Into town and back to a surprise, or two.

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I was amazed at how easy it was to get out.  I was running late, mind you.  But with the appointment being variable (they are kind to us at the heart transplant clinic), I can run a wee late and not be too late.  Then I hit the roads.  I never thought to review the weather.  And I took the pass!  I thought I was going to be seriously late, possibly too late.  It was snowing in the pass.  I was just hoping it wouldn't rain, or that it hadn't rained.  I just went the speed of other vehicles, making sure no one rode my bumper.  Really?  In potentially freezing conditions, people still ride bumpers?  Yes.  A#@$#$2s.  But your dearest Doom has a way of dealing with these people, rain or shine.  And texters?  Talking on the phone in an animated manner?  Eating?  Yep, saw many doing that.  Seriously people?

Never mind.  I kept it together, better than usual.  I simple drove at mid to lower speeds compared with other traffic and whatever would happen would happen.  Oddly, I somehow still made it pretty much on time.  Don't ask me.  On days when I start earlier, a lot earlier, I still only seem to get there a bit earlier.  I just don't understand some things.  Although... I may start timing the things, speed, comparing mileage, and a few other things.  If there is only an half hour difference, with greater stress and expense at the higher speed, I may just relax my way there.  Yeah, I know what they say.  But, true to my convictions, I have to see it, prove it out, and realize it myself.  I really do.  No, I don't believe.  We will see.  By the way, the best scientists aren't the ones who prove what they believe, but disprove it.  The ones who prove what they believe are more likely to have inserted bad assumptions, data, or miscalculations, assuming the whole thing isn't a fraud.  Remember that.  It's okay to be wrong, it is NOT okay to prove out wrong and still not accept it.

I did make it to town on the way back.  I didn't do everything I wanted to do, I forgot what I needed for my bank stop.  I did stop for coffee and tobacco, and added stores.  I'm telling you, I am getting a creepy feeling lately.  It has relaxed a bit, but I still feel like we are walking on ice, or I am.  Something is off.  It's not my mood, it's not my health, it is 'out there'.  Could just be personal, just mine, but I don't think so.  So... I am stocking up, putting some extra supplies up, checking the supplies I have with what I can give to that chore, and just... listening... watching.  Paranoia, if it exists, is no more a bad thing than is pain.  While pain hurts, it lets you know something is wrong, often in time to prevent serious damage.  Paranoia?  If you earned it, and I tell you I have, then it is a sense that should not be ignored.  Women have intuition.  They know that there is more than meets the eye to senses and... understandings.  So to with some men who have had to rely on... an ethereal sense.  A flicker in the 'force'.  Something.  Mine has been buzzing lately.

Oh, and I seem to have won the haiku contest!  It was the first of the set.  It was one I wasn't sure I should put out.  Go figure.  I'll be... thinking on that.  Hopefully up by tomorrow, though it might be Friday.  Unless I am dead.  Then, well...  I already told you, I'm not that lucky!  I get this spooky feeling that God will see me married long before He sees me buried.  'You lucky, lucky, bas....  I dream of being married.'  Never mind.  I do think it all funny, here in flesh... mostly.

The appointment went well.  The lowest we could get my bp was 145/92 or so.  It's not bad, but it's not great either.  I've usually been seeing it in the mid130s/mid80s.  Blood sugar was insanely high.  Then again, I've been sampling my mother's Christmas treats.  Yeah, I'll... eat those up fast.  I know, I know, but they can't be allowed to go to waste!  Hmm, yeah.  Oh, and my snow shoes arrived today!  As soon as I can, I want to try them out.  I'm not sure we have enough snow here in the valley, really.  So I may go to one of the camp ground parking spots.  The grounds themselves will be closed, basically, but they are walk in.  Usually they clear the parking spaces near the road, as snow transfer spots and vehicle breakdown areas.  From what I have seen.  Not all of them, but enough to get me into some snow walking areas.  I may also check for snow shoe areas, looking specifically for areas that are less prone to having avalanches.  Oh... I'd survive it.  It's just... those things are always a bit messy and disconcerting.  One more near death tale for you to hear about ad nauseam as well.  :p

Oh, and it isn't just my new doc that reads here.  I thought the others did too, but yeah.  Now I know.  *sniff... sniff, sniff*  Yes I do. 

Later.