new strings!

I put on new strings yesterday. The old ones sounded anemic. Note to self: Don't leave it so long nexttime!

One of these days I'm going to try Obligatos. The Evahs are great, and they're LOUD, which is excellent for busking, but Baby is already a loud, bright fiddle, and Obligatos might add warmth.

I scare medical professionals

We did one of those health-screening (cholestoral, blood pressure, etc) things at work today, which I participated in because A) more info is almost always good and B) we get a financial incentive from our health insurance company.

The lady was really sweet and a fellow reynaud's sufferer, which was good, because it was cold in the room and it took her three finger-pricks (and some hand-circles, and judiciously applied gravity) to get enough blood to test.

When between us we finally got enough of my blood, she ran the test, and immediatley went all mother-hen on me.

It was kind of adorable.

"Do you have food at your desk? Can you get to your desk? Do you feel shaky?"

Apparently I have rather low bloodsugar when I haven't had breakfast (fasting was required for accurate results). I assured her I had food, and didn't mention that I had to walk two blocks to the espresso stand to get it.

"Okay, but I don't want to see ambulance lights out there, young lady!"

Unrelated exciting medical news! Male birth control on the horizon? It's about damn time!

Beautiful horsehide stoles! For the real ladies, obviously.

Garden-fever gets worse with planting, not better, so I was cruising the farm/livestock area of craigslist, daydreaming about dairy sheep.

That's why I saw a listing for a mare, 7 years old, APHA, who "Leads easy, brushes, is calm for furrier."

The recession must be worse than I thought.



Later: SHEEP!