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shadowkatThese doctor appointments, lab tests, etc are eating into my vacation time and personal days, damn it. They still haven't approved my FMLA - which was supposed to take care of some of it. On bright side - the MRI got scheduled on the same day as the endocrinologist appointment. One is in the morning, one late in the afternoon. I should be able to do both. I did want to work that day - and had slated the endocrinologist later in the afternoon to do so. I may call them to see if I can move it up. The MRI is in Manhattan, on the lower east side, and the endo is in Brooklyn. Be nice if they could be in the same location - but noooo...that would be too easy.
They don't like to make it easy on me. I can see why a lot of folks don't see doctors - and die of well heart attacks, and blood clots. I'm not taking that risk. Cubicle Mate's Aunt who is 57, just died of a blood clot to the heart because she refused to see a doctor or get tests done. And my Aunt died at 59 for the same reasons. Just no.
I have to call tomorrow to make sure my insurance covers this - and I don't end up with a surprise down the road.
Enuf on that. Work is busy, and enjoyable. I like being busy. And it's not boring. They've managed to somehow strip away all the things that I hated about my job and kept the things I rather liked, plus put me in a location I wanted to work in - with a view. It's like I finally got my wish list - without any effort on my end to get it? (Outside of working my ass off and being patient and resilient - so maybe I did put some effort into it? There's something to be said for being resilient.) I keep waiting for the other shoe to drop and have decided to enjoy it while it lasts. (The other shoe may be - Breaking Bad retiring on me, although he doesn't appear to want to. I'm praying he waits five more years. But it's doubtful.)
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February Memage:
1. Would you rather watch a sport or play a sport?
Depends on the sport? Cubicle Mate is a Chief's fan (she likes Patrick Malhoune). I'm not. I'm rooting for the Eagles. (Although I'd root for anyone other than the Chiefs, the only teams I hate more than the Chiefs are the Broncos and the Patriots...however - I do have a fondness for the Eagles - I spent my childhood in PA, and outside of Philly, and my father and his extended family is from that area, mainly though I'm a Giants fan). But I don't tend to watch football - the appeal is lost on me. I'm not really a fan of spectator sports? Unless it's something like gymnastics, figure skating, or diving. I do like watching races.
Would I rather play the sport? Probably not. I did enjoy swimming and track. But ball oriented sports tend to scare me - I can't tell where the ball is. And I'm not a fan of competition.
2. It’s American author and TV cooking show host Ina Garten’s birthday (TV’s Barefoot Contessa), do you own many cookbooks?
Yes. Many. Mostly gluten-free or paelo at the moment. Although - I also have the Good Housekeeping and Betty Crocker ones, which are insanely helpful. Salt Acid Heat - also helpful. And various ones for the Nutribullet and Ninja Creami. I like cookbooks. They all sit in a row in the windowsill of my kitchen. I had to get rid of a few - that I couldn't use (non-gluten free cookbooks...mostly, that took up too much room, and a lot of redundant ones.) Also I don't tend to use them that often - I'm an intuitive cook and figure it out as I go.
3. Have you changed your hairstyle much over the years? Have you ever had a disastrous hairstyle?
Not really. Although I did recently get a very different hair style - finally got a stylist who was willing to give me bangs. It looks great. But it's mainly a bob that can grow out, until I get around to cutting it again.
And yes, I've had bad hairstyles, one that I tried to fix with disasterous results - won't do that ever again - that was when I was in college and attempted to cut my own bangs.
4. It’s Alice Cooper’s birthday – are you familiar with his music?
Yes. He's not bad. But not a fav either. I did download his pandemic song.
But my fav is School's Out.
I have eclectic taste when it comes to music. There's very little that I don't like. (I'm not a music critic or vulture. I'm a music junkie.)
5. Have you ever seen a film/movie at the cinema more than once because you loved it so much?
Yes. I saw Black Panther twice at the movie theater. I also saw Star Wars twice, Empire Fights Back twice. And I saw Back to the Future twice (although not because I loved it). I may have seen BladeRunner twice and Dirty Dancing twice, can't remember.
And Gross Point Blank and Long Kiss Goodnight, I saw more than once.
And I remember seeing Die Hard more than once. (It was just a dollar when I was in school in Colorado - and we'd go to the dollar theater - and see movies more than once.)
They don't like to make it easy on me. I can see why a lot of folks don't see doctors - and die of well heart attacks, and blood clots. I'm not taking that risk. Cubicle Mate's Aunt who is 57, just died of a blood clot to the heart because she refused to see a doctor or get tests done. And my Aunt died at 59 for the same reasons. Just no.
I have to call tomorrow to make sure my insurance covers this - and I don't end up with a surprise down the road.
Enuf on that. Work is busy, and enjoyable. I like being busy. And it's not boring. They've managed to somehow strip away all the things that I hated about my job and kept the things I rather liked, plus put me in a location I wanted to work in - with a view. It's like I finally got my wish list - without any effort on my end to get it? (Outside of working my ass off and being patient and resilient - so maybe I did put some effort into it? There's something to be said for being resilient.) I keep waiting for the other shoe to drop and have decided to enjoy it while it lasts. (The other shoe may be - Breaking Bad retiring on me, although he doesn't appear to want to. I'm praying he waits five more years. But it's doubtful.)
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February Memage:
1. Would you rather watch a sport or play a sport?
Depends on the sport? Cubicle Mate is a Chief's fan (she likes Patrick Malhoune). I'm not. I'm rooting for the Eagles. (Although I'd root for anyone other than the Chiefs, the only teams I hate more than the Chiefs are the Broncos and the Patriots...however - I do have a fondness for the Eagles - I spent my childhood in PA, and outside of Philly, and my father and his extended family is from that area, mainly though I'm a Giants fan). But I don't tend to watch football - the appeal is lost on me. I'm not really a fan of spectator sports? Unless it's something like gymnastics, figure skating, or diving. I do like watching races.
Would I rather play the sport? Probably not. I did enjoy swimming and track. But ball oriented sports tend to scare me - I can't tell where the ball is. And I'm not a fan of competition.
2. It’s American author and TV cooking show host Ina Garten’s birthday (TV’s Barefoot Contessa), do you own many cookbooks?
Yes. Many. Mostly gluten-free or paelo at the moment. Although - I also have the Good Housekeeping and Betty Crocker ones, which are insanely helpful. Salt Acid Heat - also helpful. And various ones for the Nutribullet and Ninja Creami. I like cookbooks. They all sit in a row in the windowsill of my kitchen. I had to get rid of a few - that I couldn't use (non-gluten free cookbooks...mostly, that took up too much room, and a lot of redundant ones.) Also I don't tend to use them that often - I'm an intuitive cook and figure it out as I go.
3. Have you changed your hairstyle much over the years? Have you ever had a disastrous hairstyle?
Not really. Although I did recently get a very different hair style - finally got a stylist who was willing to give me bangs. It looks great. But it's mainly a bob that can grow out, until I get around to cutting it again.
And yes, I've had bad hairstyles, one that I tried to fix with disasterous results - won't do that ever again - that was when I was in college and attempted to cut my own bangs.
4. It’s Alice Cooper’s birthday – are you familiar with his music?
Yes. He's not bad. But not a fav either. I did download his pandemic song.
But my fav is School's Out.
I have eclectic taste when it comes to music. There's very little that I don't like. (I'm not a music critic or vulture. I'm a music junkie.)
5. Have you ever seen a film/movie at the cinema more than once because you loved it so much?
Yes. I saw Black Panther twice at the movie theater. I also saw Star Wars twice, Empire Fights Back twice. And I saw Back to the Future twice (although not because I loved it). I may have seen BladeRunner twice and Dirty Dancing twice, can't remember.
And Gross Point Blank and Long Kiss Goodnight, I saw more than once.
And I remember seeing Die Hard more than once. (It was just a dollar when I was in school in Colorado - and we'd go to the dollar theater - and see movies more than once.)
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Date: 2025-02-04 04:32 am (UTC)Well, I'm too old to play most sports now, and have a hard time sitting still through a whole game anymore. I guess when I was younger, I liked to play more than watch, but I really wasn't good enough at anything to take it seriously.
3 Hairstyle?
Like most guys, I started out with a flattop in the early 60s. I switched to a Princeton (combable on top, but very short sides) late in high school. In college I let my hair and sideburns grow long. My sideburns are long gone, but I still wear my hair longish. I'm bald on top since my 50s but never liked the look of a shaved head.
4. Alice Cooper is a local celebrity in Phoenix. Never cared for his music, but he's a pretty decent fellow.
5. Watching movies multiple times in theaters?
I have seen a few movies including the original Star Wars more than once in a theater, but mostly to go with different people. (When I was in college we had $1 movies on campus and a theater near by that had double features for $2. Nothing first run either place, but good movies.)
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Date: 2025-02-05 01:24 am (UTC)I admittedly saw Black Panther twice for two reasons - one, to see it with different people, and two, I'd seen it in 3D, and wanted to see it in regular. (I hate 3D.)
Football requires a lot of patience, actually most spectator sports on television do - you have to wade through commercials and commentators.