Also, DDK=hot. Ian S=kind of creepy.