Also, the weather is doing that thing where I look out at what looks like a lot of fluffy snow falling and think, No way is this just the "coating to an inch" they said on the radio, but then I lean over to look at the ground, and the blacktop is still black.

No flooding, hooray!

Hooray!

I'm taking my car into the mechanics to see about an Ominous Thing.

I wish you cheap fixes, Theo.

I do not know what I am going to get out of my house today. I didn't manage to think about it last night and go find something.

I know tomorrow will be some books, I will finish a book tonight and it and 4 that mac has read will go to half-price books.

I could probably get home at lunch if I could think of something to go get. ideas?

I am reaching the point where the stuff I want to get rid of is stuff I need to sell, I guess some time on ebay tonight would behoove me.

Go -t, with your plumbing-fu.

Theo, may the thing be not so ominous.

Jesse are you getting the giant blobs of snow that we got? It was so surreal.

eBay sounds good, msbelle -- I think work today on future getting-rid counts.

aurelia, it's not giant blobs right here, but still pretty fluffy. And currently blowing up past my window.

I sent a message to a former coworker of mine who lives in Austin and who was at SXSW last night. I know the odds are that she's fine, but I'd really like to hear back from her.

I got an annoying letter from my doctor's office, followed by an annoying conversation, and I'm wondering what you all think:

I had the whole cholesterol/blood glucose/etc. lab tests done in December, and my total cholesterol was borderline high, as was my LDL (though not actually into what the Am. Heart Assoc. considers "high"; it's just approaching "high").

I got a letter the other day saying that I need to have "yearly bloodwork" done. I assumed it was a form letter and they hadn't checked my records to see that I just had it done, so I called them this morning and said I just had it done in December, and the letter said it's a yearly test. They said no, the doctor wants me to have bloodwork done again because my cholesterol levels are high and it's been 3 months so he wants to see if there's been any change.

I'm just wondering how much change they would see after only 3 months. That seems too soon. Does 3 months seem too soon to you guys? I would think MAYBE 6 months if my cholesterol was 400 or something, but 3 months when it's 210 seems like a massive overreaction.

t edit And I know it's my life and my health and I can ignore the request, but I'm still just wondering if that sounds weird to anyone, or if that's a standard thing now, to re-test frequently.

And she's responded, and she's fine. I love when complaining about things on the internet makes them happen.