dentist today. just a cleaning and they're nice, but I have found more than expected a time or two. And there's just a reason people don't say "Here's a minor diagnostic, just to cheer you up."Even when I keep it in mind that there's pretty much no "acing it"--I'm not Ralphie with the A++ And the lack of access just makes it all harder, too. (Which I know that I am boring about, but I have seen so many good liberals--mostly not here, but still-- just kind of settle back into "Since you have the ADA...(complacent pause) I have to say it doesn't feel like that. Pretty much ever, actually.

I've had 2 Phews! this week. What is up with that, Wordle?

I hope the dentist visit is boring, erikaj. I always dread the cleaning, but the last couple times it was no biggee. May it be the same for you.

Thanks, Laura. A few summers back with a different dentist got unexpectedly dramatic. Keep thinking I'm over it, but not quite.

Yeah, dramatic amd dentist are not descriptors I want to have in the same scenario. May your cleaning be brief and uneventful.

Used the water-pik beforehand--that helps a bit.

Compadres in dentistry today, erika! I'm off as soon as I exchange indoor pants for outdoor ones, and do sometshing with my hair. I love my dentist tech. She (imaginarily) pats my head and tells me "good girl" about flossing and so on and gives me the toothbrushes I like and the little fishline loops for cleaning under my bridge, and toothpaste I don't use. DH does though, so he gets the toothpaste. I get a scenic drive after, and since it's sunny today, that will be nice.

Our furnace has come on this week, and it's been welcome. It's fall, finally, and I'm glad to see the back of summer. It's usually also the back of fire season. Of course we have the tsunami warning sirens check tomorrow--it's always something. So far no volcano warnings, though. Crossing rain of fire off the list, at least for now.

Yes I had to turn on my heat when I got home after this weekend. Otherwise it was way too cold in here.

Dental both as good as expected and ran into a Dem organizer that has the same dentist. Sent her a link for virtual #NoKings--smallest morsel of fate ever. Brought Victor's book with me, so you were there in spirit, too.

I pulled out the Buffista cookbook la while back for some reason and it's still on the kitchen (my cookbooks are on the bookshelves normally). So I see it there and think of everyone (everyone meaning every Buffista ever).

Yay for good dental results!

I finally went and got my blood drawn yesterday for my mystery bruising. The doctor didn't add a note but I sent him one. It was a CBC blood test and all the results were in the normal range but when I looked at the trends from the last few there is definitely something going on. Some of the results, like platelets are at the very bottom of the normal range and have steadily gone down since last April.

I sent the Dr a message that basically went ..so I looked at my test results and while they were in the normal range some of them were barely in range and the history shows changes, some that look kind of drastic , from the last blood tests. Do you have any idea what is going on ?

Especially because liver disease keeps coming up as a possibile reason with the test results. I keep telling myself to stop Googling all of this and wait for the doctor to respond but it's hard not to worry

Where do you generally get the puff bars, Plei? I’ve only tried from Costco.

The various Town & Country Markets usually have a few flavors. I'm trying to remember where I found the salted caramel ones, and it honestly might have been up at the Edmonds WinCo when we did our occasional run up there to stock up on peanut butter.