The litiny of my Houston life "Not much excitement here."

Yo ho ho, its a sailors' life for me

Yesterday I did, however, sign up for a sailing class, conveniently offered at South Shore Harbor (a 5 minute walk around the marina from where I live). I also grilled my instructor about how to get involved as a crewmember - and luckily, he knew someone who was looking for a second crewmember for his C-15 (conveniently, the type of dinghy I had my very limited collegiate sailing experience with) and didn't care about complete and total lack of experience as long as I would be around on Wednesday evenings (which I will). So, regattas start next week, the first Wednesday after daylight savings time :). So.... That will be exciting.

The only person who actually likes paying bills...

Let's see, what else: I paid my bills (yeah for me!). I still get a kick out of paying my bills 'cause I can write all those checks and have money left over. I remember trying to figure out in college how I was supposed to buy both gas and pay my cell phone bill at once. But those days are gone :).

Sarah's cute security guard winked at me!

All the security guards here have new uniforms and brand new squad cars. Since NASA switched to a new contract for security services, we were thinking that all the security people would be new, too. Which would mean that the cute (in a Texas way) security guard that Sarah kept noticing all last week would be gone. But he isn't. And he looked dashing in his new brown uniform when he checked my badge this morning. And, yes, Sarah, he still has a big gun.:).

And, amusingly..

I had my JSC physical yesterday. The good news is that I am mostly healthy. The doctor did tell me that although my cholesterol is normal, the ratio of my "good" to "bad" cholesterol could be better (its still in the normal range, but at the edge which, being a young person, I shouldn't be "on the edge"). Anyway, she advised me to cut down on red meat, and eat more "good" cholesterol sources like salmon and avacodo. I find this VERY amusing, to all you diary readers who don't know, I haven't eaten any meat (except fish) in about 9 months now and avacado is a staple of my diet (I probably eat at least one or two a week) and I eat salmon nearly as regularly. She was quite disturbed when I laughed at her suggestion. Don't worry, I was proactive, and we talked about other dietary changes instead...