icourtland!

can not believe it has been so long since i sat down to write in this little “letter to the world.” been a lot, and not much happening all at once, as usual.

let me see, since we last chatted I have had week-end company (the “other” Mr. Cook from Houston) that was a very nice, if a bit low key visit. usually when he visits we get in a good “visit” to something or someplace we haven’t really been to, this time was more relaxed. a few good meals and some wandering about, but nothing big or forced. i really enjoyed getting to see him and hope he had a good time. it did, however, really make me miss some folks back in the H-place a bit more.

i finished up the recent issue of the magazine with no major drama or trauma – just some minor stuff. went really well, if a bit too slow for my tatse down at the end. but it IS over for now, so in the next few weeks i’m free. love that.

i had my FIRST massage last week. still processing it, so hard to give a good report on that bit. most of the time M comes home so loose and relaxed after his, i didn’t. i have some MAJOR knots going on in my back that were focused on, so it was more painful than relaxing. i should probably go back to have him work on them some more. at least the “first time” bit is done, and i could probably relax into the experiance a bit more. we will see.

and in another first (well – sort of) i made a real appointment with a doctor. getting old sucks, and for some reason i have been really feeling it the last few weeks. that knot i mentioned before may (or may [k]not) be responsible for a recurring constant pain down my left arm. some days i can hardly lift the coffee pot, and that can NOT go on. i figure i should start a regular doctor “thing” so that we can catch anything that might crop up, and having an established doctor is a good thing at any point. my body seems to be settling into some weird places these days, best to see if that means anything.

i hope that the arm thing is a “just take more aspirin” prescription, but after dealing with this on and off for almost two years … yeah i know … “you waited HOW long!??!” so i though it was just an “overstretch” that would get better, and for long months it would. but now it comes back, and i want to know why.

ok – that seems like enough for now