The Unexpected Gift

I think the lack of sleep is finally getting to me. I hit my first totally black depression in a long time last night, after five successive nights of four or less hours sleep. I had been staving it off for a few days, I think, but then last night the Socialist threw a tantrum…

Well, it was too late for this year’s festivities, but maybe they’ll repeat next year. Seattle beverage company introduces Thanksgiving in a bottle – by Joshua Lipsky on 11/28/03 for Meatingplace.com Seattle-based Jones Soda Co. introduced a limited supply — about 6,000 bottles — of its Turkey & Gravy Soda for Thanksgiving this year. The…

Saw the nice hand doctor today, who confirmed what I already knew: it’s the knife for me. Surgery is scheduled for October 20th. It’ll be followed by a period of therapy, but Dr. Digits says that most of the time surgery is totally successful. It’s been a while since I’ve gotten to add a neat…

Well, we did have lima beans for dinner Friday, along with a couple of small steaks I’d bought on sale and then left to languish in the back of my freezer. It’s a tiny freezer compartment, and I have no idea how I could have managed to forget anything in there, but apparently I managed…

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Home sick today. Yesterday I had a 2:15 appointment to see Dr. Liver. It would have been my first visit with him post-transplant. While driving to his office, I developed a headache. It was minor at first, but it kept growing. I arrived at his office, waited in line at check-in, and was greeted with…