My Royal Highness Toe

My big toe has gout, again. I wish they had a better name for it. Gout, while the curse of royalty, is more closely identified as the curse of over indulgence. I kind of wish it had a name that invoked a little more sympathy. It's painful, it deserves more! I get hit once or twice a year. If I attack it early with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, I can usually send it packing. Here's hoping. At least I can still get shoes on and walk. Hopefully it will go away soon.

Last night's baseball game was really kind of amazing. The game itself was pretty cool. I was watching Twitter scroll by as I watched the TV. All of a sudden everyone in my Twitter feed was a baseball fan. It was amazing and fun. And the game was a lovely ending to a pretty spectacular season. The pitcher who got the 'save' - was on the mound for the Cubs when they won - was a guy who played for the Mariners until the middle of the Summer. The Mariners have never played in the World Series at all but at least we're now kind of one degree from it.

So now we wait until Spring training. 3 months. I'll be ready.

This bear got finished during the game:

My tweets

• Wed, 12:55: Personally, I would have to train to even drive this route… https://t.co/pvb1SulXEd https://t.co/EXx7sYtlfY
• Wed, 17:17: Dear everybody, I voted already. You can quit calling now.
• Wed, 20:14: RT @joshwolfcomedy: Holy fucknuts. #WorldSeries
• Wed, 20:23: My Twitter feed is really stepping up to this #WorldSeriesGame7 - what a fun evening!
• Wed, 20:35: RT @burnie: Prediction: Cubs win popular score, Cleveland wins electoral.

Gout better but...

This morning I felt weird ignored it but then, while sewing away, all of a sudden I was exhausted. Not sleepy, but just so tired. So I laid down on the bed which felt luxurious and then slept for an hour. I hate napping. I resent the time and I don't like groggy when I wake up. But today's nap just fixed everything. I woke up totally refreshed and feeling fine. My gout is even better and I forgot to take the mid-day pill for it. Wild. and Weird.

I went back to sewing. I have an el-cheapo Amazon Fire tablet that I watch and listen to podcasts and occasionally TV on next to my sewing machine. Because the speaker's crap, I use a portable bluetooth speaker with it. Well, today the speaker started crapping out. This is a good speaker but it's old. I have an Amazon Basic speaker somewhere but couldn't find it. In the hunt, however, I found a different blue tooth speaker and set it up. It's MUCH better than the broken one ever was. I'm so delighted that I'm not even embarrassed that I have so many bluetooth speakers around that I cannot even keep up with them. Well, ok, a little embarrassed.

I got my welcome package today from my new insurance and I'm impressed. My old insurance last year sent me a welcome package that was at least 3 pounds of paper. It was for a medicare policy. Who the fuck on medicare is going to live long enough to read all that shit??????

Humana sent me a one page letter with my new card attached and a very attractive 12 page booklet that answered all my questions perfectly adequately. I hope their insurance works fine because I really like them so far. Oh and one of my biggest peeves about last year's insurance was NO online anything. They did not even have an email address or online contact form. Humana has a very nice online account system. I was able to get my account all set up and ready for when the insurance kicks in come January.

I was trying to figure out if I should get my hair cut this week or just grow it out some. It looks nice now so I hate to cut it but it's getting kind of raggity in spots. I decided to decide later and then, just now, I got an email for a free cut on Nov 30! I signed up a long time ago to be a hair model for my shop's training classes. I've gotten several free hair cuts and a couple of free colorings out of the deal. I never know when I'm going to be asked so it's not something I can plan for. Usually it's very last minute but this woman is on top of it (impressive). By November 30, I'll look like Sasquatch. Ha!

I finished up two dolls and now, I need to line them up for photos and then pack them all in their travel bags.

The class of October

Both link to MUCH bigger versions.