Update..

I received a call from Dr. Puhalla on Monday, November 16th. She said she had been keeping an eye out for my bloodwork to check my creatonine and hadn't seen it come in. I told her that I was waiting for a spot so that I had longer to get the numbers down. She said she'd rather I did it now so that if they needed to work on it, they had time. I went in on Wednesday, the 18th for the bloodwork. It took two tries to get it out of me. The arm didn't work so they went for the back of the hand.

Dr. Puhalla's assistant called me on Friday, the 20th and left a voice mail stating that the numbers looked good. Yipee! When I had spoken to Dr. P on Monday, she said that she expected a spot for me in the next 4 weeks. I'm hoping...

On Wednesday, the 25th, I received a call at work from my cousin, Karen. Turns out she and her husband, Ron, were in the area (they live in Grand Rapids, MI) and wanted to stop by and see me. They had been using their GPS to get from Michigan to West Virginia and ended up by us. Considering they were on their way to Morgantown, WV to see Ron's niece, it didn't put them too far out of the way but it was fun razzing him about it. He's a retired Lieutenant Colonel in the army. How could you miss WV and end up in PA? :)

I'm still feeling okay. A small problem with allergies which is making my asthma kick up a tad, but other than that, feeling good. I'm working too much (end of the month crunch) and need to cut back on that. 12-hour days don't do anyone any good.

Oh yeah! John got the Christmas lights up outside yesterday. I'll have to take a picture tonight and upload. My favorite time of year, however, I had hoped last year by this time this year, my travails would be a distant memory. Oh well...

I also received my Steeler's Breast Cancer awareness cap in the mail. I had ordered in October and finally got it last week.

John presented me with my repaired engagement ring all shiny and new (new setting) on Wednesday. Now I need to get the wedding band cleaned so it looks as nice as the engagement ring.

It's late Sunday afternoon and I think I'm going to head out to Barnes & Noble. I have a coupon for 40% off one item and I'm thinking tea. I really like their peppermint tea. I need more for home. I may also pick up another heater that I saw on sale for up here in the office.

Steelers on at 8! Too bad I won't be awake to watch the entire game.

Still waiting....

Still waiting for a call to say I have a spot. I've sent 2 emails to let them know I'm still interested. Still feeling fine. Let's get a move on!