disappearing is not good

When I take off for a few days, it's because I'm being naughty. Case in point: making sugar cookies. I bought some cookie cutters (I plan on making Xmas gifts this year) and I wanted to test them out (having never baked before) and they work well. Now put the cookies away/give them away before I eat everything.

I'll be honest - these last few days have been crap, emotional eating. I'm spending Thanksgiving away from my family and it really, really bites. I am big on family. I am big on holidays. I am big... period.

So I'll take tonight to drink some water, drink some coffee and work on my thesis. To breathe and let go of the anxiety of the last few days. I am alive, I am healthy and my family is all well and healthy. I just have to remember that and breath.

and she's done with the doctor

Well, the outcome is what I expected. Somewhat embarrassing, somewhat liberating. Although it's never good to have bad news, at least I know what it is and I can work towards healing now. The doctor herself was very kind, compassionate and professional. Even though I was practically lying half-nekked in front of her, letting her poke around my nether regions. Yay for me.

I also got some great exercise in that I normally wouldn't have by walking around downtown - all hilly - looking for the walk-in clinic. It's all about the positive.

finding a new family doctor

I've lived in my new city for a year and today is the first time that I need a doctor. It kind of sucks but it can't wait so I'm on the prowl to find me a female family physician, which apparently, is like finding the perfect bannock recipe - nice to think about, but unrealistic.

And to make matters worse, the area in question happens to be on the very upper area of my thigh, you know, that wonderful soft and fleshy place where thighs rub together and skin never sees the light of day... yeah, that place.

So I have to find a new doctor and essentially strip in front of them from the waist down, let them push aside my folds of upper thigh fat, and peer into my crotch region. Wonderful. I feel giddy already.