Debet, I have crappy insurance, but I DO have a PT ref from my ortho. Problem is, haven't been able to ante up the copay, so I've just been doing stretches from the Internet. My left wrist and hand are fine (just don't want to put 150 lbs. of weight on it yet) but my right shoulder = jacked.

That would be great

I just love that the attending actually used the word "dubious". Before I had a chance to say that I had no recollection of an incident, and that I can't get them to give me records, he called the reports dubious.

I mean, even if it happened (which it didn't), it was over a year ago by this time (because when they brought it up 12 months ago, I couldn't remember it), so how relevant would it still be? Ah, well. If only more of them made it sound like this was about my health. It's amazing how that component seems to be irrelevant. It's all in the delivery.

These muffins are problematic. They're not as good as the ones I purchase, but they are still tasty, and there are a bunch of them, right there, and the good tea isn't more than 7 minutes away from my teacup...I didn't plan this well. And now I'm trying to decide how best to add fibre--All Bran? Then I need to work out what liquid adjustments to make to compensate.

Dammit, my work laptop is regarding me balefully from the corner of its eye--another thing I didn't properly think through--Batman rotating images as my screensaver. It's inherently accusatory (well, except for the one with the shark and the light sabre) and I don't want to log in and check the thing what needs checking.

Muffins sound like the good kind of temptation, ita. May you have more of those.

Dinner tonight was a roast chicken (dry brined and AMAZING.... god, I love dry brine) along with kale slaw, which we call dinosaur slaw. The trick, we have found, is to heat some garlic in oil and add vinegar until fragrant. Then we dump it over the sliced kale with some shredded cheese. Holy moley! My fave way to eat kale. Even Noah, "I don't do green things", ate a cup of it.

For dessert, I made an apple raspberry crisp (zinged the apples into small bits) in our small cast iron skillet. I used maple sugar instead of regular granulated. Again. holy yum!

Alas, too many dishes now.

Also, I almost lost it on some girl scout parents today, since I'm the only one properly through the system to be a leader. And I have no idea what I'm teaching tomorrow.

This dry brine intrigues me, Kat. Is it like salt-encrusted beef, where you roll in in a ton of kosher salt and let it sit in the fridge overnight?

Oh, and ita !, could you add grated zuchini to the next batch of muffins for fiber? (Note to self: you have 2 big packs of grated zukes in the freezer: get raisins and walnuts when you go to the store, fool!)

Strix, could you have frozen shoulder from not moving the arm very much? Here are some exercises for that: [link]

ita !, sometimes your adventures in ER land sound like a really sadistic version of Groundhog Day.

Zucchini would come with (at least some of) its own moisture, wouldn't it? The All Bran recipes take a lot of extra liquid, and also measures the make the ersatz wood mushy enough to cook with. Bran flakes might be easier.

Testing my remote settings for the Apple TV, and...ended up firing up the first episode of Eureka. I forgot Colin has his own little towel scene! How adorable. However, I have to say--the series finale really hit the right note when they remember to show them passing themselves driving out of Eureka. It was touching both times.

Okay, just one more muffin, and that's it for the day.

sometimes your adventures in ER land sound like a really sadistic version of Groundhog Day.

As long as I don't have to make out with Andie, I might be coming out ahead, now that I think about it. But yeah, remarkable reset button powers these people have. Maybe they're huffing that amnesia inducing painkiller.

Zucchini would come with (at least some of) its own moisture, wouldn't it?

Yep.

My fave way to eat kale.

Speaking of kale. I got another huge bunch of it in my CSA yesterday, so tonight I made a vat of kale and white bean soup with andouille sausage.