fire bad. tree pretty. beer foamy.

If I weren't at work...beer would be quite foamy.

MG someday the girls will thank you, even if they never use the words.

One maybe, the other - I don't know. There is more left to play out tonight, so we will see.

It's really too bad that you won't get to meet my mom, then. At least the two of you could commiserate.

I'm so bummed on so many levels. I don't really have anyone to talk to other than my mom and she is so close to the current situation that it makes it hard.

vw, seconding the potassium causes weird muscle aches thing. Other options include orange juice, milk, apricots, peaches, peas, tomatoes - Ooooooh, if you happen by chance to run into it, Low-Sodium V-8 juice is A-freakin-mazing for potassium deficiency - it has the potassium from the tomatoes and other veggies, plus uses potassium chloride in place of sodium chloride for flavoring.

FTR, Gatorade tends to have 35-50mg per (8oz?) serving. By the time I get to the muscle ache stage, it would take several kegs to do the trick for me. On the other hand, used in conjunction with other high-potassium items, it does very nicely for keeping all electrolytes in balance, so by all means, include it in your day.

In re the sinus-clearing thingies - my ENT will mix up some warm salt water and use a great big syringe thing (without a needle) to shoot the stuff up one nostril, through my sinuses, and out the other side. I've found something called "SaltAire" which does much the same thing at home - comes in a plastic bottle with a pump on the side which puts some pressure behind it. It's remarkably unpleasant, and I do get salt water draining down the back of my throat for quite a while, but it's a big help when I'm congested. I'd swear I've fended off sinus infections by using the stuff.

I have got the world's best doctor. The pharmacy keeps screwing up my Celexa prescription, so she called in the new prescription today for the right dosage and for them to dispense 3 months worth up front as long as my insurance will allow it.

{{MG}} It gets better, eventually, and not nearly as soon as you'd like it, but it does. I didn't have my daughter from 13-17, but I inherited what everyone else screwed up and it is possible to (hee) unscrew it. It just takes time.

Very envious of all the travellers who got to spend time with farflung (to them) Buffistas. I just keep reminding myself that May is only 2 months away, now.

Thanks Sail. There are just so many issues flying right now I can barely think straight. I've taken to making lists. People who know me, know this can be dangerous.

May - only 2 months...ahhhhhhhhhhhh. Music to my ears.

Vacation in 77 hours sounds even better. *flounces off*

The pharmacy keeps screwing up my Celexa prescription, so she called in the new prescription today for the right dosage and for them to dispense 3 months worth up front as long as my insurance will allow it.

That's cool. Coinkidinkily, I'm on Celexa. And with the impending layoff, my already shitty healthcare will be getting excrementally worse. I used to be on 20mg and my doctor bumped me up to 40mg. So I have some refills left on the 20. I called in a refill on both the 40 and the 20 today. I originally filled them at different pharmacies so there are no raised eyebrows. And I hope the insurance dudes aren't going to catch it. I'll be damned if I'm going to pay two or three times as much just to make sure I don't go into withdrawal from my anti-deps.

I took a sick day. Still headachey. And Aunt Flo popped in for a visit last night. I slept in this morning given that I was up 'til 3. I'll be running out for fortifications and then I'm hitting the resume trail again.

That's a good tip about Low Sodium V-8, Andi, thanks! I am forever getting leg cramps, and I hate bananas. And Gatorade isn't part of my weight-loss program.

In fact, I'll probably get a good cramp tonight as we played tennis today. I blew my shoes out - the sole came right off. Clearly my swath of destruction is still being cut.

So DH said he'd buy me new tennis shoes for my birthday, prompting the shoe discussion. "What are you looking for in shoe?" "Pink." "(sigh) Do you pronate? Do your toes run up into the front of the shoe? Do your feet swell?" "Anything's fine, if they have it in pink. The K-Swiss with the tiny hearts are cute." "Ra-aq!" "OK. How about...not red."

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Fricking high school. Rescheduling counseling appointments. #@)(*##%