Hurricanes are all about the preparation and the being smart about evacuating if they tell you too. I went through several living in New England, though nothing compared to what our Florida folks experience every year.

Can I have a meme moment? The new med the doc put me on is making me really, really nauseated. Nine hours until the extended release wears off. I haven't even made it into the shower yet today, and I actually do have shit I need to do and a dinner guest coming over tonight. I managed to choke down some oatmeal this morning and some saltines and selzer a little bit ago, but I feel like ass. Want to cuddle up to my Buffistas and whimper for a little while.

I swear, I don't know how people handle morning sickness for months at a time. Mothers are superhumans.

Laura, I knew someone who lived in Florida who said they couldn't have dog doors (he had a beagle) - there was a danger that an alligator would use it to come in.

That sounds off to me too. No one I know in S. Louisiana was prohibited from dog doors. Even on Avery Island. I wouldn't think a full size gator could fit through a dog door anyway.

K, I am so sorry you feel like hell. I will cuddle up to you. I also feel nauseated, but for a different reason (not preggers!). Exes are jackholes and need to be smacked.

Oh Juliana, I'm so sorry.

t cuddles up to J.

I also feel nauseated, but for a different reason (not preggers!). Exes are jackholes and need to be smacked.

you know you need but say the word and and I will fuck his shit up.

Vortex, I love you so very much. Just needed to be said.

I will fuck his shit up.

::grabs a front row seat & a bowl of popcorn::

Kristin, is this something that will pass in time when you get to a certain blood level or tolerance? (I hope?)

{{juliana}}

Sparky, I'm not taking this particular med again. It was an experiment, and I think I'm declaring it a bust.

Aw, juliana. I'm relieved all over again that you've got half a continent between you and the jackhole.

And (very carefully){{{Kristin}}} Constant nausea is acres of no fun at all, and you're in just the right place for plenty of been there, done that, hurled it all back up empathy. Trader Joe's ginger cookies, the little bitty silver-dollar-size ones that come in a big plastic tub, are very helpful. Lots of ground ginger and chunks of crystallized ginger; five or six along with a big mug of tea or a bottle of fizzy water may take the nausea down to where it's bearable.

It was an experiment, and I think I'm declaring it a bust.

Crap. I was hoping this would work really well for you.