I'm back!!! And leaving again. Bwahaha! See ya suckas!

Since I know you people who read here (all two of you!) are waiting with bated breath for the continuing saga of my thyroid, here's the news:

I gots da Hash. Yep, I've been diagnosed with Hasimoto's Thyroiditis. Bah. It sounds a LOT worse than it is. From everything I've read, for most people it's pretty much the same as having general run of the mill low thyroid. My doc wants me to change my diet a little though, because I also have slightly high glucose and maybe a touch of anemia. No WONDER I've been so tired and cranky.

I'm on new meds. My sense of humor is returning, even if I still huff and puff walking uphill to the bus. Note: my JUVENILE sense of humor. The sense of humor that has me singing "Willie and the Poor Boys" to the dogs, and when I get to the part that says "bring your nickel," (which I always mistakenly sing "grab your nickel..." you see where this is going...) that's right. "GRAB YOUR NIPPLE, STAMP YOUR FEET... BWAHAHAHAHA!!!" I giggled for a half an hour over that one. Then sang it again and giggled more.

Life is good again.

So the brain fog is lifting. Hopefully the energy levels will start coming back up too. I'm so pissed though, if somebody, ANYBODY, had bothered to check for this a few years ago I might have saved myself the extra 35 lbs or so I'm packing around. Grrrr... I'm convinced this is not a new health development, but one that has been lurking for years, probably all the way back to the first time I got diagnosed with possible hypothyroid over 12 years ago. The symptom picture was not quite right though, so nothing was ever done.

Enough about my damn glandular issues.

I'm SO EXCITED! I finally got a real macro lens, whoohoooo! See that first picture? at the very top? Those are allium flowers. You know the big purple globes? These:

Yeah, that freakin' rocks. Here are a couple more:

It's awesome for telephoto too:

Tomorrow morning I leave with my bro for a roadtrip. My first roadtrip of any length since I smushed my car 2 years ago. Still dealing with some PTSD from that accident and the one where the kid hit us in October. We'll see how it goes. I have medication for Murphy's anxiety and carsickness, maybe I should get some valium or something for me. Ha!

Yes, the mutts are going too. Should be interesting. We're headed down to Modesto. I have a camera bag/backpack coming from B & H, which arrived today just in time, so I'm taking the gear. 2 days on the road, 3 days of leisure time, I should have time for photos. :) Take that, thyroid, I'm shooting again. Phhhhbt!

In toy news: Danbo has a new friend. She's keen on showing Big Danbo, aka: Danbota, all about her neighborhood. First they learned about tea:

Next they learned about poppets:

"Danbo, what are they looking at?"

"I don't know, Danbota. They always do that. I think maybe they are birdwatchers."

"I don't see any birds..."

"No, but they're pretty nice to be around so I figure the imaginary birds aren't too creepy."

"Okay... what kind of imaginary birds are they?"

Well, that wraps it up for now. Be back later.