Thursday, 04 September, 1997 08:17

I woke up after my "nap" about 19:45. I had been wanting to get up earlier, but I just couldn't drag myself out of bed. I remember awakening at about 18:00 and thinking I should get up but I drifted back to sleep; I guess I must've needed it.

As I was taking a shower before I came in, J.D. called; I haven't talked to him in quite a while, so we had an enjoyable conversation. He is back to school, taking 12 hours but attending classes for 15; I don't understand that part, but it sounds like a lot of work.

So, after talking to J.D., I completely forgot to take my pills. I need to check my blood pressure tonight to make sure that it stays down where it should be.

I really love this cool, fall-like weather, and I hope that it stays around for a couple of weeks. We deserve it, after the horrible hot and humid summer that we've had...

I got an "attaboy!" for working over Tuesday morning, but the supervisor put down that I had worked over after an eight-hour shift, not a twelve. I will correct her on that one!

There is a rather large family hanging around the smoking area, waiting for someone to have a baby. They've been here since 07:00 this morning, and they are starting to get goofy. It is hilarious listening to the conversation between them. There must be ten of them, but they're never all there at the same time, and there are some that don't smoke and I've never seen... they are getting talked about a lot. If they only knew... they'd brave the smoke just to chill the gossip!

Here's another of that cache of pix that Tyler found for me... this one is of mom and dad in maybe 1938? Certainly a handsome young couple, weren't they?

I have several others that I will share with you over the next couple of weeks, some of them more recent and even in color!

I need to call my doc this morning and set up an appointment. I believe that I have epididimitis, which is not a fun thing at all. For those of you not medically inclined, my testicles hurt. If that's still too much for you to grasp, my balls are sore. This is a condition that I want to be cured of as soon as possible. It's been building up for a week or more (I kept hoping that it would Go Away, natch) and I am starting to get miserable from it. And no, it's not something that you "catch", it's just something that happens sometimes.

More tomorrow on the state of my balls...