fun times

Well, here it is - one of the statue pictures. How fun to have my whole family there, to share the moment. I went to Holly's party afterward, and had a grand time bonding with everyone. We made plans with Deb and Gabe for dinner, and Lisa Lee and Max for dinner - I hope Steve doesn't mind. We don't go out much, well, okay, NEVER, so it's time to start, right?

I had my yearly exam today, and told my doctor I wanted my annual tests run, but she said no - it's abusive to our health care system to call for unnecessary tests on healthy people. I told her, "Listen - I AM healthy - I exercise, I am a good weight, I eat well. I only come in here once a year for my exam and for the tests. I don't go to the hospital or clinic, I'm not on any prescription meds - I'M not the one costing the health care system - I PAY IN $7000 a year for insurance, and we don't come anywhere NEAR using that. So how am I abusing the system?" Well, she said, multiply people like you by the thousands, and there you have the problem - healthy people getting unnecessary tests. I'm still a little angry. Shouldn't I be allowed to have these preventative tests every year, if that's the only thing I do? But she caved a little, and is letting me get my blood sugar and cholesterol checked. I'll see if I can go somewhere else to get the total blood count, and thyroids, and any other tests I want. Do you think that's fair? Okay, I'm mildly ranting, so I'll calm down. My blood pressure was fabulous (despite this rant), and when I mentioned my hair was falling out - a lot - she said that grief and stress was the major cause of hair loss, so that makes me feel a lot better. It also made me feel a lot better to hear her tell me I'm healthy, and not to worry.

So I won't - I'll enjoy the rest of this morning before my Symphony board meeting - maybe go for a long, slow walk, or meditate some more. Although the sun is shining, it feels like a lazier day to me, but then lately, they've ALL seemed like lazy days, even if we ran around this whole weekend. As Scarlett O'Hara says, "Tomorrow is another day." And I want to express my sadness of the passing of Paul Newman - he was a great guy. That's the only part about this mortality stuff - it's finite. Fun times, fun times.