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Well, an Emergency Room visit certainly wasn't on my "to do" list today! But I found myself there at 8 am. I'll omit the details but I went in today after visiting a walk-in clinic the day previously regarding a few weeks of persistent symptoms that had the potential to be Something Bad even though it was very unlikely. Fortunately there is nothing at all wrong with me, except the persisting symptoms for which the doctor had no explanation.

In fact, I got a lovely complement from the ER doctor: "You have the blood pressure of an Olympian athlete." Awww, thanks, I'm blushing. In fact, I can't donate blood because my blood pressure is too low.

I was dismissed by 9:30 am and back to normal life. Now I fearfully await the hospital bills which will probably be more than our car. Maybe more than a small house. Yay US healthcare.

No one had soccer games--amazing! We were able to eat dinner together, including Zari via WhatsApp. Eric make poke bowls with salmon, avocado, mango, and edamame.

Ivy's school is doing a class trip to Europe in June 2027. She wanted to join them, since she'll already be over there, but it's super expensive. We are thinking of doing an "alternate" school trip in Nice and Italy for students who can't afford the official one.