Last Wednesday, traveled to Moffitt in Tampa. Routine follow-up. Nothing new. Going back in October for the bilateral mammogram. We met up with a dear couple we know, Karen and Dennis, joined them in the cafeteria. Dennis is getting treated and our dates just coincided. They gave me a mood lift because they have that kind of charm.

Today I got a prelim blood sample taken because I see the endocrinologist next week and I hope he will decide that I need more synthroid than what I am getting and that I can work out of the fatigue I feel daily. I was doing okay with the increase he gave me early last year, then I got the d*i*a*g*n*o*s*i*s and had to stop the hormone therapy (maybe that’s connected to the thyroid) and I got the surgery and the 90-minute radiation zap to end all zaps (except it maybe didn’t) and I have to think these events are part of why I am moping around, but still looking good and that’s a plus, if entirely a mystery.

Meanwhile, Ed's mood fluctuating with the market and he gets p....d with me because I "know" things will work out, and, sure enough, the market jumped back up today. Moral: It does no good to get depressed about things you can't control and are not going to change your strategy over. As I explained to Ed, the market isn't what it was -- it is nutso because of day trading and is unbelievably volatile. I refuse to care about it.

I didn’t walk this morning because of the blood appointment, so I got my bike out around 3:30, avoiding the heat as much as I could, but the sky was overcast and as I started the return route, the wind kicked up … and kicked up … and kicked up … and I cut my route short and it was all I could do to pump myself home and not get blown into the grass. It was sheer determination because I didn’t want to get trapped under someone’s carport waiting for a storm to stop. The upside: I got a real workout. Choke, gasp.

!@#$%$ time: I need a plastic set of storage drawers and found the perfect size that Sterilite makes – but Target and Amazon and whosits only sell them in sets of two – I don’t need two and have no room for a second one anyway – and no shipping if you spend $50 and the two come to $49.99 (and, yes, that is indeed under $50) and the shipping charge is $29.90. Plus tax, comes to just under $100. And it is only available on line. I am not willing to pay $100. Target may get one of my famous letters.

Seems like the marketers are just out to getcha.

So we are having sautéed chicken thighs tonight. With Greek salad and the ever- present boiled potatoes that Ed likes. Ed will have diet Coke (guh) and I will have Sauvignon Blanc because I am civilized.

See ya,

xx, Teal