Sleepy

More light sleep last night (thank you, heat combined with not wanting to leave the windows wide open because of the possibility of rain). Checked the DC web site and found out that there is no set date when landlords must convert a combined heating/ac system over one way or another (though I often hear people say that they do). Instead the landlord must give you the ability to keep the temperature 15 degrees below the outside temperature (in warm weather) or at least 68 degrees during the day and 65 degrees at night (in cold weather). Interesting.

They also provide for housing inspectors to do walk-throughs with commissioners, which might not be a bad idea for some of the large buildings we have in the neighborhood, to look for trash problems and the like. Would be nice to take care of some of the rat/trash issues we have with a couple of our buildings.

In the meantime, I just want a nap. :-p

Testing, testing

I finally called my primary care physician and got a referral to an allergist (not that I need a formal referral in the insurance sense, just that I have no clue who to call, so I had them recommend a few people). So am going to go get tested finally next Thursday. Will be good to find out what it is I'm reacting to and if there's any way to turn off the constant slow nose thing (which I think I've had since I was a little kid).

The fun part will be the whole "no antihistamines for four days prior to the appointment" thing. Ugh. Will be worth the temporary pain if it means a more permanent solution to this stuff.

Picked an osteopath (DO) rather than a traditional doctor (MD) because I'm more inclined to the wholistic approach that DOs generally take - treat the entirety of the person and not just the individual symptoms. We'll see how she is next week, but I'm hopeful that this will help both with the allergies and my susceptability to head colds. Would be nice to get through a season with fewer colds, ya know?

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Well, the idiots in the Virginia Legislature have made sure there is no way in hell I will ever move back to the Commonwealth:

Assembly rejects Governor's amendment to bill on gay unions

Not only did they ban marriage, but also partnerships, and the damned thing is written so sloppily that it could even potentialy stop same-sex couples from doing things like setting up powers of attorney.

Morons. Absolute morons.

I tell you this, though - I will do research and find out what, if any, products I'm buying from Virginia companies and tell them that I will no longer use their products as long as they stay in Virginia. If they're going to support that government with their tax money, I'm not going to spend my money there. And frankly, I hope that other organizations will take note and announce a boycott.