How about that? Yeah, the HOA thing sounds good, but is really code for "Obnoxious neighbors in your business" It mostly reminds me of Jim and Dwight and "Wow, that is the smallest power to ever go to anyone's head."

I have to share my card from Lea and Victor "Gardening, yoga, bubble baths, medication...and I still want to smack somebody!"

"Wow, that is the smallest power to ever go to anyone's head."

Mark Twain: "Insect authority delights in flaunting itself."

Whew, Vortex, glad you have a diagnosis, and one that is defined as "not serious."

HOAs suck. I wonder if there's a realty site that lists properties for rent or sale by whether there's an HOA/COA or not?

Proof that I'm a little stressed and doing way too much: Mal's flying by himself to visit his grandpa in AZ for two weeks. His flight leaves tomorrow. Except for the part where it was really today.

I just totally spaced on the actual date, and I don't know why I would've booked it for Friday anyway...only his grandpa calling me from the Phoenix airport asking WTF clued me in.

However, US Airways moved his ticket to the same flight tomorrow at no charge, so they are my favorite.

Every time any1 mentions a HOA I can't think of anything but that XFiles episode where the swamp monster brutally kills violators of the dumb terms. So glad i only have nosey neighbors who commiserate with me about how hard it is to get anything to grow with all the ^#$@&)*( cats piddling and crapping everywhere.

sj - did the PT set goals when you started there? When i was in PT (for an injury, so not expected to be long term) we set a goal of being able to walk x amount of time in x shoes without pain - there were a few variables - and having specific range of motions available before they would sign off on me. You should be able to point out that your goals have NOT been met, and therefore more sessions are clearly needed. Sometimes the bean counters want to check off a patient just to check them off and feel like progress has been made when in fact it hasn't. Get your PCP to write a new referral, if necessary, with objective goals (lifting x amount of pounds without assistance...being able to balance on x for x amt of time...)

erin, if she did write specific goals, she did not share them with me. My goals were more practical being able to work, being able to carry my own groceries in the house without having to wait for TCG to get home and do it, being able to climb stairs without wishing I was dead, etc.

Damn, smonster, I've been meaning to congratulate on the whole St Woot thing, so here's a happy YAY!!

DH had a bit of a health sacre today. Ever since he had the blood clot, they have been telling him he had to go see this specific hematologist. Since we belong to an HMO, it took, oh, forever to get a referral. He finally went today, and when he gets to the building, he notices it's an Oncology practice. Not reassuring.

It turns out the doc is a hematologist who specializes in cancer but treats all blood issues. The DH has a fairly common mutation called "Leiden Factor 5" (which toally sounds like a SciFi show from the '70s). It means he has to watch out for, you guessed it, blood clots. The only real issue is that he has to get a blood thinner shot before any long flight, and should wear compression stockings every time he flies. Yay for a non-scary diagnosis.

Also, my husband is a mutant. I am married to an X-Man!

Raq, calm-ma to you. It's a very exciting thing Mal's doing. And I'd be a-jangle, too.

Gracie did a 36 hour disappearing act this week so we've had some cat drama around these parts.

I didn't remember a post from Kat...oh. Wrong Gracie. And also? Good! I'm glad your Gracie turned up though.

Kitty-ma to Byron.

ETA: Woot to your X-Man, Scrappy! May clots venture nowhere near him.

Nothing sexier than a man in compression stockings!

So is it possible for the normal gardening irritation i get on my forearms from zuchini/squash/cucumber plants to lead to a blister rash? I'm terrible about doing "quick watering" without putting on long sleeves and the darn plants always give me a bit of irritation on my tender white forearms, but usually a wash and some salve and it heals right up. Yesterday my chiro asked me what i had done to my arm and i had no idea what she meant. then this morning i brushed my arm and it HURT so i checked it out and there was a definite small squarish sore red blotch there. Washed and salved and tried to forget about it. But it hurts now every time it brushes against my sleeves. So antibiotic cream but now it's blistering. I don't have any OTC allergy meds aside from prescription pseudoephedrine. No chance i interacted with any poison ivy or poison oak, tho the blisters do look like a very mild poison ivy ick. I'm doing slightly panicked laundry on the off chance that my shirt and hoodie are spreading it. Someone please tell me that i'm being paranoid and i'll wake up tomorrow morning and it'll all be shiney again after a shower.