tiny birds and doctors

Today I learned that if a hummingbird builds its nest in a bush on your front walk, you can see how much time it spends not sitting on its itty bitty jellybean eggs from your kitchen window. Keeping in mind that this information is filtered through a short attention span, it appears that the bird sits for 5 to 8 minutes, then goes out to find something to eat for 1 or 3 minutes. We hope to have a picture soon.

In other news, you should go to the doctor more often than once every four years. The guy I saw today tied together a whole bunch of symptoms I have that were improving, but very, very slowly. Things like serotonin, a neurotransmitter, affecting how your liver works, and something about hormones. It all made good sense when he said it, and I'll have some test results at some point to confirm his suspicions, and hopefully all this will stave off another exciting ovarian cyst rupture.

Also, it appears that if you are having a hard enough time, eight days can go by in an instant.