Well the economy has dived to the point where I felt it prudent to find another job. CD has made it clear that there are no jobs out there & that it would take me years of searching before I found one. As it turned out it took me 2 weeks to find something interesting & be hired. Granted the hours suck and the pay is just a step above delivering pizzas, but it is what it is.

Well I had my yearly MRI. The pronouncement is stable. My next one will be in 2 years.

I have been in a year long application process to gain some form of employment with the entity that screens luggage at our airport. I have passed my interview, completed my medical evaluation & completed my background investigation form. Now I have to see what happens next.

I once thought that looking at luggage was a fairly simple job. Having completed some testing dealing with it I have come to realize that it is in fact very difficult to do.

I was at the hospital yet again this morning. This time I was there to undergo lithotripsy. Lithotripsy is when a kidney stone is blasted with ultasonic waves and pulverized so it can be passed.

The nurse who got me situated did not believe me when I told her that I would scream if the IV line was set in my hand. She had to be proven wrong twice.

I was given a 10mg valium & a 50mg Benedryl & nothing else save a bag of Ringers Lactate. I was scared that having...

dumped upon us a 1/4" of ice with about an inch of snow on top. It pretty much kept us confined to the house for the weekend. We did hit the grocery store for basic staples & we checked our oil lamps to make sure that the wicks were good & that they were full of oil. Logs were hauled from the upper yard to the deck & tarped. Emergency lights throughout the house were tested & had their batteries changed if need be. We were ready. As it turned out we didn't need to have made...