A general catchup type thing

Went and had another appointment with my endoc today and told him a number of things. One, about the BFFN. Two, that I thought that having me on the T3 as well as the T4 was a good idea. Three, I'd felt fabulous initially after going on the T3 and while in Japan, but that when we got back and the weather got colder, I started feeling more sluggish. Four, that as a result of the BFFN I was a lot stressier than usual. Five, that I'd ditched my birth control after my cancer diagnosis.

All of which amounted to his rearranging my prescriptions again. I've been bumped down to 125mcg of T4 and bumped up to 10mcg of T3. And, he wrote me the T4 prescription for the generic version this time rather than Synthroid, which I haven't ever had before. Ten bucks cheaper doesn't suck, though I don't know if there'll be any actual physiological difference taking generic T4. We'll see what happens when I start the new dosages tomorrow. If my head explodes, y'all will know what happened.

Meanwhile, I have acquired the second half of season 3 of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, thanks to a fortuitously timed 15-percent-off Barnes and Noble coupon arriving in the mail. Muahaha. I am well armed now for recovery days next week. And when I run out of Voyage, I've got the Dresden DVDs gamera_spinning so kindly sent me, as well as some Norwegian ones from ravyngyngvar.

Tomorrow we're probably going to go see the new Queen Elizabeth movie, and on Sunday, there will be Jam! sutures1 will be joining us, so we'll have five people instead of four. If anybody wants to see my five and raise me, better sing out so I'll know how much pie we need. ^_^

And last but not least, I am within 3-4K of finishing Queen of Souls. I may even get it done before Surgery Day. Go me! That'll leave November for a half-Nano attempt on my part, and ideally also following up with Baen on the status of Faerie Blood and getting Lament of the Dove back out the door where it belongs.

Miles since the 22nd: 10.9
Miles out of Hobbiton: 2433.9
Miles out of Isengard: 640.9
Miles to Minas Tirith: 145.1

Book Log #84: Heart of Stone, by C.E. Murphy

Y'all already know I'm digging mizkit's Walker Papers. Heart of Stone is the first of an entirely unrelated urban fantasy series, and while I'm a fan of Joanne, I have to admit that this book's a refreshing change of pace from the Walker ones.

First and foremost, the heroine is refreshingly able to immediately deal with learning about the supernatural aspects of her world. Margrit's not without an appropriate level of WTF--but she very quickly gets past it and moves right into dealing with it. Also, points for a heroine of color, still a rarity in fantasy novels--hell, in any novels, really.

Second, I like the connection of four of the five Old Races to the elements, and the little bomb dropped about where vampires come from. Not that this gets explained, but that's entirely as it should be. And I like that it's a genuinely hard call between Janx and Daisani as to which of them is the bigger conniving badass; they're both fun in different ways.

And third, the romantic tension between Margrit and her off-again, on-again lover Tony and the gargoyle Alban is nicely murky and complex. Anybody who's read Tanya Huff's Blood books will find the dynamic here familiar: human woman with an established mortal lover (who's even a dark-complected cop with an Italian last name, which made me grin) and a newly introduced potential supernatural lover. I'm looking forward to seeing how things between Margrit and Tony vs. Margrit and Alban develop.

The book's not without problems; the heroine's nickname of Grit didn't quite ring right for me, and there were a few copyediting glitches that made a stretch about halfway through a bit bumpy. Also, the passing not-quite-right Doctor Who reference will probably make Whovians go *tsk*--but then again, I suspect that's also unavoidable. But all in all, a fun read, with the same brisk pacing I've come to enjoy from this particular author. ^_^ Three and a half stars.

And I still maintain...

... that our household currently boasts the cutest kittens known to modern science.

In case you are still in doubt, solarbird presents new evidence to support our case.