walking in snow

 

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas

I finally got to experience a white Christmas, and it was magical!

The locals all kinda grumbled about the snow, but every five minutes or so, I exclaimed happily, "It's snowing!!"

Fortunately I was indoors most of the day, but I also had warm outerwear for when I had to go outside.  I had lovely new chenille gloves and a fur boa.   So much fun!  My sparkly tights maybe weren't my best wardrobe choice, but they looked fabulous with my sweater dress and snow boots!

blood doesn't lie

I went to my new primary doctor, and she was most excellent.  She didn't lecture me about not wanting flu shots or invasive screening procedures.  She simply notated on my chart that I wasn't interested.  What?!!  That's so fucking lovely.  No arguments, no having to say "I don't want that" more than once.  It was very refreshing.

She examined me, and said I was in fantastic health.  Yay!

And because I make my coffee fun with egg and such in it, she wouldn't draw my blood because I wasn't technically fasting.  It took 2.5 weeks for an appointment to get my labs done elsewhere.  Who knew that was in such high demand?  It wasn't even a covid-19 testing facility.

Anyway, that came back, too, and it's brilliant!

I started crying when I saw my hemoglobin firmly in the healthy range.  I suffered so many years being anemic.  It feels so much better, mentally and physically, to be healthy.