Oh, and DH's new camera came yesterday. Which means new Annabel pics:

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So, vw, can I toss his name and number?

Um...yes. I can't believe you actually wrote it down :)

Thanks Lilty and -t. The sympathy helps. Now, being dressed, I think I may drag myself to work. I think this day is going to be very long. But I will try to have hope for a little bit still. Whether or not I get the tickets, I think it may make the day go better.

If it's not going to kill me or make me too drugged to drive safely, I'm inclined to take them. After all, I really am pretty sure I haven't taken any yet today.

I don't know if you're taking OTC Ibuprofen, or have a prescription for the 800mg caplets. On my prescription bottle, there's a warning that the high doses (like 800mg) can cause drowsiness. I *really* wouldn't take it until after you drive, if there's a chance you already took it.

Have hope for sure, libkitty. It's early yet, and things could work out!

(And, in many cases I'd hate to suggest it, and who knows if they'd be hella expensive, but since you've got a whole trip around it, maybe eBay?)

ETA: There's a pair up already. Bid starting at $20, Buy it Now at $100. Yipes.

OTC--my NP and I agreed it made no sense for me to get a prescription when I had a big Costco bottle around the house. And it's so not making me sleepy. I take my last dose of the day right at midnight, and I've been lying awake till 1:00 and 1:30 plotting out the next few chapters of my novel all week. But I'ma hold off until 10:30 or so, which should give it just enough time to hit my system by PT at 11:15.

Being on Tylenol 3 and Flexeril was a novelty for me. It was the first time since I was doped up on bp meds right before Annabel was born that I was averaging more than 7 hours of sleep per 24.

I too taught myself to read at around 2. I'm not sure exactly when, because my mother contends I was born being able to read. I must have figured out phonics at some point, because I could sound out words, although there were embarrassing moments with words such as "lapel." The two earliest books I remember reading were Little Women and a book about Roy Chapman Andrews' hunting dinosaurs in the Gobi Desert. Yes, I was another of those obsessed-with-dinosaurs children. What I did through most of school is read books hidden in my lap or behind the book we were supposed to be reading.

Mmmmm...lunch!

Rules for stray cats - [link]

I absolutely love our chef.

"Are you sure you got enough? There's still some left."

My god, I stuffed myself!