I've had surgeries before... I had a septoplasty when I was 17, a fusion to a disc in my neck in 2008, and had my gallbladder out in 2009, but I don't remember how long before the surgeries I had to have the testing done. I didn't have the heart problem until the OD in 2014, so it wasn't an issue for the prior surgeries. I would like to get the pre-screening done ASAP so I don't have to worry about it anymore.

My husband DID take me out to lunch on Saturday!
I had a HUGE piece of lovely chocolate cake with fudge layers and two scoops of vanilla ice cream for dessert. I haven't had anything remotely like that in what seems like forever, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Diet rules don't apply when your husband finally takes you out somewhere, right? I still haven't weighed myself since because I'm afraid to

We went to buy a TV, and the first salesman we talked to was a young fast talking condescending ***hole. We told him what we wanted to spend and he showed us something more than three times that amount. When we told him that was too much, he showed us something twice as much. When it became apparent that he wouldn't show us anything cheaper, I asked why they carried all the other TVs and why other people bought them, he actually said, "ignorance is bliss." At that point, I leaned in to look at his name tag and said, "BRIAN, I think we're just going to look around on OUR OWN." After finding another salesman and letting him know from the outset what we were looking for, we were at the register paying for our TV 15 minutes later.

On the way home, my husband had a hard time navigating the (pretty dangerous) parking lot, lost his ****, and drove home like a ****ing psycho. Then he lost his temper a million times trying to set the TV up when we got home. I was getting pretty ticked off because I felt like he was being ungrateful. It wasn't until a couple of hours (and several beers) later that he finally sat back, relaxed, and started to really appreciate the TV. Now he's very happy with it because it IS pretty awesome and he had been bothered for a long time because we never have anything nice or new because we're always struggling financially. I pretty much knew that already, and that's why I was okay with the TV purchase.

Our Federal tax refund is due to be direct deposited on Thursday. It isn't that big, but it's big enough to cover the cost of the TV with a little bit left over. Our state refund isn't much to write home about.