medicolegal x7

1. eliot's sutures came out yesterday. i didn't do it and he didn't do it; they were taken out professionally. the original appointment for suture removal was on thursday, the day before yesterday, but eliot apparently found out about it and hid under the porch. he was unreachable. yesterday, however, i was able to snag him and i brought him in. his scar looks good, i was told. it certainly looks good to me. he healed fine. good little elly belly. fine boy.
   
2. we bought this book, human anatomy, in seattle last weekend. i love it. it's anatomic drawings through the centuries. i don't know why but i get a kick out of these drawings. they're fantastic. if you're interested, here's the isbn: 0-8109-5545-8.
3. recently i went to a doctor for the first time in a long time, and boy was that ever a mistake. i had to get blood drawn, and i think i've mentioned my feelings regarding needles. when the lab work came back i learned that my fats are all screwy. my good fats, which are supposed to be high, are low, and my bad fats, which are supposed to be low, are high. so it's fish oil pills for me. and in a few weeks i go under the needle again.
4. i just finished working out for the day. it felt good. actually, i overdid it a bit and got a little nauseated, but i feel much better now. i'm not sure if i'll work out again tomorrow but i certainly will on monday. i will establish a routine, i pledge. it's a good machine, our new machine, and with its help soon kara and i will look like this. sweet!
   
5. veering away from medical-slash-health issues, i went and had a coffee this morning and brainstormed about the november thing. i had what appeared at the time to be good ideas. now i have a title, four characters, and a very vague story arc. that's plenty. for the next couple of weeks i'm going to try not to think about it, and we'll see how the act of breakneck writing deviates from these hesitant plans.
6. kara is out right now with a couple of colleagues, shopping at (gad) the mall, because she's been subpoenaed. it's one of the perks of being a legal clerk for the medical records department in a major hospital system. she wants something professional-looking.
7. in other legal news, i have mixed feelings about my upcoming jury duty. i recently learned that although three counties in the great state of washington have increased the monetary compensation for serving on a jury, the county in which i live has not. for serving on a jury i will receive a whopping $10 a day. i'm interested in sitting on the jury and hearing the case and learning the process, but the drastic decrease in financial gain during that time will be stifling.

that's it for now i think. i think i'll go watch a movie or something. maybe i'll read some more nicola.