I'd go with C, Tom. Phone trees make me nuts and the office might not respond to the pharmacy request.

I've been remarkably productive the last few days. Let's hope it lasts.

This morning one of my friends at the dog park pretty much talked me into not going for the knee surgery, at least yet. Jim walks many miles a day to and from the dog park, plus more walking while there. He does this mostly for his heart, and he is super thin, in a healthy way. He's somewhere in his late 60s and has had bone-on-bone in both knees since his 30s, possibly from a combination of being a boat captain and heredity. We've discussed it before, but he swears the horrific pain from when he first had knee issues was completely resolved decades ago through exercises to strengthen the muscles around the knee, particularly walking. And losing any excess weight. No, the cartilage never grows back, but the surrounding muscles take on the burden. Walking on the beach in particular is helpful because it is all leg muscle work in the deep sand.

I would start with your pharmacy.

No advice, I am bad at all that, but all kinds of ~ma, Tom

The tumblr thing is wild! Wow!

I am working at Panera because it is close to the garage I am taking my car to at 11 and the library is closed for the holiday so this is a good option for free wifi. I wonder if anyone on my Zoom calls will notice...

Pharmacy sent a request to the doctor. We’ll see how this goes.

Good luck with the pharmacy/doctor. I am ever so grateful when the online systems work so I don’t have to call anyone.

Why did I have crazy stress dreams all night that I was going on a trip and hadn’t packed appropriately and was late for leaving for the airport and kept trying to go back and re-pack and make sure I had the things I needed, but kept somehow getting turned around then the realizing I needed/wanted different things (at one point I was convinced I was going on a work trip and had packed something appropriate but then my brain said I was going to a conservative Muslim country and needed to find different more covering clothing?? wtf?). I have no idea where that came from. I am not going on any trips soon.

I am however going to the heated rivalry marathon in the theater this weekend. Hoping they allow you to leave and come back so maybe I skip one or two episodes and go get dinner?? It starts at 3pm!

I don’t think you will need modest clothing for the Heated Rivalry marathon, at least. I hope you can get the meal worked out - I can’t remember how that was handled for the LOtR back in the day, I feel like we got pizza included in the ticket or something? Man, that was a long time ago now.

I’m getting new brake lights installed and really enjoying having a full hour blocked out on my work calendar. Work feels like a lot of work this week.

Movie marathons need food delivered to your seat or a concessions/bathroom break built in.

Argh, I left my phone in the Lyft! Fanfuckingtastic

Argh, I left my phone in the Lyft! Fanfuckingtastic

Gah!

I've been having my usual stress dreams which involve trying to get on planes at the last minute or avoiding checkout in labyrinthine hotels, but last night I had a dream which detoured nicely.

It was a standard unremarkable dream until it shifted and suddenly it was a very high gloss commercial for cinnamon rolls, showing them in closeup as they cooked and expanded in the oven.

It's the nicest dream I've had in a year.

That does sound nice.

I am so frustrated. I can see where my phone was half an hour ago when I am guessing it ran out of juice and am emailing Lyft Support which sounds like a chatbot, cannot tell if that is doing any good or not (cannot log into my Lyft account without my phone, which probably doesn't actually make any difference but is aggravating in these circumstances), I can't log into anything for work except Slack and, like, vendor portals because Duo apparently won't reach my watch if I don't have my phone, and I have no way of getting a ride back to the garage or home or whatever (came to the office to work, where no one else is today) or to hear when my car is ready. I guess I can call the garage with Zoom and ask...

WHINE! GNASHING OF TEETH!