Wednesday

Other than the long time getting the neck ultrasound done, yesterday's appointment went ok. I have a tough time at Sloan for 2 reasons.

I don't feel very sick - I feel healthy, especially compared to some of the people I see. While waiting for the ultrasound I saw a man with not much hair in a wheelchair with some sort of tube (with red stuff) in his lap. Then when I was headed toward the place where they take blood, I passed another waiting area. That had several sick people there - in wheel chairs and someone lying flat in a hospital bed.

Then when I leave Sloan, I am near where my late grandmother used to live at 3rd Avenue and 64th. This time, I actually walked up 64th street past her apartment building. It reminded me of a story. I had been estranged from my grandmother for a while before my mother died in 1993. After her death my ex and I went to visit my grandmother. I was telling my ex that she lived in an apartment building with a doorman. He said like Carlton on Rhoda? I said yes. So we walk up to the building and what is the name of the building - "Carlton Towers". Still makes me chuckle.

I stopped at Gymboree before heading back to work - it cheers me up. I got Alan a plaid shirt for back to school and shorts cheap for next summer. I have no idea how I'll be cheered up when Alan outgrows Gymboree - but I have a few years.

Last night we went to Family Dollar (to look for cheap Tom and Jerry DVD's for Alan - they had none) and the Bergen Mall to return the defective shoes for Alan to Payless. Sadly checking all of the shoe places in the mall turned up no shoes for Alan I liked - I'm looking for a brown casual that either slips on or velcros with a sneakery bottom (not a dress shoe flat one) in size 11. Afterwards Alan was saying he wanted a burger so we went to Burger King. Blech - it was slow and disorganized. They almost gave us fries not the applesauce we ordered - they switched it but some fries fell out in the bag - so he wound up with some fries. They were out of the Ant Bully toys for kids meals - we got some paper dinosaur thing that Alan didn't care for. And Alan drank the juice, ate the fries, some of the applesauce and the pickles but not the burger. I wish we'd just gone home - it was late already.

Mark's following up on some health stuff - nothing serious - but he needs to switch allergy medicines (possibly causing a fast heart rate) and get a colonoscopy (family history). And a friend suggested a nutritionist so we could all eat better - anyone ever use one (is it covered by insurance?)

I scheduled a checkup for myself yesterday. Amazingly enough there was an opening on the day I'm working from home next month. I'm still waiting on the results from yesterday's visit - but the blood test is in. Hopefully it will be a continue as usual and I won't need more tests for a while.