You know what's hard? Remembering your passwords after 3 wks of vacation.

Welcome back. I think it shows that your brain relaxed.

It's the Mongol Derby!

Do you have to carry your own yurt?

All that snow everyone else was having? We're getting it as rain...with gale force winds. Yuck.

yuck. I hate cold rain. It's 28 here and man my house just is not well insulated. heater is just chugging away to keep it in the high 60s in here.

It's the Mongol Derby!

I know someone who did the Mongol Rally, which is in cars, from... France? I dunno, some long distance.

I might give in and start using the heaters, since it was 65 in my apartment this morning. But there is just so little time that I'm home and awake, in general! We'll see how long I can hold out.

You ride native Mongol horses. 14 hours on horseback a day - at the end of that I don't think you give a damn where you sleep. Unless there is a hot spring or sauna available.

With the wind chill it feels like 23 here.

With the wind chill it feels like 2 here. That's F, not C.

I've been sick basically since the end of October, and I called my doctor's office this morning. The doctor I always see, the one I love, can't see me until Wednesday. Other doctors in the practice could see me today.

This is a dilemma for me, because I really want to get rid of this 8-week cough/sore throat/ick (assuming there's anything the doctor can do; I still suspect it's all viral, although I think after 8 weeks maybe it's not), so I'd rather see someone today.

The dilemma is that I *also* need to talk to the doctor, rather desperately so, about my antidepressants. Big time. I can't even talk about it here, but things have been REALLY bad the past month. (Short version: I can't stop crying. Like, ever.) And I *definitely* don't want to see a strange doctor about my antidepressant.

So. I could just wait until Wednesday and let Good Doctor take care of the Ick and the AD. Pro: one visit, one copay. Con: 3 more days until this illness is addressed. Or I could see a strange doctor today for the Ick and go back Wednesday to see Good Doctor. Pro: the Ick gets addressed now. Con: 2 visits, 2 copays.

I already talked to the doctor's office and scheduled the Wednesday appointment, so that's a done deal. I just can't decide whether to see a strange doctor today for my Ick. I mean, it's gone on this long, I feel like 3 more days is no big deal. Other than the fact that I feel horrible.

Cancelling Wednesday is not an option. Good Doctor is the only one I'll discuss ADs with.

Bah. I don't even know what to do.

Hmmm, it seems likely that the Minnesotans may be the only people who are experiencing colder temperatures than I am.

Steph, if you toughed it out this long, wait until Wednesday. My Dr. is a teaching doc, so I always have the option of getting in to see a resident quickly and I often regret it.