Also I need to make a doctor's appointment because I've been having some weird issues with my feet (they feel hot and tight and I've had tingling in my legs and feet off and on ) and it's not going away and I know I need to get this checked out.

Except I don't want to deal with the doctors at all.

I should have called my doctor's office this morning as they are open Saturday mornings. I got bit by something - a spider or maybe stung - yesterday. It was an instant OUCH but there wasn't anything obvious. Then it started to get a small red circle with no obvious break in the skin and would send sharp stabbing pains. Now it has a white center with a red circle, though the circle hasn't grown. It doesn't hurt as much as yesterday and I don't really know what they could do since I have no idea what got me. But I've never had something like this before. I'm just keeping an eye on it with a bandaid over it so it doesn't rub against my clothes and get more aggravated.

In the meantime, I'm working on my last paper for this class. It isn't due for a week, so I'm trying to get as much of a jump on it as possible. Go me?

Uh, urgent care, perhaps, suzi? That doesn't sound good!

Suzi, I'd go to urgent care asap with that.

Suzi, I'd get that checked out.

Sorry about the show, sj. Music must have been good to keep so many people on their feet.

Yes, the music was good. I'm just really frustrated with myself lately, and this is playing into my self hatred issue that I've been having lately. Today was also frustrating. We went to the fair in town and I was in a lot of pain, and then people kept bumping into me.

If the spot grows or changes, I'll go to urgent care. I'm not having any allergic reaction. I've carefully (oy, the pictures) done some research on bug bites/stings and nothing there is yelling that this needs immediate attention. I'd rather wait for Monday to call my doc if need be.

I wish I had a clue what got me. I walked outside when letting Jack out and had an immediate OUCH on a place covered by clothing. But at the time there as no mark, no bug, no idea how it got me. We do have wasps in the area, but there was no stinger. We have spiders, but how did it got under my shirt that fast and disappeared as quickly? Stoooopid nature.

My grandma is not doing well and I don't know whether to wish for a rally or a peaceful passing. I'm also sorry the last thing we may have talked about is ACA. It doesn't help that my stepmonster is one of those people that, every time an elder coughs is, like "If you have anything you want to say, this could be It." so we have gathered three times for that purpose, not that i'm complaining, but the overall extended fam fits together like matches and oily rags.

That's hard, erikaj. I'm sorry.

It is...she is eighty-five and has been struggling all year, actually, but the fam has written her off several times and some adjustment to her treatment has helped before... It might not this time, it's true, this does sound serious. And she's in rehab/assisted living and kind of hating that, which I may appreciate more than most, having lived the institutional Experience. Also, one of those times where I wished I'd been more of a link in a chain, but I can't just marry and breed in case of heart failure.(Besides, her kids are wusses anyway)

I need to start getting up earlier on weekends. I need to be at work by 9 on four weekdays, and sleeping late on weekends is really messing with my schedule. I slept until 2 today, which I guess I needed, but now I can't get to sleep at night. I'm setting my alarm for tomorrow, since I do have to go into my office to get some work done. Maybe I'll say that I can go out to breakfast if I'm out of bed and dressed by a certain time. Though it looks like most of the places where I'd want to go don't open until 10, which kind of screws up that plan.