Peppermint is supposed to be good for tummy troubles, but ginger works better for me.

I'm also expecting the Communist Invasion any minute now, so life is looking really pleasant.

oh Anne, you have my sympathies! best wishes for food appealing to you soon!

Last week was Restaurant Week here (special deals on meals at purportedly nice restaurants) and several people have gotten sick - seemingly there's some kind of viral thingie going around.

St. Louis is being attacked by the communists? But it's nowhere near the Canadian border.

I had my mother bring me Jamaican teas one of the last times she visited. The down-home ginger stuff is good, and I need to make sure she keeps me in it. The funnest is the cinnamon, but I can't tell if it's caffeinated or not, so I forget to drink it.

Ease-ma of symptoms for Anne and Cass. Calli, I had not read The Grammarian's Daughters. Thank you for linking it. I have sent it to my writing group members and a couple of friends. It's a lovely story.

HIPAA. That's a damned good point, there. Hmmm.

Just something to think about. Or at least, threaten with.

Your privacy is battered enough in this day and age. Such an egregious violation cries out for an answer. Or, I dunno, a punch in the snoot.

And you're just the woman to do it!

Can you talk to her (and, hell, everybody) and ask that she notify you about things by email rather than asking someone else to remind you?

Well, in her defense, Friday was her last day before she left for the semester in New Zealand. She was probably cleaning out the desk to make sure she’d taken care of everything and found them. It sounded like she was quite busy on her last day, so it was probably an afterthought.

My library has an online renewal option.

So does ours, but I think not for ILL books.

This is it. ILL books seldomly can be renewed.

Wicked!!! Whee!!!!

Have SO MUCH FUN!

I'm so tired and drained that I could weep.

I bet. {{{Kristin}}}

Thanks so much for all the support today, everyone. I am feeling much better. I got a little done…baby steps…and had therapy, which really helped. And shortly I’m off to play with the cutest little George I know.

I'm hungry, but feeling too lazy to make food. I suppose I could just pan-fry a flounder fillet, which should take about 14 seconds (it's very thin).

Spending as much $$ on an outfit for a doll as I balk at spending on Em is MAD, correct?