What's Up on the Internet?

One of my latest pass times is to look things up on the internet. What's new about that, you may ask. When I say look things up, I mean, look up words as I 'think' them. Like, 'I skipped breakfast today...' and I look up 'breakfast'. No, (rolling eyes) this is not my first time on the internet! I suddenly feel like it!!

So, I found out yesterday that of one our family friends passed away. This saddened me, and so I looked up 'death' on the internet. And I came up on an interesting webpage called the 'death clock'. According to this page I'll be dead in January 2040 at the age of 57!! When I mentioned this to Paul, my husband, he pretended to be devastated. (But in his mind he must have been picking out his next wife :-) !!)

Oh I was also looking up names of all my friends and relatives. Most of my relatives were on the internet because of my wedding website and some of my friends were on the internet because of their blogs, memberships, esnips etc. Now everybody is on the internet. Even my 6 month old nephew Jacob is on some church's website!!

I also looked up the word blog, and I realized it means an 'Online Diary' or 'Web log'!! Now, I knew this, but it never occurred to me to maintain it like a diary. It would be interesting, wouldn't it?? So I have decided to do just that!

So what's been happening with me so far?

Oh ya! I had my annual physical exam with my Medical Practioner (MP). Now I was meeting her for the first time since my previous MP left seeking better opportunities. Anyway, she told me that I have this auto immune thyroid condition (basically my immune system is attacking my thyroid gland – I looked it up on the Internet :-), and she suggested I start hormone pills to help my gland function. It is supposed to ease my symptoms and make me feel more energetic (as opposed to feeling tired and moody most of the time). So, after I left the doctor’s office I head to the lobby where Paul's been patiently dozing, and give him the news. The conversation that followed was kind of interesting:

Paul: So, these are ‘hormone’ pills?
Me: yes....
Paul: They’ll make you feel different?
Me: Yes. Hopefully better!!
Paul: Don’t ‘hormone’ pills have side effects....
Me: No, not these.
Paul: So, this will change how you feel?
Me: (A lil puzzled now) Yes.....
Paul: (A lil aghast) So, this will make you a different person??!?
Me: (Finally realizing Paul’s the typical man...) Don’t worry, it won’t affect our 'night' life.
Paul: *Big Sigh*
A small pause later....
Paul: (Smiling with relief) So this is supposed to improve your health, ha?
Of course, in the ‘man world’ health is always secondary.