however, the finishing touch is the 80-carat aquamarine stone nestled on the handmade chocolate stilt fisherman.

I hope you get to keep it.

Crap, I heard people talking about Private Practice, but I didn't realize it was the Addison show. I guess I'll have to add it to my TIvo a week late.

So, the first glance estimate on my car was $8K to repair, but the specifically does not include electronices and so on - just body work. The car is supposedly worth $20K (that's the low value) and I owe 18K. Anyone know how much the repair cost has to get to before I get a new car? (or have any experience with this. I haven't been in a car accident in 16 years)

I am sorry, Stephanie, I have no car advice-- my non-running car is worth $200!

Also- am I crazy or did the owner of the practice used to be played by Merrin Dungey and is now played by Victoria Rowland? It was confusing, and I think Merrin did a better job.

Audra McDonald replaced Merrin Dungey.

Yes, they re-cast the part.

I have to say, that I'm going to bail on PP - just didn't like it. I did enjoy Dirty Sexy Money. That was fun. Even though I watched it this morning after a night of disturbed sleep thanks to a cat who kept vomitting and vomitting.

Do you think that cats find canned food easier to digest? I'm thinking of getting him a little just to see if he can handle it better.

I thought it was a different actress too, Sophia.

I forgot to tape DSM. Probably good, since I don't have time for it, and I don't know how I feel about Peter Krause these days (The Lost Room restored a lot of the Sports Night goodwill that I'd lost due to Six Feet Under, but not all of it.)

Audra McDonald replaced Merrin Dungey.

Duh. I don't know why I thought Victoira Rowland, except Audra looked harder than normal in this.

I hope you get to keep it.

Incentive to eat it.

I woke up this morning without a migraine! Of course I was doped silly last night. Really silly.

But it was fucking worth it. I wish I had the slightest conviction I won't be back inside of a week. But right now? Very happy. I even woke up by myself before my alarm went off, but only right before. Not an hour before, wondering how I was supposed to do the rest of the day.

Not going to get ahead of myself. Just going to be mutedly grateful.

Last night the cab driver comped my fare. And I hadn't even cried. Of course, once he did, I cried for an hour, but he doesn't need to know that.

Sometimes I don't hate people.

Now I just have to ask my ride what I was talking about. Because I think I had bursts of drug induced emotional sincerity.

And that's never good.

Hey, you know what? I think I'm going to have breakfast.

Did I mention how much the ten minutes I've been awake without pain mean to me?

Ali-- sorry to hear about your friend on DWTS. And I totally dig your stance on headache drugs. I kind of even share it, at least as far as the ER goes. Which makes much of this so much worse.