Cookies would be nice!

I don't suppose the universe is going to bring me any. :: still looks hopeful ::

Frank, I hope it works out for you. I do apologise if it didn't since I went to sleep at about 6 last night and woke up more than 12 hours later--I may have been hogging more REM than is my share.

Oh ita. Given what you are suffering through now my sleep problems are the equivalent of diamond shoe tightness. As far as my day-to-day is concerned, I've been living on 4 to 6 hours sleep, depending on how bad the night goes, for going on a decade now. The weird part? Haven't been missing the 2 to 4 hours I should be getting. So good for you if you're getting my sleep.

I'm mainly worried about the apnea because it may be contributing to my high blood pressure. And the apnea may not be the reason I have trouble getting to/getting back to sleep. But - gotta deal with the known problem first.

Granted, those nights I only get 4 (or often feels like less) hours are a bitch, but they are also surprisingly easy to shake off. I suspect my sleep rhythms may not be average. I just wish I got more out of my waking hours than I do. I used to seem to do SO much more with the same amount of time. Which is why I suspect that my sleep patterns ARE a problem.

t /first world problems

Cool project [link]

Pictures of people looking at goatse for the first time. (Also safe).

Bahahahah. Tom, you've made my day. Those are hysterical.

I am sitting in my house overwhelmed by crap to be done and dreading it all. I have made a promise to myself that I will stop visiting Grace at the hospital because I can't stand being as devastated and upset as it is making me. Instead, I'm eating Ollallieberry pie with ice cream and folding clothes and pumping breastmilk. I might move on to filing insurance papers and paying bills.

I live a daring life if that is what my Saturday nights entail.

I'm eating Ollallieberry pie

What's this?

What's this?

Ollallieberries are a blackberry variant. I think.

Genetically, it is approximately two-thirds Blackberry and one-third European Red Raspberry. The Olallieberry was developed in 1949 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture at Oregon State University by crossing a Loganberry with a Youngberry. While primarily developed in Oregon, it has never been very productive there and is primarily grown in California. Because the olallieberry has blackberry on both sides of its parentage, it exhibits many of the same flavor characteristics of the blackberry. However, olallieberries are much larger in size and generally are sweeter than blackberries grown under the same conditions.

Sorry. I spelled it wrong before. Really? Olallieberry is just yummy berry goodness. Duarte's near Pescadero has the best olallieberry pie.

Duarte's near Pescadero has the best olallieberry pie.

They really do.

Blackberries are like my favorite fruit-- I should look for this.

I miss Duartes.