TK Sleeptalking

Sometimes I talk to TK and he seems awake, but he's really asleep. This morning around 5 am he had his arm around me.

Mun: I'm gonna get up and go to the bathroom.
TK: Are you going to call someone?
Mun: Like...am I going to call one of the cats? (once I'm in there)
TK: I don't know. I don't work for your organization.

Lost Bitch

I was driving on Gage Avenue in South Central today on an errand for my job and saw a flier someone must have put on a telephone pole looking for a missing person. There was a goofy close-up of a Latino girl and some information about her. Someone had scrawled at the top of the flier, "Lost Bitch."

Depressing and funny at the same time.

Commerce Casino Billboards

Commerce Casino has the oddest ad campaign. TK and I can't quite figure it out. There is a big billboard on Highway 5 that says, "Don't play with yourself. Play with us" and it has pictures of these two weirdos

Are we supposed to want to hang out with them or something?

My fascinating ophthalmologic problems

Since Dr. J injected steroids into the white of my eye, my vision has improved significantly. However, there is still a nagging blind spot. Two weeks ago when I looked at my face in the mirror with my left eye, all I saw was a blurry circle with eyes. One week ago, a mouth started to appear. A couple of days ago, a little bit of a nose started to poke through.

Maybe I will get lucky and be able to read with that eye again.

Mun Mun gets poked in eye with needle

Yesterday my doc injected some steroids into the white of my eye. Not much change yet.

May have to get something to stop new blood vessel growth injected into the middle of my eye. Not looking forward to that.

Apparently this is all to stop new damage. My crappy eyesight may not be reversible. Waaah.

I'd rather stick needles in my eyes, not

Mun Mun went to another eye specialist today who thinks Mun Mun has a rare condition called punctate inner choroidopathy, which I guess is part of a spectrum of disorders called Multiple Evanescent White Dot Syndrome (MEWDS). What is it with my family and rare diseases that only 1 in 100,000 people get?

The doctor is going to track the blob in my eye. I may have to get an injection of steroids in my eyeball to make the inflammation go down at some point. If it comes to that, bring on the Valium.

There was little boy ahead of me when I was waiting to get blood drawn to see if I have West Nile Virus or some shit. The boy was screaming his head off for about 15 minutes while they were trying to pin him down to draw his blood. He screamed that he wanted to get his lollipop and go home. I could relate.

Two Great Toys That Play Great Together

My in-laws have bought the perfect pair of toys. They have an off-road version of the Segway and own a couple of remote control airplanes. That way when they fly the toy airplane and it crash-lands far away, they can just jump on the Segway and retrieve it.

I got to ride the Segway yesterday at a family reunion and it was fun!

I have so many nieces under two years of age all of a sudden.

Fluorescent Pee

Mun Mun had a medical procedure today where they injected dye into my blood, so they could take pictures of the veins in my eyeballs. I turned away when they injected the dye and didn't see what color it was. I was surprised later when I went to the bathroom and the pee was highlighter-pen yellow. You could have dyed Easter eggs in that pee it was so yellow.

It turns out the blob in Mun Mun's eyeball that is screwing up Mun Mun's vision has gotten smaller. So, I may not be going blind after all.

Wouldn't it be nice if one could just expect one's body to go on being healthy?

Not Mun Mun's Week

Mun Mun has suddenly lost some vision in left eye. Doctors are testing. What is wrong with Mun Mun???!!! Might be Mun Mun going blind, or has an infection, or even has parasite. Mun Mun suspects toxoplasmosis. Mun Mun's life surrounds cleaning cat litter.

Trails

A favorite new hangout of TK and me is Trails Cafe in Griffith Park. I went there last Wednesday when I got out unexpectedly early from a CPR and defibrillator class I was taking for work. On the way up there were two coyotes brazenly walking around in broad daylight, unbeknownst to two sunbathers a few yards away.

After a delightful ice coffee at Trails, I decided to take a little hike up a trail I had not been on before. I noticed a lot of men hanging around solo that gave me the creeps. On one nook of the trail there was a guy lurking behind a tree smoking when I walked up and on the way back.

I found out later some of the Griffith Park trails are gay cruising areas. Someone I know has actually come upon people having sex on one of these trails that was littered with amyl nitrate poppers. As long as nobody's going to pounce on a female, I guess I don't care. It's a weird vibe though. It reminded me of walking around red light areas of Amsterdam and seeing creepy men on the prowl.