Yay Suzi and Suzi's mom! That's fantastic! I'm so pleased for both of you.

If you want, I can look up interactions and so forth with potential migraine meds, if you tell me what you're currently taking.

I just might have you do that, 'cause I get overwhelmed when trying to do the research. And, in his defense, the "I just don't like that one" is also a "I don't think it's going to do anything, because it's not actually a migraine medication." He's going to be talking to my PCP (or having an e-mail conversation, at least), and she REALLY goes to bat for me, so I'm not completely out of hope yet. It's just frustrating, you know?

Of course, this is extra frustrating, because I feel a migraine coming on. Just got back from the chiro, though, and the neck moved well. I'm hopeful that that will help keep it at bay.

If you want, I can look up interactions and so forth with potential migraine meds, if you tell me what you're currently taking.

I just might have you do that, 'cause I get overwhelmed when trying to do the research.

You can either e-mail me a list of what you're taking, or just post it here quickly and then delete it -- whatever you prefer.

I'll send you an e-mail in a minute, Steph. Thanks.

Suzi, that's great news about your mom. I hope that her recovery speeds along!

vw, everyone has already said anything I would say, but it's still good to see that with Teppy's information you are going to be very well informed when you talk to your shrink.

After my 12.5 hour day at work yesterday I have decided I'm leaving early today and getting a facial. I predict I'll fall asleep during it.

Today's Miss Manners, to which I say "phooey!"

Dear Miss Manners:

We are taking a vacation to England this fall, and I have a tiara I wore with my prom dress. What places can I wear it out in England? I know they use them a lot there.

No, not a lot. Not nearly as often as Miss America wears hers, for example.

Elderly British duchesses have been known to get fed up waiting for an opportunity to wear theirs, despairing that when their saucy daughters-in-law inherit them, they will pluck out the gemstones to use for heaven knows what. Probably bellybutton decorations.

This is because tiaras are worn only for full-dress occasions, which nowadays pretty much means only grand state banquets or ceremonies, and the occasional full-scale royal wedding. Perhaps Miss Manners had better explain that full dress means something more than prom wear and the full-scale wedding means something more than a royal second wedding you may have seen on television. In any case, the days of private balls and grand opera nights where tiaras were worn seem to have faded away. Furthermore, tiaras are not supposed to be worn by unmarried ladies, with the exception of those who are being married within an hour of placing them carefully in their hair.

Miss Manners hopes she hasn't spoiled your vacation. You may find there a daring young lady or two who doesn't care about the rules governing tiaras as a sign of rank and wealth and plops something sparkly in her hair to go out dancing. It is just that you are no more or less likely to do so than in the United States.

Besides, tiaras are a nightmare to pack.

Well, she's right about tiaras being a nightmare to pack. And she doesn't say don't do it, she's just saying "these are the usual places." What I love about Miss Manners is she'll often say "This is why you shouldn't, and if no one else will be harmed and my eyes are officially averted elsewhere, here's why you should."

I had no idea there were rules about that. Seriously. But I suspect I'm in a far different class than MM.

This unmarried lady occassionally wears her tiara to the office. And while doing the dishes.

Vw - i am so glad you have here to post - so Teppy can help. I count these as good things. Just deal is not an answer. even I don't kno wis better

Uh, that question to Miss Manners -- is that for real? Someone actually thinks that British people wear tiaras a lot "over there"? What are they basing that on?

Seriously. Does she think that England is all fancy-schmancy highfalutin'?

See, when I wear my tiara, I regard it as just an accessory, on a par with earrings or such. I don't actually take it seriously. It's a *tiara.* And it sounds like the Miss Manners-questioner is taking her tiara just a leeeeetle too seriously.