Today is a teacher's holiday, so I set it aside to do my semi-annual bloodletting at my doctor's office. His office is in downtown DC so I got to see the Capitol Dome all gussied up in scaffolding for its latest facelift.
The stats are good: BP 126/80 resting heart rate 60 bpm. Weight unchanged. But the bloodletting? No longer on the premises. I had to drive several blocks over to a place that only does bloodletting... This costs me $12.50 on its own and another $12.00 for parking to go with the $18.00 parking fee from the first office with it's $15.00 co-pay. I know. I KNOW. I have excellent insurance coverage and very grateful for that. But what cost me altogether only $19.00 two years ago is now costing me $57.50. At least the flu shot was included...
------ A few hours later.... I FEEL AWFUL! Got my flu shot this morning....lot's of localized fever, aching in my joints and headache.... Thank the Atoms & Void it's only a wee version of the real deal...
I was born on a bitterly cold end of January night in the year 1961. It was seven years to the day after the birth of Oprah Winfrey, and one year before the death of Robert Frost on that same day. Cool associations both.
I was the first child of older parents (my mother was 42). I love the color yellow. I am single, and fascinated with life.
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