Last night I took my splint off to knit and I made sure I was using very easy to work with yarn and it was fine.  I also took an Indomethacin pill (which I have or gout attacks).  Before bed, I gave the finger a chill down and donned the splint (which Travis tried to chew off several times).

This morning when I took the splint off, the first bend was a little tight but in general it sure feels better than yesterday.  I plan to baby it today.  I'm still shooting for a cure as opposed to developing a plan for living with this forever.

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My brother is visiting his son in Boston.  And he's attending his granddaughter's 4th birthday and meeting her new baby sister.  I just got a picture of the birthday girl.  Oh and he put it on G+.

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I don't expect there to be much work today.  It's ok because my water aerobics class is going to eat up a chunk of time.  Getting there is not a big deal.  The class is at 1:30 and it usually takes me less than 20 minutes at mid day to get to this particular pool.  But, getting home on Fridays is a bitch.  For some reason the traffic going back south to downtown is always a bitch at 2:30 on Fridays.  

Next week the class moves to 11:15 for the summer and that should help substantially.

Also, note to me.  Get gas.  I have no favorite easy gas station and I hate pumping gas anyway so I always put it off and forget about it and one of these days that scenario is going to bite me in the ass.  I do not want that to be soon.  So... I will get gas today.

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It's a cloudy morning and I'm so grateful.  The reports about the record heat in other parts of the country are making me sweat and grateful to be here.