health update, birthday blues, cutbacks oh my!

OK, been a bit since I last blogged..so here goes....I got the results of my blood tests...only Issue i really have is high blood pressure...I AM NOT DIABETIC!!!!! that was a big relief! although, when the nurse called me she said "we have the results of your blood tests..can you come in first thing in the morning?" needless to say, I didn't sleep at all that night.... they say a few things needed to be worked on, but I'm not having anything m,ajor..besides the aforementioned high blood pressure......I've changed my eating habits a bit anyway...smaller portions, trying to stay away from treats and sugary stuff...although, i bought some girl scout cookies couple days ago...a small cheat, but oh well....they always set up in the lobby of my bank around this time of year.... and since i don't have insurance..i got a 400 dollar bill from the doctors office in the mail! what a nice birthday present! and speaking of... I turned 42 on the 19th of February! I even got a kindle fire hd as a present! very nice! I finally joined the pad craze! I managed to hack it a bit and put a c64 and an Amiga emulator app on it....amazon blocked the Google play store..but you can side load pretty much any android app......pretty cool! things are OK at work.,unfortunately, my hours got cut back..I'm working 24 hours a week instead of 30....hopefully I'll get more hours come spring....hopefully...as for birthday blues....I was sick on my birthday, if you can believe that....i started feeling bad earlier that day, had the terminal runs, felt generally like crap....by the time i got home....i collapsed on the couch, and spent the evening running back and forth to the bathroom....I know what it was too......it was what we used to call "toxic combinations" a combination of two foods that would have miscellaneous bad reactions on us.... by us, i mean, an old high school acquaintance and I...anyway, i made the mistake of eating 3 bananas and half a can of almonds the night before....and that's pretty much what it smelled like......or rancid versions thereof......so we celebrated my birthday the next day when i felt human once again......I did have a bit of luck during my last grocery outing a couple weeks ago...i found, at Bashas, they had several bottles of Drambuie on clearance..usually 40 or 50 bucks or so..they had them for around 20 bucks a bottle...needless to say, i bought one..and i really like it! in case some of you don't know, Drambuie is a liqueur made from scotch, special honey and misc spices..made in Scotland of course...very very good!  never thought I'd see the day I could afford it!!! I plan, today, if possible to do some cleaning and rearranging in my room..and hopefully start spring cleaning my sheds weather permitting.....we got about 5 inches of snow overnight and nobody predicted it! lol! I also found out, I'll be getting some money back from fed taxes..and have to pay a bit to state taxes....that's the way it always is..of course, next year, I'll be paying both, since I'm making more hourly now...grumble...such is life, i guess.................................until next time................