his journal. The funny parts of yesterday: 1. We left the house about five minutes early so we could swing by McDonald’s for an Egg McMuffin and Diet Coke for me. After driving out of our subdivision, Fred took a left. “Did you check the forum this morning?” I asked. At the same moment, I saw a McDonald’s bag that had been tossed onto someone’s front lawn, debris scattered for several feet. “No,” Fred said. “How RUDE,” I said about the person who’d tossed the trash out their car window. “I checked my MAIL!” Fred said indignantly, taking offense at my attack on his character, and then added “There was none. Obviously my readers don’t love me.” It took me a moment to realize why he was so indignant, and then I laughed for a good several minutes. So did he once I’d explained it to him. 2. Dr. B came into the pre-op room where Fred was laying. After talking for a few minutes and drawing lines on Fred’s chest with a marker, he got to talking about weight lifting. Fred bragged about how he’d lifted 63,000 pounds that morning, and Dr. B shook his head admiringly. “Do you hit the weights that hard, too?” he asked me. I nodded. “Well, I can’t lift as much as he does, but I lift weights that are heavy for me.” Dr. B began talking about a conference he’d attended, where he’d learned that having your hormones – estrogen, progesterone, testosterone – out of whack could make it more difficult to lose weight, and that I should set up an appointment to have my hormone levels checked. We chatted about that for a few minutes, and then he left to go do his thing. Five minutes later, it hit me. I turned to Fred and said “I should have looked all offended and said ‘Are you implying that I’m fat, Dr. B?!'” Fred appreciated that.
He finally decided that he was in enough pain to take one of the Oxycodone Dr. B had prescribed, and then snoozed on and off while I watched Far From Heaven (I liked it. Not loved it, but liked it.).
After napping on and off for most of the afternoon, he felt better, and actually went out to the movie store to rent some more movies for us (Catch Me if You Can, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, and Focus).
So now, you’re up to date on all things And3rson.