Archive for April 15th, 2003
by Tom on Apr.15, 2003, under Uncategorized
Me and Tara had doctor’s appointments yesterday. Just routine physical/PCP stuff so that if we need to go to a specialist for whatever, we’ll have gone to our “regular” doctor first already. I had blood taken (as did Tara), and we found out today that I’ve got a slightly high cholesterol number (nothing too dramatic), while Tara got some not-so-great news on her end. Nothing life threatening or anything like that, but I’m not going to get into it here, and if you know her, you probably know what I’m talking about anyway.
So, the cholesterol thing is an issue, seeing as how there is a history of heart disease in my family. Again, it’s nothing too bad, it’s just something that’s telling me to get off my ass and make an effort to move, or something similar. Walking is what most doctor-types will tell you to do to start an exercise program, but since I’m not overly a fan of any kind of exercise that I can’t keep score of or mark my accomplishments, I’m just going to have to try to find some other incentive to move my ass. Oh well.
So, Tara’s unhappy about her news, as am I, but with all the shit that’s going on around me, I still think that my life could be a whole hell of a lot worse. In a period of two days, two of my friends lost their fathers; one tragicly, one more predictibly. Having already lost my father some time ago, I know that it can be a real rough thing to go through, especially if it happened suddenly and tragicly. It’s something I don’t have to go through right now, and family is one thing I do have, and that I’m blessed with.
On other notes, Buffy was interesting tonight. There’s finally a real “evil” around again, and a face can be put on it. The religious right should LOVE the fact that the most evil character that the guys have to battle right now goes around dressed in religious garb. As if they didn’t hate the show enough already. Xander losing his eye (I’m assuming) was a pretty lasting image, although it might be because I’ve always identified with Xander a little bit since I started watching the show. It’s odd how certain characters draw you in.
Eh, that’s enough for now.
