My doctor thinks I have Raynaud's Syndrome. Cool! It will likely reoccur as long as it's winter. Bah! I really thought it was ulnar tunnel. She thinks my issues have all to do with the chilly house temperature, and not at all with my job or the knitting. In fact she didn't tell me once to refrain from knitting.

She did tell me to wear thermals, to wear mittens and not gloves, and for chrissakes to turn up the heat. My revelation that our house hovers around 55 F prompted her to conduct a little poll around the office. Most everyone said they kept their house at 65 to 70 F. Dude, we just received our oil bill yesterday right, which was about 5 weeks after the last fillup, and it was nearly $300. $300 for TURNING ON THE HEAT FOR LIKE, ONE HOUR A DAY.

AND! this has been an extremely extremely mild winter so far!

So if it costs us $300 a month just to have two hot showers in the morning, I can't even IMAGINE how much it would cost to maintain toasty all day long.

But, ha ha, the funny part is that precisely due to my maybe overzealousness to save on oil, I have f---'d up my hand and will have to spend gajillions on today's medical fees. My doctor had x-rays taken of my fingers, just in case I broke it without my knowing. I said to her, "No thanks, I'm sure I didn't," when I really meant to say, "No thanks, I dn't want to pay for it." Insurance isn't covering this one.

But I had the x-rays anyway, and of course, everything was fine.

I'm going to be MIGHTY UPSET at myself if the bill for the x-rays (oh and bloodwork! in case I have lupus!) come out costing more than what it might have cost to heat the house at 70F all winter.

PS! I wore Aimee to my appt. and got a few compliments. Tee hee. I didn't tell them I made it.

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