i feel good. really good. after the gall bladder came out i didn't know how bad i'd been feeling. the dr did some blood work over a week ago and called last night while i was on the road from the visitation. he left a message with hubby, so i called him this morning.

kinda scary when the dr calls on a sunday night, ya know?

anyhoo, my cholesterol is 235. and i've been vegetarian for almost a year. the only thing i eat with cholesterol in it is cheese, and not all that often.

he says it's probably hereditary. yeah, from daddy.

i'm picturing dad now looking like a plate of sausage, like on the tv commercials, ya know?

so i'm gonna start walking - yes, tonight, in this extreme heat - and drinking red wine. (i knew there had to be a medicinal reason i should drink!!) actually, this same dr told me last year that i should drink some wine before bed each night since i wasn't sleeping well. red isn't my favorite, but it's still good.

maybe i'll start that tomorrow since i'm already on my 2nd glass of white tonight.

the lady i cleaned for today told me that high cholesterol can be part of menopause too. it happened to her. but, the hormone patches used for it can maybe cause certain types of cancer, so i don't wanna go there unless i have to.

and the cholesterol lowering medications have so many possible side effects, i don't wanna go there either, unless i have to.

i was so disappointed. i thought it would be really low.

it's always sumpin, huh???

course i'm gonna die from west nile before i really have to worry about heart disease from high cholesterol. the skeeters are worse than ever, and we also have about a dozen gnats in the house. what gives???

did i say i'll be glad when fall comes?

the heat, by itself, doesn't bother me. it's just everything that comes with it that does.

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katherine cooked another outstanding meal tonight. (forgive me if i continue to brag). we had talapia with lemon, garlic, olive oil, and fresh parsley. we also had fresh sauteed spinach and mushrooms with tomato pesto over whole wheat linguni,and bread. daddy came over to eat and said it was "restaurant" quality and the best meal he'd had in ages.

it was damn good.

i've decided to start eating fish again, but not shellfish, because of the cholesterol thing, and also because katherine cooked it. how could i not??? i know, tilapia isn't going to help my cholesterol, but the olive oil is good for it (the LDL was low too).

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hot hot hot

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tomorrow evening we have an association board meeting. i guess i'll be vp on the board at that time, and the other 2 assholes (if they show up) will be off.

yeah, can't wait for that. right.

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i guess i'd better go spray myself down with off again and get walking. ugh. the shower afterward will be lovely, tho. i'm taking cold ones these days, and not even our cold water is cold.

xoxo