I copied and pasted this straight out of an email from robreed May 22, 2004:

Yo yo. I hear dat. Mad organizing, I ain't even trying to know about dat. Dat's cool though.

That's grade's fat yo. Big props on pullin it out yo! Tru dat... U got it going on. Hey, you hit me when can B.

Peace out.

(We just got done watching You Got Served)

I'm sure it's been mentioned before that Billy likes to eat dirty socks and underwear. So many times he's done this!!!! in his almost 12 years that I've had to go on panty runs because he's swallowed so many pairs. There is always a happy ending: he either throws them up or poops them out. He's never had to have surgery, thank whomever is responsible!!!! It's pretty easy to tell when he's done this. We never witness him doing it. You just see him acting depressed, not wanting to eat, them maybe some diarrhea and vomiting. So you know something's in there and just hope it comes out on its own.

I really haven't lived with Billy since I moved out in 2000 but at some point Jenn moved in w/ Rob and now it's her underwear. Problem is, it's almost 2007 and he's still getting ahold of them somehow. They're supposed to hide all dirty clothes in closed containers so who the hell knows how he's getting them. So it seems like a pretty easy problem to solve and one definitely worth solving given the potential serious health consequences for Billy but to date it hasn't happened.

He must have some superdog intestines to get this stuff through so many times. So tonite he was squatting to poop and it was taking awhile, I assumed it was diarrhea, and then I noticed something was coming out but seemed stuck so I reached down w/ the bag over my hand and yep! pulled out undies.

How long until the next time?

It took rr and i forever to come up w/ this much, mostly rr has been working on it. The schedule has everything on it, or is supposed to. Tells me when to get up, when to go to bed, what to eat, what to do for exercise, what to do for work, etc. It also includes several daily things like post to my weblog everyday, so here's my post. Nothing interesting to say, just want to get it out of the way. I'm watching Cold Case.

I was away for awhile for several reasons. Now I'm back. I'm trying to come up with a schedule for my whole life and on that daily schedule is to post to my weblog. Since I haven't finished up the schedule yet I haven't started following it, but robreed told me tonite I had to either start my schedule which included posting to my weblog, or if I didn't want to do that my other choice was just to post to my weblog. I chose the simpler choice which was just to post to my weblog. So that's why I'm posting. I'm going to bed now though.

There's still lots to fix on this weblog, updating it and stuff. We've come up w/ a new title at least: Heather Martin Reporting News! I have one video episode of the Heather Martin Reporting News from back in Jan 2003 that I'll have to post so you can see what you're in for. Until then, balls out bitches!

Goodnight

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Now I have to wait until the end of August to get another one :0(

I didn't get a pay stub yet because it was direct deposit so I don't know if I got paid right and everything. I'd like to just see to make sure since it's my first paycheck. Hopefully I get one soon. I only think I got paid for 14 days because that's all I worked so next month it'll be for 20 days and should be more so that's good. Luckily I still have a little money left over from graduation that I have in case I run out, which I definitely will this month. I paid my rent for Aug, had to pay Jenn almost $300 for the money I owed her for groceries, car rentals and stuff that she paid for. Also I bought my ticket to San Fran for the Nike Marathon and that was $300 so I'll be left w/ only about $400 for the rest of the month.

Diana and I got into a big stink about the marathon. I was saying forget it, I'm out, after all the drama, besides I'm not ready to run and could save the money, but in the end we got the plane tickets and will be on our way. We're staying w/ Naomi so that'll save some money. So now I need to get running. I went yesterday for about 30 min. and it was real hard. It was so hot! I was thinking of going twice today because I should do a long run but I don't think it's wise to run more than 30 min. at a time, since I haven't run in 2 weeks because of my neck/shoulder/arm injury/pinched nerve that has yet to be diagnosed by anyone other than me because MIT Medical sucks and lets more than one doctor go on vacation at a time and makes me suffer in pain for weeks. So anyway I need to run but I might wait until much later to see if it gets cooler, or I will just get over it and go.

Billy bit Cleo again. Last time it was her ear, this time it was over her left scapula, just one puncture wound. I found it at 2am this morning before bed. I noticed some of her hair was matted down and I thought it was Billy drool, since he does snap at her a lot I just thought he got some drool on her, but when I scratched my nail over it to get the goo off I got a bunch of blood under my nail and found a puncture wound, perfectly made by a Billy tooth. I had to shave her right then to see how bad it was. I don't have any supplies here and she didn't like me messing with it, so I just tried to squeeze out anything inside, mostly bloodly discharge, luckily no pus and put some soap and water on it. This morning I went to CVS and spent $15 on Hibiclens and sterile gauze so I could clean it up better. Jenn held her down while I did it but Cleo was pretty much okay with it. I just don't want to be dealing w/ things like this at all. Even if this one heals okay, it's been twice now in a couple months and even on my way to take her out this morning she got too close to him and he went after her neck. Again, luckily no more punctures but I don't trust him at all. It's totally unacceptable but I don't know what to do w/ him at this point, an 11 year old dog set in his ways w/ a new dog living w/ him. I can only scold him at this point but I don't think he cares. I don't want to spend any money on cleaning up bite wounds, even $15 at CVS is too much, but if I have to bring her to the vet for any of this or the next time or the next I'll be livid.

I used to be a big recycler back in Kansas. I had space to collect everything. I did it all, paper, glass, cardboard, plastic, aluminum, etc. There was a recycling center I would go to once in awhile and get rid of it all. Here in Boston it's not so easy. No space to collect things, no where to bring them. I was still trying to at least collect bottles and cans because they're worth 5 cents each, unlike Kansas where there is no bottle deposit, but still it's a pain to recyle those. You have to bring them to a grocery that has recycling, and then it's self-service so you have to do it yourself and it's not fast. When I was going to the grocery w/ Jenn we just brought them in the zipcar when we went but I haven't been going w/ her and she hasn't brought them back so there were so many they were taking up so much space in the kitchen. So I rented a zipcar to return them and then get some cheaper groceries, since I have to go to Whole Foods otherwise and spend too much on organic stuff that's good but probably too good for my budget. So that was all a hassle. The zipcar isn't so bad except it's a $25 annual fee, then for the first rental you get charged the stinking Convention Center $10 fee, so even though I got the IKEA car that's only $7 something an hour it cost so much factoring in the fees. Who knows how often I'll use a zipcar. So it was a pain in the ass to get to the store even though I went late. Everyone drives retarded and too slow! Then at the store it was taking forever to do the cans and bottles and I ended up jamming both of the can machines so I didn't even get to return all of them. I think I made back less than $5 and just left the rest there. I am no longer collecting bottles or cans for deposits. If someone wants to go thru my trash for them on the street, go for it. I'm done! Bitches!!

Today one of the women at the dog park found out I was a veterinarian. I was hoping it didn't come up but it did. She was telling me about her health problems and I mentioned something about my neck I think, she had something similar, and I said how it took forever to get an appt. w/ a doctor. She ended up asking where I was going and I said I work for MIT so have to go thru MIT Medical. Then she later asked if I was a student and I said no a postdoc and then she asked what my specialty was and I said I was a trained veterinarian specializing in lab animal medicine and then she said 'That's good to know, in case there's an emergency, we know you're around here.' Lovely, she's going to tell everyone, she's very social w/ all the dog park people and I see her most mornings at the dog park, it's usually just the two of us. Please no emergencies!

Well I almost got run over today on my walk to work. Really makes me want to buy a 'kicking around' bike so I don't have to get run over while walking. Or I just want an excuse to buy one. Anyway I was crossing at a crosswalk and this car was coming off an on-ramp to get onto the Longfellow Bridge, which is what I was on, and he apparently was only looking to his left to see if he could just merge right in without having to stop. I was at the crosswalk before he got there so that's why I was crossing as he came around the bend. Unfortunately for me, there was no traffic coming so he was just going to cruise on through and didn't see me at all and once I realized he wasn't going to stop there was nothing much I could do so right at the last second I instinctively stuck my arm out to take on the car and swerved into the road, luckily for me this time no traffic was coming and then just as that happened the guy finally looked at me and slammed on his brakes. So really the car never touched me, not even my arm, he just stopped short enough. He and the guy in the passenger seat just looked at me and I think the driver mouthed Sorry or something, I had my headphones on and just blurted out something as it was all happening like Jesus! or something else stupid like that. The funny thing was my heart rate stayed the same, no elevation, I really didn't care.

The latest update on the dating thing, I went yesterday on a third date w/ the Indian. It was no fun at all! The first thing he said to me was 'what's the matter w/ your eyelids, they look red, your upper eyelids?' What the hell kind of a question is that? I should have said 'what's the matter w/ your pants, they look too tight?' He's full of these stupid things. We were walking around the Esplanade and I brought Cleo and she didn't care for him of course, he's a stranger, and everytime he petted her the tail went between her legs. I kept saying she didn't like him but he wouldn't listen and kept trying to pet her but would get his face real close to hers like an idiot! That's not how you get to know a dog! If my Cleo doesn't you like, I don't either. We had nothing to talk about, I was already turned off from the beginning anyway so we finished our walk and I took off. We were supposed to get something to drink. He emailed me later saying he was getting mixed vibes from me and I emailed back to say I wouldn't be seeing him anymore. My newest victim is just off on holiday so we'll see if he's still interested in meeting when he gets back.

He just called and told me. He's been dating the lucky lady for 2 yrs 8 mo he said and now they're engaged. No date set or any wedding plans, where they'll live and all that. All he knows is he's engaged. He was married to my Mom for 18 years and he's been single now for about 14 years so he's calling it quits. She's a really nice person, I really like her but her family is messed up. Her son is in jail and he has 2 young sons that my Dad's girlfriend/fiance has custody of and one of them is handicapped, he has cerebral palsy. The daughter still lives at home and just graduated from beauty school. So now my Dad has instantly 4 more kids, one in jail and 3 living at home, 2 of which are under 5 years old I think and one is handicapped. Just what a 56 year old needs.

Other than that, I have unilateral serous discharge from my left nipple. Good thing I'm due for a pap smear so I can have my discharge looked at. According to the literature, unilateral, spontaneous serous discharge could mean cancer but it's pretty hard to diagnose sometimes. I wouldn't classify mine as spontaneous but it doesn't take much to get the discharge to come out. It seems in the papers I read, surgery was done to find out if there was a malignancy and only a very low percentage were, so I'd rather not cut up my breast just to find out it's benign. Mammography didn't seem to find any abnormalities, even in the patients with cancer, so that's not so diagnostic or sensitive. I'm not worried about it for now, I'm sure it's nothing but I'll make an appt. and mention it.

I'm too distracted anyway w/ my arm pain. It's not going away though right this minute I feel okay. When I'm at work sitting there trying to write or just sit and read my arm is very painful. It seems better when I can lie down. The Celebrex isn't helping the pain and I still have to wait until Aug 8th for my appt. to even start to figure out what the problem is. I haven't been exercising because of it so I'm just getting fatter. I'm trying to eat really well so I don't get too fat but I was already fat when this started to it's hard to just fix diet and see results. I might try to workout tomorrow and see what happens.

I'm already having trouble fitting into my clothes. I hate looking like a fat chick whose clothes are too small but I don't have any money so I can't buy anything so I'm just trying to manage with what I have. I wanted to start dressing better, less jeans and tshirts, but that's all I have and as I've said, no money. Also my job isn't very glamorous and can be messy so who wants to dress up? I'm going to have to keep good track of what I've already worn day by day because at work there's an order of how you can go into animal facilities and sometimes you need to shower between buildings and change clothes. I usually wear the same bra for days so that's gonna have to stop. And I also wear pants more than once before washing but I can't really do that anymore either, well at least on days I go into a facility. I'll have to make sure I don't wear them again before washing or at least only wear them on days that I know I won't be going into a facility. And dry clean only stuff will be a pain.

I also hate dating as a fat chick. I just want to say, I'm normally not like this, but for now at least I am and I don't know for how long, so who'll believe me anyway. Plus I'm supposed to be big into working out and all that so people probably meet me and wonder why I'm so fat if I run marathons and triathlons. Well it's really hard to keep in shape and I'm just out of grad school so I was supposed to be getting back in my rhythm but now w/ this arm thing I'm kinda stuck. Like I said, I'll try out something tomorrow. And I only get paid once/month so once I know how much money I have I'll try to save some for clothes if I can.

It finally happened to me, though it wasn't as bad as I originally thought, as far as the inconvenience, but still it was inconvenient and I hate the MBTA. Even though RobReed had explained how this happens to people, and I was aware of it, it still got me too! I had to take the train from Kendall to Copley. I didn't want to bring a bunch of stuff so just grabbed my debit card since I remembered at Kendall you have to have a Charlie Card and they take debit cards. So at Kendall I bought a Charlie Card for $2.50, enough to get me there and back. So I get to Copley just fine, and that's when it hits me. The Copley station doesn't take Charlie Cards so my card w/ the $1.25 left on it is of no use to me. Originally I was thinking that I'd have to walk all the way back to Kendall which would suck since I'm supposed to be back at work, because I can't think of any other station along the way that takes those stinking cards. Then I thought I could try Back Bay, that's a big enough station I thought maybe it would have converted to Charlie Cards (or Tickets, whatever they are, Cards sounds better, for craps sake it bears no resemblance in look or use to a Golden Ticket, which I totally would love) but then I realized that wouldn't help me that much because either I'd walk all the way there and it wouldn't be a Charlie Card place or it would be but then I'd have to take the Orange to the Green to the Red, which isn't the worst thing in the world, it's just dumb to have to do because the T sucks. Anyway then I smartened up a little and realized I still had my debit card so I'd just have to take out more money. So that's what I did and luckily there was a Bank of America close by, though not as close as the Citizens. Which is another thing pissing me off, Bank of America is supposed to be everywhere but the previous 2 times I had to take out money in a hurry there was no Bank of America so I had to use another bank and not only did they charge me a fee right then and there, later when I looked at my bank statement, both of these banks had charged me a separate $2 fee on top of the $1.50 or $2 they already charged me. When did that start happening? Bitches!

...I'll try and do them justice Since I've been back in Boston, I've been doing the online dating thing again. Even if nothing came of it, we (me, Jenn, and RobReed) figured we'd get plenty of entertainment, which I think I've gotten my money's worth at this point, but sometimes it's a little stressful. To recap my experience from before, I had one longer relationship (after going out w/ a few people once) w/ this tool that I dated for about 9 months while in Boston and dumped after I was at vet school for about 2 months. I also tried it when I was at Cornell for the summer and met one guy that was a fling for quite some time and at this point we talk regularly by email and he recently attended my graduation party, but no more 'fling' status, just friends.

So this time in just a couple months, I've been out w/ 6 different guys so far. The first guy was a postdoc at Harvard, originally from China and only been in US maybe 6 years. We went to Earthfest down at the Hatch Shell and then to dinner on Newbury at an indian place. The date went okay, we had enough to talk about I think, and I was pretty comfortable w/ him though there was a slight communication/language barrier. I thought he was attractive and it was good he was tall and liked we had work - related stuff in common. He insisted on walking me home and gave me a hug. I would have gone on a second date w/ him but he emailed the next day to see it was more like friends and no 'chemistry.'

Date #2 was a red-headed American. We went for drinks and dessert. He was fine-looking, I guess average but I wasn't feeling him. I didn't feel so comfortable talking to him and it was more work trying to keep the conversation going. He said he had a good time and would call me the next week to go out again, and I said okay, though I knew I wasn't really interested but thought he was fine so would have tried a second date but I never heard from him again.

Date #3 was Asian, from NYC, we went out to brunch and walked all over the city after. We had exchanged some silly emails and phone talk beforehand, and one where he asked me to go for a drive at like 2am. Looking back on it, I should have gone, I would have made a better impression. Anyway, our date was kinda painful for me. I was having lots of trouble keeping conversation going and I did a really bad job on that date, I wouldn't have gone out w/ me again. I didn't forget though that he didn't pay for me. First guy ever and still the only guy ever not to pay for me on a date.The set-up was such that you pay first, then sit down, and I got to the cashier first and she asked if it was together and he just stood there speechless so I had to whip out my card to pay for myself. To his defense, he paid for my iced tea later in the date, whatever! So after that date I emailed him some info he wanted that came up on the date and he emailed back and we kept exchanging emails but no talk of going out again. Then I asked him to a movie, I was going anyway and figured I could ask him instead of going alone, but he was busy and said let him know if something came up the next week. I haven't emailed him since.

Then there was last weekend where I went on 3 dates w/ 3 different guys in 3 days. What a feat!

So date #4 was an Indian guy, East Indian, whatever that means, who came here in '94, worked at a software company. We went to a concert, Celtic Woman. Who knew anyone my age, he's 30, would like this. I figured what the hell. It wasn't my scene but I can usually enjoy any concert. So that date went fine. The guy was attractive enough and we had fine chemistry. We walked home from the concert and got to talk more. We also had communication problems. He has a strong accent and he thought I had an accent and was soft-spoken. Anyway, he emailed me this week and asked me out for last night. We went out for tapas and again it was fine. Sometimes he says things that I don't know if he meant it insulting or not but I don't find them so nice, but he claims not to mean anything by these stupid comments so who knows. For example, last night he asked me if my shirt was from high school? Not sure what that means but I questioned him on it and never really got a good answer. We walked home thru the Common and then we had to part ways and he hugged me and went in for the kiss on the lips. Last date it was a hug and kiss on the cheek. So I complied and we had a little kiss on the lips. I have to say it was kinda cute and I kinda liked it but then he wouldn't leave as discussed and kept walking w/ me until I told him to take off, in a nicer way, and then he kept rubbing his nose on mine trying to kiss me again but I said he already got one and basically to take off. So he took off and emailed me today to do something Sunday night so I will go again and see. I think I'm kinda attracted to him but I don't know if we have much in common and we don't talk or email much at all so it's just like, okay give me a call when we're going to do something and until then we don't talk at all. I would definitely be up for some sex but I'm just not sure yet it's worth it with this guy.

Date #5 was a 34 year old American that claimed he 'built the internet' actively, that was his job. Definitely that comment was a turn-off. We went kayaking all afternoon on the Charles. I had never gone before and it was so much fun!! I really had a good time w/ him and was really comfortable but there was no attraction for me. He called this week to ask me out for the weekend but I had to call back, he didn't answer, and leave an awful message saying why I wouldn't be going out w/ him again.

Date #6 was a Nebraska boy that got his PhD from MIT in chemE, sounds perfect huh? Just what I've been looking for. He was okay looking, the receding and balding hair wasn't so good but the rest was fine. Our date was brunch so it wasn't ideal, 10:30 on a Sunday morning, but we had lots in common but again that date was a bit boring, keeping conversation going, and this time it wasn't all my fault. I would have given him a second date but he emailed the next day to say I made a good impression but he went out w/ someone the previous weekend that went really well and he didn't want to juggle 2 girls.

So at this point I'm just left w/ the 30 year old east indian dude that works at a software company and lives alone in the north end. I'm still actively 'talking' to a few others but so far those haven't evolved into any dates. We'll see what happens.

It started out kinda ruff, pretty ruff I guess but today was much better. Just had some stuff to do today; I guess that made it better. For the most part the first couple weeks I have to contact over 10 people to meet w/ me and give me an orientation on each facility I'll be working in, fill out paperwork, etc. So I'm trying to square away all that stuff. Meanwhile I have a zillion papers to read, try to figure out what project might interest me, start my first rotation which I found out today will be laboratory pathology for the next 3 months and following will be the transgenics rotation for 3 months. I need to sign up for a class for I presume the fall, was warned that molecular bio here at MIT is pretty tuff and lots of work so most people just take it over at Harvard. Other than that I'll just be doing research the rest of my years here. I have the option of doing a 3 month rotation at the primate facility and a 3 month clinical rotation which I am interested in so expressed that today but that might not happen until the end of my postdoc. I also expressed my interest in cancer/tumor biology and so there could be a project for me looking at infectious causes specifically bacterial (helicobacter sp.) of hepatocellular tumors, maybe even dealing w/ primates. I'll have to wait for my PI to get back in town to talk since he's ultimately the one who will approve me project. I also won't have any weekend coverage duties until maybe November because they have so many people that cover, it's only about 2 times a year but since I'm the newest member I sign up last and get the worst weekends but I don't really care.

My neck/shoulder is causing me lots of pain. I had to go to urgent care at the medical center. Basically they just gave me some Celebrex and said to make an appt. w/ an orthopedic doctor which I did but it's not until Aug. 16th so for now just deal w/ it. I haven't officially signed up for my insurance coverage yet so I had to pay $95 for the prescription but since I'm probably going to need PT and stuff for my neck I'll have to pay extra for that coverage. I have a benefits meeting tomorrow so we'll see what happens. For now I'm still in pain and not sure if I should work out. The doctor in me knows the answer should be No, that's what I'd tell any dog owner, but the non-doctor in me says go ahead. The doctor today told me to cut back on activities. Anyway, I'm now working, that's the point.

I ended up going to the Smiths/Morrissey tribute/Happy Birthday Morrissey show at the Middle East. I went alone as usual and felt a bit awkward but you do what you gotta do to do what you wanna do. The show didn't start until pretty late and I hadn't eaten all day and I was going to eat at the Middle East but they had no open seats at the bar so I ended up eating at Wendy's. I went back to the Middle East and got my ticket and went in before even the first opening act went on. Started drinking Coronas and the rest is history. This guy at the bar, also alone, started talking to me and he was a big Morrissey fan and he was pretty nice and interesting and I was alone and it's better to talk to someone than just stand there so I entertained him. He left me to go stand in front of the first band, Blacklist, they were actually really good but no one was there to appreciate them. The guy, his name is Jimmy, came back to talk to me and we continued to talk through the second band. I guess I was more entertaining this time than the band. He bought me a drink eventually and then the tribute band came on. I followed him out in front of the band, though I learned later that he would have stood closer if it wasn't for me but since he got to be w/ me he didn't mind standing a bit further away. The tribute band, Sweet and Tender Hooligans were great! especially if you're that hard up for Morrissey, people were acting like he was Morrissey, touching him and going onstage and grabbing him and all. And yes he was a HOT Morrissey look-a-like and his name was Jose, I'd do him in a split second if he sang 'Jack the Ripper' to me but anyway at one point I left to pee and told Jimmy to save my spot but when I went back I somehow ended up closer and he didn't see me though I tried to be polite and get his attention to come closer. Anyway towards the end of the night I noticed he was now in front of me and I tapped him on the back and he said he waited for me for 4 songs but thought I ditched him. He ended up going closer and reaching out and touching the fake Morrissey's hand. I have to say it is a bit creepy to be w/ a guy that's more interested in touching a fake Morrissey than you, or so it seemed at the time. After the show we hung out a little more and he bought me a soda. He's very talkative. He said he might go see them tomorrow night in NYC which I thought sounded fun and then he said unless I said I'd rather do something else w/ him like a movie or dinner or something, then he'd rather do that than go to the show. I wasn't going to offer that. I thought he should go to the show. Eventuallly he asked if I'd want to go and I said I would be I wasn't sure if I could go because of my living situation w/ Cleo freaking out and stuff when I left. I said it depended on how she was and what my roommates said. I know it sounds a bit crazy to do w/ someone that you've just met and aren't that crazy about but really I'm so desperate for some fun and I had some tonite and he seems like fun even though I'm kinda just using him for some fun and would rather be boinking the fake Morrissey but what the hell. If I get to NYC I can get Diana to meet us too.

Cleo is still trying to get used to everything so I don't really leave her alone at all so that means I'm inside all day or outside on walks with her. She still isn't used to Emily the cat and howls repeatedly if she sees her so we have to hide Emily and distract Cleo. Also I'm not sure what she'd do if left completely alone besides howl. Yesterday I had to leave her w/ Billy to go to the laundromat because Billy got sick all over a bunch of stuff and I had to wash it. Jenn said that when she got home Cleo was howling so she brought her to the laundromat to see me.

I wanted to leave right now to go to a concert at the Middle East, Sweet and Tender Hooligans, a Smiths/Morrissey tribute band to celebrate Morrissey's birthday but RobReed and Jenn were outside w/ Billy and I didn't want to leave Cleo alone. Now they're back so maybe I can go.

a Yes

b No