Frog and Goat

I had an appointment with the endocrinologist this morning and while waiting I cracked myself up. I took off my jacket and then sat in the chair with my feet scrunched up in my shoes and I sat on my hands. Nothing like being the poster child for hypothyroidism while sitting in the endocrinologist’s office (cold extremities are a frequent complaint).

My doctor’s staff is awesome. They are incredibly friendly and really do a fine job. I was telling the better-half that I get slightly different treatment there than other patients though. Shocking as it may seem, it must be my stunning personality because it is all “hey how are you, what’s going on, let’s chat” when I’m signing in and when I’m booking my next appointment. This is not business as usual because as I was sitting there trying to warm up my feet and hands, another patient walked in and it was just a polite “Good Morning”.

Maybe I score extra points because in the seven years I’ve been a patient, I’ve never whined or complained once. The other patients I’ve seen there are not usually in an obvious good mood. My only piece of advice for them is that whatever is wrong with your system wasn’t caused by the staff so lighten up.

Yesterday we were at the new house and since the surveyors had recently marked the property lines we took a little walk in the woods. Our house sits on what used to be an old farm or logging road so there’s a definite spot where the vegetation hasn’t overgrown. We started there and headed towards the line.

We got several dozen yards into the walk and found part of an old truck carcass. We didn’t spot an engine or transmission system so we’re fine with leaving it there to finish its rusting process. Before you peg us for total hicks, it isn’t something you can even remotely see from the house or yard. And, besides, how do you get it out of there? We walked a little more and then found another part of the carcass. I joked that they were riding down the road; the truck went off the road and then exploded. In actuality it is hard to know if the two carcasses are even from the same vehicle. A more accurate history is we were probably walking through an ancient burial ground for big old trucks (hehe). As we were checking out the second set of dead truck bones, I pointed to an object through the trees.

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Yesterday we went to a local retailer to check out appliances. Our plan had been to hit the local guy and then hit one of the big box stores but we never made it to the big box. I’m not sure that we will. It was really great to have someone talk to us about our needs, how we use kitchen appliances and then explain which ones would be fits for us. He even pointed us to a couple of less expensive models explaining that if we don’t need the features then don’t spend the money for them.

He wrote up the order with all the model numbers and their prices and then told us to go home and look them up on the internet or in Consumer Reports and then come back. Wha? Did we just slip into another dimension? We weren’t pushed to buy anything or sign up for store credit. We spent about an hour with the salesman and he let us walk out without closing the deal. Will we go back? I bet for the majority of the pieces we will.

We just got back from a celebratory lunch at Chipotle and I’m happy to announce we’re the proud owners of the new house. We both had Carnitas burritos (his with pinto and mine with black beans).

Now, if we get over to the new house and the power isn’t on, I may have to go off on Dominion Virginia Power. Note to the CEO, you may want to initiate a lockdown at your office if my power isn’t on. You were supposed to do it yesterday.