I love not doing any work for Thanksgiving, but do miss having leftovers. Although my mother brought turkey to our church potluck last Sunday, so I did have some turkey soup courtesy of her leftovers.

I turn 70 in February

Holy crap, Laura! Good for you, that sounds like a good plan.

First day at new job. Now with an office instead of a cubicle. It’s all very exciting.

Congrats, msbelle!!

so maybe I'll make some "leftovers" today.

I was just talking about making some leftovers.

We only brought back the little bit of creamy mushroom not croustades which is about to be turkey tetrazzini.

And the host gave me the carcass of the cooked upside down bird so I have a vat of bone broth. Plus! The meat was still tender (shredded but still crazy tasty) even after brothing!

The upside bird was seriously good at the time and also as leftovers. I think I need to experiment with cooking one that way. But flipping at the end for browned skin.

Here's one of my nitpicks with the way that word choices matter: I have an OB/GYN appointment this Thursday, November 30. Today, I get a letter saying that my OB/GYN is retiring as of November 30. Does "as of" mean that any patients scheduled that day are out of luck, or does it mean "November 30 is the last day she will see patients"? Bonus follow-up question: if it means "November 30 is the last day she will see patients," how fucking hard is it for you, Giant Corporate Medical Group, to just SAY IT THAT WAY???

I had to call them to be sure I still had an appointment. (I do.) (It's for an issue that could have easily been addressed via email ["hey can we change from medication A to medication B, as we discussed 2 months ago?"], but my OB/GYN hasn't answered three (3) emails from me about it, which has me super angry. I was planning to ask her why the fuck she doesn't answer emails, but since she's retiring, I guess it doesn't matter. I sure hope whoever inherits her patients answers their emails.) (Well, no. I hope I don't need to email my OB/GYN, whoever that may be, for anything again.)

Everything about that sounds annoying, Tep

Your gynecologist shouldn't(mostly) be the one that screws you.

Everything about that sounds annoying, Tep

At least it was option 2 -- she *is* seeing patients on November 30, so I can go, have her look at my parts, I can ask about the medication switch (that I emailed her about THREE TIMES) (I kept thinking "We sent you 500 ravens!"), get the medication that I actually need, and then switch to a different doctor in the practice.

Yeah, just "sorry, that appointment no longer exists" would have been worse. I have to admit, this is a nice thing about Kaiser, when one of my doctor's disappears they just assign me a new one. Apparently.

"We sent you 500 ravens!"

Ha!

I will say, I liked my old PCP fine, but she retired, and my new one is so online, it's amazing. She's like, "try this, if it doesn't work, send me a note in the app and I'll send in the other option." And she does!!

She's like, "try this, if it doesn't work, send me a note in the app and I'll send in the other option." And she does!!

I'm so used to Awesome Doctor (my PCP), who I've been seeing for literally 30 years (I need to tell him he's not allowed to retire), who is fantastic with sending messages/changing meds/etc through MyChart. I've been seeing my OB/GYN for 30 years, too, and the relationship is just not there with her. But she always provided good care, so I stuck with her for the continuity.

Ugh, I have to get a new PCP too. Mine is retiring, and I moved. I've decided to go with one of my former practices because we are still friends. I don't have any serious ongoing issues, so it is more just checking stuff regularly. It would be simply awesome if they communicated via tech, but it doesn't look like that is the case for this practice.