Why's Brendan hurting?

Hernia. Much pain for the big guy.

Finally looked through Deena's pics this morning. So very cute. Nice way to start the day.

Oh, yeah! That's what I forgot. Poor Brendan! Sending much ~ma.

ION, studying for this exam is boring.

For all my bitching about the war in Iraq, we remained relatively untouched by it. Until Saturday. My husband's friend (who was in our wedding) was killed when his humvee ran over an IED. He was a volunteer fireman, an all-around great guy and he leaves a wife and two kids. *sigh*

There'll be no catching up after the long weekend.

I hope this miserable rain is just March's way of saying "Fuck you. Good-bye."

Oh Cashmere. I'm so sorry. His family and friends will be in my prayers.

For all my bitching about the war in Iraq, we remained relatively untouched by it. Until Saturday. My husband's friend (who was in our wedding) was killed when his humvee ran over an IED. He was a volunteer fireman, an all-around great guy and he leaves a wife and two kids.

Oh Lisa, I am so sorry. My condolences to you and Christopher, and prayers for his poor family, and friends.

Cass, I really wanted to be there today, too. But I had a performance this afternoon. I'm really bummed I missed you. Glad to see you around, though.

Sorry to hear that, Cash. Damn.

I just feel terrible for Christopher. I came downstairs this morning and found our wedding album on the table. He was up late going through it. He's being all stoic, but I think he's pretty shaken.

Erin --

I take Seroquel as part of my regular meds and it's supposed to help me sleep but that sometimes depends on how keyed up am. After barely sleeping Saturday night and only taking a brief light nap on Sunday I figured that I'd sleep well last night (especially after I got all emotional yesterday). I took Benedryl as an extra measure, went to bed at 9 (with a headache) and the last time I looked at my alarm clock it was midnight. So I'm working on empty today as well.

I was taking Ambien at one point, but I stopped taking it for several reasons. I started taking half a pill (don't know the dosage) and ended up taking 1 1/2 -2 and still had trouble falling asleep. I tried Trazadone, but that screwed up my vision slightly. I don't want to take another med, especially not one that will be expensive as Ambien -- it will push my monthly copays closer $130 (for three meds) , and while I realize that's not a lot compared to what some people pay I really don't want to pay that.

My big problem is falling asleep - once I'm asleep, but I've been like that since I was a child.

Deena -- your kids are such cutieheads!

I did nothing for Easter. Dad was very tired and said that his "I'm fine! I can do most things!" attitude for the first week after his heart attack caught up with him and wiped him out. So we got take in and watched Sharpe's Regiment. However, when I got back to Dad's around 8 ish he was gone and didn't get back until 10 ish. Which means he's being stubborn.

Cahs, I'm so sorry to hear about your friend.