Cereal:

I am, perhaps, just a *touch* on the cranky side today.

(But still! How naive must someone be to think that England affords a young lady LOTS of opportunities to wear a tiara out and about?)

Let's see if this fixes the italic problem.

Yay for Suzi's mom! And Tep, you're a wonder, volunteering to be a resource for da Bitches.

The weather is incredibly gorgeous and perfect here today. And I am chained, chained, I tell you, to my desk today. Feh.

But there has been good coffee and a lovely homemade egg-ham-n-cheese on rye half-sammich for lunch, and I must plow onwards in my quest for the formica surface of my desk.

vw, you have a right to be involved in your own medical decisions. You don't have to accept the things your psychopharm says about some other health care professional's decisions and prescriptions.

If you want, you can take the opinions he gave about your diagnoses and prescriptions back to your PCP and ask for a response, or see if your PCP agrees or disagrees with any of that, but beyond that, you are well within your rights to IGNORE him.

Just to put it out there, it was a psychopharm who ignored S's other *physical* symptoms and kept her on Zyprexa for a long time (thinking her problems were only psychiatric) and further damaged her already damaged liver. Just because he's your psychopharm does not mean he cannot also be WRONG, even dangerously so.

Also, what ita said. It cannot be stressed enough that there IS NO DIFFERENCE between the psychiatric and the physical. Everything your body is going through is physical. I know you don't want to switch because you've been with him for a long time, but him saying that seems like all the grounds you'll ever need to kick him to the curb. I think that's a very wrong-headed thing for him to say, and would (in my book) instantly and permanently disqualify him from ever being able to treat you or see you again.

Okay, babe, step away from the period romances. It's '06 in England too, pinky swear.(i'd tell Tiara Chick)

How naive must someone be to think that England affords a young lady LOTS of opportunities to wear a tiara out and about?

Well, she's pretty clearly just had her prom. Possibly her junior prom.

Um, actually I have no defense for her, other than to say that

In any case, the days of private balls and grand opera nights where tiaras were worn seem to have faded away.

Depends on what circles you run in, I guess. I have one or two of these events a year, and the embassy staff in London has more. I will agree that no one wears tiaras to Burns Night.

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.

I had no idea! I thought a tiara was what unmarried ladies wore! (With a crown being what married ladies wore.) I don't think I can overstate the impact of Wonder Woman on my sartorial comprehesion.

wrod.

Only in England would there be rules for tiara-wearing. Here in the US, one can wear a tiara while vacuuming. In the nude. Unless Homeland SSecurity has recently made a counter-ruling on that.

On Buffista Island every day will be tiara-appropriate, and there will be none of these silly rules about married/unmarried, or males/females being able to wear them.

While I have no defense for her, I'm sorry for her that her daydream about what Merry Olde England is like has been pierced by reality.

{{Sean}} Just because.

Rules, schmulz. And a tiny round hat box is perfect for packing a tiara. Ppppffftttbbbbbbb.

I found out today that I missed an gyno appointment last month. *sigh* And the calls from my dentist indicated I probably missed a cleaning as well. My brain is mush.

Here in the US, one can wear a tiara while vacuuming. In the nude.

Actually, I think that's what we're forcing the inmates at Guantanamo to do.