Ah... it's nice to be able to post again. Domain registration, especially when the company you're dealing with is stupid, can be a hassle. Besides, most of you could care less about dns servers and crap, so I'll spare you the gory details.


The job is going strong. I'm starting my third week. No more HF sightings. But last week we had quite the fiasco surrounding the president and John Kerry being in the vicinity. Lots of supporters & protestors trying to stake the place out. The marines even did a "routine bomb sweep." I'll tell you one thing, there ain't nothing routine about a bomb sweep.


But all in all, very good. Never bored. The days fly by. They may be 10 hour days, but they really go by quickly. The best part is because I work 50 hours a week, I get 10 hours of overtime automatically. Not too shabby. In 2 more months, I'll have benefits with medical insurance, and we'll finally be able to see doctors--real doctors, not the quacks that take walk-ins after 2 pm on a weekday.


Not that I don't appreciate clinics that take walk-ins, but Zappo had a real doozy of a visit last week. He's been on high blood pressure & cholesterol medication for a while now, these medicines make it so he doesn't have high blood pressure or high cholesterol. But the doctor he saw refused to refill his prescriptions for these medicines because his blood pressure was optimal! And apparently the docs who were prescribing those drugs were quacks themselves! Giving these drugs to someone without high blood pressure! How dare they?


It appeared that Zappo had strep throat, or some variation, because he had one strep-looking spot on his uvula, but it only spread to one other area in his throat. And the doctor was like, "Oh! I see where it hurts! It hurts right there, right?!" And he proceeded to POKE at Z's uvula and essentially gag him, while siumulataneously hurting him!


The doctor also did not take a throat culture, which is fine. We're not insured, so we can't really afford a culture. Basically all we wanted was the amoxicillan. Just the prescription, if you please. Luckily, Z did obtain one, but the doctor never actually diagnosed him with anything.


I wish I hadn't been working so I could have protected Zappo from the weirdo doctor. But I guess you get what you don't pay for?

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