Puppycat was dosing on my old body pillow that I doubled and have right in front of the heater vent so she can be the heat ho she is and also look out the window. Sound asleep. And then twisting and jumping backwards with all of her fur sproinging. For no reason whatsoever.

I think she just channeled Jessica's immune system.

Between the lupus and the allergies, my immune system is just plain paranoid. It's like one of those annoying tiny dogs that bark at leaves and bits of string.

snerk. I think mine is similar -- allergies plus juvenile arthritis (which has thankfully been in remission for a few years, but the remission allowed my doctors to figure out that, hey, there are other freaky things about my joints!)

My work sitch may be in flux and I need to move out of here for sanity purposes. But I don't have that much in savings and the rent is cheap. But my landlord makes me want to use my knife in murderous rage ways.

ISM, I broke my santoku knife. At least it was from smashing garlic violently and not on her.

My dear son, at Christmas, received a remote control thing that was supposed to work on both the road and in the air. Turned out to be a POS. CJ and DH returned it for a remote control airplane.

Today was the first day that they tried to put it together to fly. The airplane had been used and was missing pieces. They returned it today for a different plane. I'm afraid to ask if they checked the pieces before leaving the store.

Of course, now the darn thing needs to be charged before they can fly it, so it won't happen today.

dammit! what is it about sundays?

i've got another freakin' semi-flat tire. i just bought two new tires in october because the hole that was in one of them was unfixable and it was silly to buy one new tire.

this at least is just a nail and appears to be easily fixable. just a royal pain in my ass because i'll have to get it done before work in the morning.

I hate sundays.

While we're whining, I have tomorrow off and I still have to be at a meeting at 9 am. In what kind of world is that an ok thing?!

Ok, I know I should be happy because I have the day off, but if I have the day off, I want to sleep in more!

t /whine

eta: Not that others are whining. You all have legitimate issues, and I realize that this really isn't.

Prednisone is a nasty, nasty drug, but it does the job for some things.

The doctor has had my mom on a low dose of Prednisone for over a year, to keep her lupus vasculitis symptoms under control. I've been wondering if that's good, but apparently there's no other reasonable option.

Why don't I have tomorrow off?

Between the lupus and the allergies, my immune system is just plain paranoid. It's like one of those annoying tiny dogs that bark at leaves and bits of string.

I'm sorry as hell about the lupus and the allergies, but I am madly in love with this simile.

Kristin! My friend L. and I were just talking about you a couple of hours ago. She and her husband M. saw you and Drew over New Year's, and she said, "They look so happy together. Just so happy. And Drew looks much better than he used to. Handsomer, or less sloppy. I'm not sure. But so much better than before Kristin."

Grammar Nazis!!!

what's the past tense of text message? texted?