Thanks, everyone. I'm not feeling great today, and I've got to ration my pain meds a bit, so today is a day of sleeping on the couch.

Hil, I can't remember -- do you need to find a rheumatologist? And if so, did you find one? Because Tim's rheumatologist is EXCELLENT. I don't say that lightly.

I'm calling UC rheumatology again this afternoon, to see if I can make an appointment. There are two doctors there who were recommended by the Cincinnati EDS group on Facebook.

Tim sees Dr. Gulati at UC Rheumatology. I was so impressed with how thorough he was and how much time he took to explain everything to Tim.

This is a ... nit a victory but progress. E came over and we did art. I maybe gave him too many choices but that's okay we had fun.

Then we killed time and Mom wasn't feeling well so I got him home, fed, and he's in the tub. I just have to read a story. Maybe neither Mon nor E are clear on when my brother gets home.

That's more interacting with him than any other time. He's spending the day tomorrow and Sat night and part of Sunday so that might be too much. I'm going to try and find some kids collage stuff he seemed interested in that.

Progress is good.

Speaking of victories, I got a picture of Joe DiMeowgio! Finally. Lexy still eludes me. And then there are all the cats who haven't visited yet...but I'm only 13 gold fish from a yard expansion, so the state of my neko atsume is strong.

Bad day for pain. Took a nap on a heating pad and felt better but as soon as I got vertical I started hurting again. I've popped a muscle relaxant and will be heading back to bed, hope I can work tomorrow.

Before the pain got really bad, I went on two evaluations for my new job and talked to my new boss/old friend and I'm feeling really good about everything and so is he. So that's good. Therapy was emotional and frustrating in a way I think is going to take a few days to parse.

In Neko Atsume news, I am also waiting to get a pic of Kathmandu and Bob has not shown up at all. I got the cat metropolis for him, darn it! I am racking up the fish, between the metropolis and the cabinet. Got a couple more mementos.

I hope the muscle relaxant helps. Everything sounds good, and that pleases me, I hope the difficulty of the therapy is a signal of progress and growth.

I need 6 more gold fish and Lexy to show up.

Bob has not shown up at all. I got the cat metropolis for him, darn it!

Right there with you. I bought the metropolis, and all the other cats are swarming all over it, but no Bob.

I did get Mr. Meowgi, though.

I've got pictures of Billy the kitten, Guy Furry, and the Egyptian one, and Conductor Whiskers and someone else have been by.