After yesterday’s long fast, I went to the lab which took an hour. We got there right before it opened and there was already a long line of people waiting to get in. According to the card I held when they gave me papers to take into the vampire’s area, I was the 19th patient. That chick from Ukraine drew my blood. Three vials of it.

Aly said she’s in and out in less than 10 minutes. Lucky her and for the fact that Nebraska has a lot fewer people than Cali.

At home I signed up for getting results online directly from the lab, thinking they would be available as soon as they had the numbers, but then I read that California and Oregon require doctors to discuss results with patients first, so it ended up being a waste of time.

I really like the new moon sticker. It definitely glows in the dark.

Weight’s now down to 153.4 but still not expecting to lose more than another pound or two. This low-cal vegan diet has been easier than expected, though, and I’m not having cravings like crazy as I would think I would have after doing this for a week. Acupuncturing my hunger away really does help, too. The reason I threw myself on this diet last week was for labs and weigh-ins at doctor visits but maybe I’ll keep it going a while longer. I feel great this way so long as I can sleep well enough and aren’t anxious, and I know it’s healthier for me. The only thing that sucks is knowing that since I quit smoking young, have been active most of my life and never got obese, I could make it to my 90s. Not a thrilling thought with a hubby 8 years older, LOL.

I forgot my Sleepytime tea before bed and a loud plane woke me up which Tom confirmed did indeed fly by. I’m sick of all the plane activity around here. It’s bad enough with the constant buzzing of the ones I can drown out with fans and air cleaners, but now they’re getting close enough to wake me up. :-(

I was so frustrated for a bit on Friday afternoon when I received a call from my doctor’s office saying they were looking for my labs. They called on the 1st and I planned to go on the 2nd which was yesterday. I reminded them of this too, that I was told to go after the first. From now on I won’t schedule an appointment so close to when I go to the lab, and I still don’t know if I’m going to continue seeing this doctor anyway. More than likely we’re both going to get doctors closer to home.

Anyway, the nurse said they would pass my info along and call back if the doctor wanted to bump my appointment up to a later date. At that point, I jumped on the portal and explained the situation to the doctor and gave her a heads-up on wanting my medication changed. My only concern is that she might send me back to my endo and I definitely don’t want to see her! She may be very knowledgeable, but she’s a bit of a witch and traffic and parking is a total nightmare in downtown Sacramento. Still, I’ll do whatever it takes to avoid these intermittent spells of anxiety. Yesterday I was great. No anxiety, no lightheadedness. Feeling good so far today too, save for some burning around my pussy hole. About 6 weeks after returning to my old brand of poison, the lightheadedness backed off. Connection or coincidence? I may never know for sure.

So when I got up yesterday morning I found that the doctor replied just minutes later asking that I please keep my Monday appointment. That was the idea all along. :-)

For now, 1 out of the 3 health-related hassles I’ll have this week are out of the way.

Other than going to the lab and doing the grocery list for this morning and checking paint supplies in preparation for whiting out the “Pepto-Bismol” hallway that even I can’t stand, we lazed around yesterday. Hey, we’re on vacation now. We deserve it.

We have tons of plans for the next week and today we’ll probably paint the hallway after going grocery shopping, just not the section where the mural is going in a few days. The mural is 12 ft long and the hallway is a little more than that so it will really cut down what we have to paint.

Last night I dreamed about visiting Tammy. She was sitting on the couch in her living room with the TV on and I said, “Mind if I get up and do some stretching exercises while we chat? Sitting still is incredibly boring, overrated, and not very healthy for those of us who have a choice.”

She nodded and then she received a phone call and ended up chatting with her caller while I did these weird exercises I’ve never done in real life, LOL.

In another dream, I was telling someone that I didn’t drive, made $400 a month, missed the country, and noticed that Bob and Virginia, who keep their trees and plants in great shape, needed to do some serious trimming.

Then Tom and I were in our living room doing something and I said, “Did you just see or hear someone?”

He nodded and said both, and I thought I saw shadows shifting beyond the blinds through the window by the door. The blinds were raised a few inches and I peered out underneath them and saw some people milling about.

Later…

It’s been a very busy day so I’m just kicking back now and relaxing.

We went out early and did the grocery shopping, and then came back we prepped the walls for the murals. The hallway wall where the forest is going and the living room wall where the elephant sitting in the ocean is going.

On the way back we saw the cable workers marking the roads. I totally dread this latest project! I wonder how many more there will be while we still live here, too. Meanwhile, it’s just a question of when they’ll be working within earshot of our place, how long, and what my schedule will be. I would rather be annoyed by noise while awake than woken up by it.

Today I’ve heard the usual mix of landscaping, traffic and planes. That loud car visits every day, sometimes multiple times, and at that rate it may as well just live here.

The bathroom floor sticker arrived and it’s great quality but the image itself is nothing spectacular. It’s not quite as clear as it could be but it’s still very nice. This sticker is thicker and has a non-slip surface so it will definitely last longer than the other one.

This morning we ordered this gorgeous hallway light fixture that will be delivered today, and while the dangly crystal light is beautiful, it would be nice if our stuff would stop breaking. Everything is starting to get old!

Swapped texts with Aly like I do almost every day and she’s beginning to wonder if Kim is brushing her off because she’s always coming up with these lame excuses as to why she can’t be around. Well, as I told her, we both know Kim’s a horrible liar. Way worse than Molly ever was.