1. It's been an interesting week so far and should continue to be. I had a doctor's appointment yesterday, one today, and another tomorrow (nothing to be concerned about, just routine stuff). Later today I'll be having an in-home interview for a psych study about charitable giving. Tomorrow night I'll be sleeping alone for the first time in a long time while hawkorhandsaw stays overnight at a sleep study.

That all sounds boring but it's pretty busy compared to my usual unemployed routine. I just got back from the eye doctor. Best eye doctors I've ever seen, seriously. First, they were EXTREMELY thorough with their exam and found out I have dry eyes, which have been causing a lot of my issues wearing contacts. They also give me new multifocal lenses for my right eye and much better lenses for my left, where I'm astigmatic. I have really poor vision (as in I am pretty much helpless beyond reading something right in front of me) without my contacts/glasses so having almost 20/20 vision for the first time since I started wearing them is pretty awesome. AND because I mentioned that money was tight they set up a really good deal for me with a year supply of contacts at just above $100. So yeah, for Chicago people: I highly recommend Visionary Eye Care. I've been seeing eye doctors once or twice a year since I was 10 and I've never had such good service.

2. I've been kinda-sorta re-watching all of Nip/Tuck, in that I like background noise so when I'm Internet surfing during the day, I play episodes in the background. I forgot how fucking ridiculous (in a hilarious way) that show got. I think I kept watching because each new crazy thing actually shorted out my brain a little bit. What's weird to me is that the plots on Dexter sometimes get equally ridiculous, but they still feel more believable. Perhaps because Dexter as a show kind of exists in it's own little bubble world whereas Nip/Tuck includes more of the outside world in it's plot. I have no idea.

3. I've been watching lots of movies lately as well. I watched Aftershock last week and while cheesy at times it was touching. On a completely different route, I watched Martyrs, which managed to hit all my squick points for horror movies, to the point where I was actually cowering on the couch with my hands over my eyes. And this is coming from a person who loves horror movies but is rarely very scared by them. A movie not for the faint of heart, visually or emotionally, but a good one.

4. Can't think of much else to report. In less than two weeks I'll be in Aruba with Daniel and his family. I'm nervous about going through TSA but really excited about visiting my first tropical area. And getting away from the cold!