May fifth came and went, and I neglected to mention it was my second anniversary on Dear Diary. It seems so strange now to go back and read some of those earliest entries on the Salamander diary. I was absolutely clueless where I’d be two years hence, when the pressures on my life would take…

I’m not a big fan of mass-forwarding an email joke that has already been mass-forwarded to a million other people on its way to my in-bin. Today being what it has been though, it seemed not only appropriate but mandatory that I include this in my daily chronicles. Subject: Things To Say When Stressed At…

I got a fair amount of stuff accomplished last night, mostly of the clerical variety. Bills got paid, paperwork got filed, accounts got balanced. Well, one account became balanced anyhow. The other has some problems, apparently not of my making. What is it with banks and me anyhow? Sooner or later I always seem to…

Well, another morning came and went, and another MRI has been performed on the ol’ hepatic lobes. I figure Dr. K should see the results in a few days, and so I’ll but him around the end of the week to find out if there’s been any changes. It seems rather weird to admit, but…

Yet another paracentesis today. We got 5.5 liters, and could probably have gotten at least two liters more, but today’s block didn’t take well. (A “block” is what they call injections of a pain-blocker to an area to anesthetize it.) I started feeling pain about three liters into the draining, and there was no way…

The Socialist and I had a talk last night. Evidently I’m always Gloomy Gus anymore, which makes it hard for him to hang around me. He says I never smile, and I seldom see the bright side of things. I wanted to argue with him that it wasn’t true, that I spent a good part…

I got the updated bill for my new car’s insurance today. My rates went up only $33/half year. I figure that isn’t too bad at all. I still haven’t heard from The Socialist’s agent, who I left a request with to get a quote. Supposedly I can do much better with his insurance. I’m not…

Oh, I had plans for last night. Water the seeds, check the gardens for weeds, pay the bills, pull together a real meal for myself, comb the cats (one of whom left two rather spectacular hairballs for me to clean up in the middle of the carpet yesterday). But no, these didn’t happen. I got…

I don’t do on-line tests anymore, as a rule. They’re fun, but they really aren’t what my diary is supposed to be about. So I have to blame MoonRidden Girl for getting me sucked into this one. I couldn’t put the results into her comments easily, so I’m forced to actually post them in my…

I was just saying where my doctor disappeared to yesterday. No opinions of my own were voiced in that entry. Really. Honestly. Cross my heart and hope to die. As I told MRG, something is wrong when a surgeon has to pay in excess of $180,000 in annual malpractice insurance and another is turned down…