Alice's Restaurant

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    Here's a little update on my HRT:

    As I mentioned before, the doctor put me on some new meds for my high cholesterol.  We did another blood test last week.  While my bad cholesterol was down, my liver count rose a little.  Not a lot, but enough for him to notice.  There is no danger at all, though, so it wasn't anything to worry about.  He took me off the meds at once and wants to test me again in two weeks.

    He brought up how he wants to do this before sending me to the endo for HRT.  The blood test will be done in two weeks, and he'll call me with the results.  If that looks fine, and the liver number goes back down, we'll proceed from there.  He did say that the meds can play with the liver count.

    The other big news - for me, at least - is that I heard back from the publisher concerning the 100% review.  As I expected, they are requesting some revisions, and what they want should take me only a few days to complete.  I have the next several days and/or evenings set aside for this work.  Once this is completed, and submitted, I get that long overdue paycheck as the book then moves into production.  That means my bank account can breathe a little easier.

    Josie is doing fine and kicking butt at school.  She also had a great interview for an internship spot.  But that's her story to tell.

    I am finally off this almost month-long bad mood.  A lot of things were getting to me.  But I am fine now.

    Last week, on Thanksgiving morning, I drove out to Indiana to go help out Carlita, who was having some car trouble.  On the way back I heard something on the radio that I hadn't heard in years (and I mean in YEARS!).  It was Arlo Guthrie's infamous "Alice's Restaurant."  What a pleasure!

    You can get anything you want at Alice's Restaurant.