Just looked back at my post from June and noticed that I had made mention of my health thing with no follow-up.

I'm on high blood pressure meds now and pending a call to the doc today, probably something for cholesterol as well.  I spent three hours yesterday in the dentist's chair getting an old crown taken out and getting fitted for a new one.  Two hours for that procedure and then another hour when the temporary crown turned out to be ... so temporary as to last only an hour and a half.  It's a good thing that the dentist's office is about 60 feet down the corridor from my cubicle.

I've started working out 3-4 mornings a week at the fitness center provided by our company.  It starts the day out quite well and also saves on hot water at home -- I throw on the exercise stuff at 5:30am or so and shower and dress here at work.  Ever since returning from Thailand last summer, I've been waking up between 5:00 and 5:30 or so every morning anyway, and this beats sitting watching morning news and checking email.