Timelies all!

Don't really get into the pumpkin spice stuff. (A while back Starbucks had a pumpkin spice frappicino, non-coffee version. Now everything pumpkin spice there has coffee. )

Then, I just realized the person I thought was Jamie Foxx is actually Bernie Mac (who had a show on Fox)!

Plus Bernie Mac died 7 years ago, which would make that dating relationship REALLY weird.

Plus Bernie Mac died 7 years ago, which would make that dating relationship REALLY weird.

I had no idea! But it was his face I pictured every time someone said Jamie Foxx!

Plus Bernie Mac died 7 years ago, which would make that dating relationship REALLY weird.

Katie does have experience with weird dating relationships, though.

If someone in corporate IT does an Internet search analysis, I may come into some questions for my recent queries re: pressure it takes to break bones, especially head bones. I swear, it's research for a story!

Now I am sort of picturing Jamie Foxx as Tom Cruise Lestat in Interview with a Vampire.

I have horrible problems with actors-- Last year I realized that William Hurt and John Hurt are not the same person. I was really confused why the guy from An Accidental Tourist was voicing the dragon on Merlin.

Thanks. This will be my last fundraiser with this group, so it is nice to go out with a bang. I'm already getting pulled deeper into the horse therapy program volunteer-wise. I'm the assistant to the volunteer coordinator - providing training, making sure we have volunteers for each day's lessons, and such.

Oh, one more word on last Friday. Dan Deitz and his daughter Tiffany spoke after the dinner. (Son is Danny Dietz whose story was in the movie Lone Survivor {he did not survive}). They are a Colorado family and a big deal around here. Their speech was tailored to the group, concentrating on the role of the search and rescue team that found his body and were able to provide closure to the family instead of living with him being Missing in Action. Not a single dry eye in the house. We weren't able to advertise their presence before hand so it was a big surprise to the vast majority of the attendees, including my son (I thought I had told him but apparently I hadn't).

Work ~ma, Maria, and let me echo your meara:

flea, you're the best kind of librarian.

Suzi, go you! That's fantastic. Fundraisers are stupidly complicated to put together.

because I can't think of new or better ways to say that.

Doctor visit was successful! Qapla'! Cholesterol numbers are all down nicely and the doctor is pleased, so no increase in dosage needed. BP still a little too high, med increased again, but I'm okay with that; I haven't been having any side effects with this one. But I'm pre-diabetic and those markers are getting worse. There's no genetic component for it that I'm aware of; no one else in my family is diabetic. (Or fat, except for my grandma, who was quite heavy but never became diabetic.) Doctor wants me to lose weight. (Surprise.) The only thing I can control here is my admittedly shitty diet and bare-minimum of exercise. So that's the plan: eat better, move more. (He thinks eating less carbs will solve all my problems. That'd be nice. But it'd be a great start, for sure.)

Steph, I hated the idea of taking a statin too; I was very resistant to it. I still think high doses of statins are a bad idea, especially if people don't know what they do. But this doctor has been pretty convincing, and he's careful to test everything every few months. (I forgot to ask him about CoQ10, dang it, but I supplement. Next time.) If a low-dose statin with no side effects might help me live longer, I'll do it. After/if/when I ever lose some weight I'll revisit the statin and see if I can keep my cholesterol in normal ranges without it.

Talk about not adulting properly... I failed to book my rental car and hotel for tomorrow. Though I'm trying to figure out if taxis would be cheaper. I'm going from airport to hotel, hotel to state capital complex, and state capital complex back to the airport.

edit: This is what I get for leaving the comment box open for 20 minutes. Qualified hooray, Zen!

Thanks, Maria! I think I'd take a taxi, to avoid the trouble of finding parking.