Walking Backwards

I'm alive! Amazingly, I think I overreacted yet again to this last medical procedure. Don't get me wrong, it was not comfortable in the least and I spent most of the time with my hands clenched into fists at my sides. I made it through, though, and am now experiencing only mild ickyness. I have a follow-up appointment in two weeks where they tell me what our next step is. There is a chance that this may be it, so that's what I'm hoping for. I don't need any more problems. Joe keeps scolding me for doing stuff around the house and Annie came over to try and persuade me to stay in bed, but I seem to be having another streak of OCD behavior and feel like I should be dusting something. They seem to be okay with having me sit in my computer chair which seems like a much better option than bed to me and a good compromise with the people who try to care for me.


You may notice I'm currently using a new template. I needed something a little fresh and didn't feel like eeking out the code of another one, so this is just a basic Blogger doo-hicky. It is not perfect by any stretch of the imagination, but a blog shouldn't be all that much work in the end, right? I also added a few new features (read: counter) and signed up for blogexplosion.com, but we'll see how long that is going to last. The idea of having a bunch of random people surf my blog is kind of disconcerting. The fact that I could care less about what people read about my life helps and after all, it is much more comforting, in the end, to think of strangers reading my blog than my mother.


Still on the hunt for a menorah. Joe and I stopped at about four different stores last night with no success. I have already given up on finding one in time for the holiday, but I can't stop asking for one because some of the reactions you get are hilarious. One guy at World Market was visually afraid of what my response was going to be when I asked him if they had anything for Chanukah and his response was no. He kind of braced himself and held onto the box in his arms a little tighter while waiting for my reply. Another woman was like "Yeah, its weird that you can't find any of that isn't it." We'll probably end up buying everything online after the season is over so we can nab some fabulous clearance price.