one whole week of vacation nearly done. i do not feel panicked as i have another whole week. it would be nice if i were, oh, don’t know, in disneyland or jamaica or sorrento or something, but it wil be in the high 80’s today, and i see more lounging poolside and beachside and barside in my future.

a few updates (since i am a slug):

• maggie had her follow up appt. on tuesday. we went to a new vet that is close by and highly recommended. i liked him. he was kind and a little indulgent but seemed to be an excellent clinician. he put mags through a thorough exam and she let him manipulate her hips and can achieve pert near 180′ extension through the pelvis. didn’t seem to bother her. so, he releases her to activity ad lib. and hold the meds. if it returns, we shall restart the drugs i have left – which i feel good i’ve got some pain meds and anti-inflammatories for her – and go back to the vet. yesterday was our most active day and she just barked her furry head off yesterday evening which was annoying as hell.
• it’s oaks day people – if that means something to you, you are from louisville. tomorrow is derby day – have i done a damn thing? no. but i will have some folks over and just have an extremely casual hanging out in a place with a big TV and an actual couch or two. nice!
• wrists/hands-settled to a dull dull roar. neck/shoulder:wtf? i keep thinking – is this the beginning of “the end”???? is this how falling apart in your forties begins? i don’t see massage boy for another week. i ended up not rowing last night in open row as my right side feels better in the morning, like now, and slowly gets worse over the day. i am hoping that means, though, that it IS more musculo than skeletal. but apparently i would rather whine about it and fret than go to the doctor. the problem there is, i feel like now i have had all this wrist stuff going on and now i have this neck shoulder thing and they are going to go “cuckoo!”  so i keep hoping i will feel really really better over night.. or the weekend…. or by tuesday..
• got the teeny tiny podcast out! very exciting to me and very wonderful to have so many friends give such positive feedback! not going to link to it, you know where it is! and i have probably pestered YOU about it already!
• i still have no idea what i am going to do next week. i really need to drive to some places, but my neck hurts. whiney whiney whiney. i must say though, that i have cleaned my carpets, rearranged my furniture, did my bills, got the podcast out and have the next one ready, gotten massages, gone out, flirted (woohoo!), drug out the summer clothes, gone for 2 runs, watched star wars V, and thats the short list…