Gah, fuckity.

Also, could you possibly step onto IM for a second? If not, no big.

may all the kids blow off steam this weekend

Ack, Erin. I'm sorry.

In unrelated news, I am so very chuffed at having named Wallybee.

Drive-by posting. I wish I had time to keep up with all the messages!

Cass, you're inspiring me. I'm de-cluttering my apartment from years and years of accumulated crap, and it's amazing both how much crap I have, and how liberating and tiring it is getting rid of it.

Today, I received a rare complimentary email from an author whose paper I'd edited. He said that in 35 years of publishing with my employer, it was the first time he'd ever seen a "perfect" job of editing. He had no changes to make at all. I thanked him, and then forwarded the email to my bosses, with the header "About that raise..."

Side effects from this fucking, fucking antibiotic. I am SO e-mailing regular!doctor and telling him how pissed I am. In addition to the jaw pain, all my joints hurt, and my hands are swollen. These are, apparently, also common side effects to this fucking panzer antibiotic.

Teppy, I'm so sorry that you are having so many problems with these antibiotics. I have to say, though, that your symptom rants are very helpful for me. I'm on Levaquin, and it looks like I'm going to have to take a second series. Anyway, while my side affects are no where near as bad as yours, I had been wondering about some sharp pains, and had been talking down that hypochondriac voice in my head. It's nice to know that there's a real cause for the pain and that I'm not dying. Also, I never would have looked it up because I never would have thought of an antibiotic being a possible cause for a pain, so I was blaming the stomach issues on it, but not the pain. So, I didn't mean to turn this into mememe. Really, it was supposed to be saying thank you and {{{{{{{{{Teppy}}}}}}}}} and antibiotic and doctor ~ma.

So, it's not just the people in my office who are having a monday today, then?

I had no idea everyone's day was going so badly, because my day was going like crap and I've hardly had time for b.org. Perhaps the antibiotics are affecting my motivation and memory as well, because even though I'm swamped, I can't remember half of the urgent things to do, so I'm doing other, less urgent things. Plus, I'm not doing them well because my brain has decided to take a holiday. Argh!

I hope this means really great weekends for people. (the bad fridays)

You and me both!! I must admit, though, that I'm not optimistic about this one. Plus, I want chocolate and can't have it. Ack!

eta: Off to start the weekend. Good luck all and ~ma to those who need it!

My new job in tech support has limited Internet access, and I got a look at the whitelist of allowed websites. Neither Buffistas nor LiveJournal are permitted, and I'm leery of submitting them for approval. Ah, well.

Lots of news outlets, though, so I can get my news fix, lots and lots of computer stuff naturally. Given the number of guys in the place, lots of sports and hunting, plus a surprising number of free speech type sites to balance out the Rush Limbaugh and George W sites (surprising for Utah County). Local newspapers, local organizations, credit card companies so I can pay my bills at work, yay. Genealogy places to suck the attention of the LDS and other family history fiends (Here!).

eBay. Right, that won't take people's attention.

andre_norton.org, plus several LotR and Harry Potter and Star Wars sites. I wonder who had the chutzpah to put those in?

Plus . . . fanfiction.net.

I am boggled. I may have reason to waste time at work after all.

I'm hungry. Where should I go eat?

San Francisco!

I think I need to eat before I get there.

If you're in LA, have some Falafel King for me. Gawd, I miss that place.