The sun is shining the rain has stopped

I awoke at 5:30 and contemplated a trip to swim, but on Monday's at 6:30 the swim team meets at 6:30 and I'd have to get out or meander in the shallows or just shower early and do my hair and get to work early do I stayed in bed till almost 7.

I watched the Grammy's last night. I didn't know any of the bands except two individual people and enjoyed Jennifer Hudson and Paul McCartney. I didn't know he had a new song out. I don't like rap and even with New Orleans in the background and the minstrel jazzy umbrella carrying and jumping and break dancing to Lil Wayne I couldn't understand his lyrics. I thought he put the stereotype back. I saw his interview with Katie Couric and know he had had arrests for week but he has an 8 yr. old daughter. I wish he was more concerned with being a role model for her.

I'm off to the Dr. again. My back has been bothering me. Although the state has ruled my disability claim to be closed and over I am still in pain. I guess I need to lose weight and swim to help the arthritis.

I'll try swimming tonight and see what the traffic is like. I know a lot of people go after work, but from 7-8, maybe not.

My blood pressure is 120/86. That's good. There was an error on my paperwork , a typo that said.08 instead of 80 so the recommended acupuncture was disallowed and the state disallowed the claim and our carrier the same so she is going to resubmit the paperwork and suggests I see a spine Dr. too for a 2nd opinion.

My estimate for the car came back too. For a new multi display screen the cost is $921.50. I was thinking maybe 500.... ouch! I wonder if it would be worth a used one. He said he would give me a 10 percent discount on parts and labor. That was not including tax. So, that knocks off 100 dollars or so. There are reconditione units and I am looking into that. Apparently this year's unit had a lot of problems and there is one guy out there wanting to start a class action law suit. It can range from 4-850 for a unit not new and Toyota. There are over 2000 postings about it. Did you know that a parts person won't look up a part without a VIN? They want to make sure it is the right part for the car! The search continues since I have a navigation system, the cost in more.

I tried a Cottage Cheese Double with pineapple. It was horrible. The stuff that was pineapple was not real pineapple. In the future I will continue to buy pinapple eith crushed or chunks and reduced fat cottage cheese and get two servings. One serving of these convenient but icky combo was 130 calories and 5.5 oz. didn't seem like that much.