I'm slowly going through all my blood test results. My vitamin D levels are too low. How does that happen? I mean, I wasn't getting that much sun at the time of the test, because it was winter, but I drink fortified milk/soy milk and take a multivitamin. Also, my iron is too high. Again, how does that happen? My multivitamin is the kind without iron in it, and everybody's always warning that vegetarians won't get enough iron.

Blood chemistry is weird.

I got asked out tonight by a woman who is old enough to be my mom

Well, but was she hot?

(ijs - Isabella Rossellini. Lena Olin.)

Just finished going through eleven pages worth of blood test results. I have concluded that it's a wonder our bodies manage to function at all.

I've also concluded that my thyroid is just weird. A few months ago, my TSH levels were high, which meant an underactive thyroid. Now, my TSI levels are high, which means an overactive thyroid.

(And also, hormone levels are way off, but that's scary to think about right now, so I'm concentrating on the little things, like the vitamin D and the bladder infection. Because those are things that can go away fairly easily.)

Aimee, don't do it! [link]

How do you feel about the doctor, Hil? It sounds like you have lots of data to help with a treatment plan. And yes, the chemistry of the human body, freaky.

I got asked out tonight by a woman who is old enough to be my mom

Both over 21. Do you want to spend time with her?

Is it as cool as it sounds?

It was what I look for in a novel. An interesting world with characters I cared about. The main characters Love books. Family that owns a rare book store and writers. Well paced with mysteries to be solved. Google Books has a preview thing if you want to sample the style. [link] Not too long, not too short. Yes, this was a just right kinda novel for me.

Aimee, don't do it! [link]

Poor woman, but BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

You should get a pet hippo instead. They're much safer.

A) I've always wanted a hippo. 2) I've always wanted a hippo.

A) I've always wanted a hippo. 2) I've always wanted a hippo.

Friendly Warning: Do you really want to be known as "The Hippo Lady"?

I have way too much work to get done today, and I just realized that I'll be teaching tomorrow during the party we're having tomorrow for a co-worker who is getting married, so work item #1 is: tell the person in charge that unless she saves me a piece of cake, she's fired.

work item #1 is: tell the person in charge that unless she saves me a piece of cake, she's fired.

You've been there what, eight months?

Do you really think you still need to tell them that?