In my underwear, not working as intended

For the last two days I have spent time in my underwear in front of two medical professionals.  Yesterday I had a physical required for my insurance coverage.  Because of my age the physical had the requirement of a DRE (digital rectal exam) aka. finger up the ass.  Thankfully my health advocate waived that requirement for me when I told her I just had a full man part exam late in 2013 as part of my visits to the urologist.

My physical went fine except for one thing, my blood pressure readings were on the mildly high side.  They actually took it twice, once at the start and again at the end of the visit.  The first numbers were like 140/76 and the second reading was 145/85.  I attribute the high numbers to slamming my customary large cup of coffee prior to the office visit and the involuntary anxiety any visit to a medical office invokes for me.

Despite these explanations, I was given a portable BP machine to check my readings the next two weeks just as a precaution. Both my mom and dad have high blood pressure, although I think theirs has as more to do with lifestyle choices.  When I checked it late afternoon the numbers had dropped to 123/80 so I feel confident coffee and nerves were the real catalyst.

My email services for my internet domains were restored yesterday, unfortunately my DB driven websites are still dead in the water.  They should hopefully be up and running within the next few hours.

The president of IX, Faithi Said, posted a more technical explantion of the hardware failure, claiming the array that failed utilized RAID 14+2, meaning it could tolerate a maximum of two simultaneous drive failures.  Supposedly one drive failed and then the drive that was actively being swapped in to replace it had a failure as well.

I am quite interested in seeing what sort of compensation will be offered to IX customers after this mess.  It seems surreal they have servers that are down for going on their 5th straight day.

Last night Cindy’s daughter stopped out with her Mustang.  The passenger side mirror had been broken for quite awhile.  She bought a replacement which I offered to put back on for her.  Replacing the mirror was extremely easy, little more than removing a trim piece and removing and replacing three screws.

While she was there I looked at some other cosmetic issues the car has like two damaged wheel wells and a missing front air dam.  Cindy’s daughter can be tough on things she owns, espcially vehicles and smart phones.  I think she has gone through 9 phones in the last three years. Afer doing the repair Katie and her friend hung out with us a bit which was nice, I don’t see much of her normally.

This morning I was once again in my boxers in  front of the dermatologist.  I got a clear screening for basal cell activity but got some cream for a rash that I have had for quite awhile.  Apparently I am not treating it long enough.  I have hit it with cream until it stops but then it will return.  The doc said I need to treat it a solid week or two beyond being symptomatic to make sure it is gone for good.

So I have been wearing my new Gunnar computer glasses all week at work.  As advertised they make things on my screens look cleaner, crisper and larger thanks to the slight magnification.  However there is something else going on, my eyes feel worse after wearing them all day.

One of the things that Gunnar users typically report is wearing the glasses eliminated the eye strain, dryness and headaches they were experiencing previously.  Although I don’t have headaches, my eyes feel MORE tired wearing the glasses then when I go at it naked.  They also feel dry, very odd.

A recurring message in reviews of the glasses is you need to give your eyes an adjustment period to get used to them so that is what I am planning to do.  I am just a little freaked out that I am developing symptoms that Gunnars are supposed to help correct.  If this is still the case a week or two later then I will have to reevaluate.