Okay. I feel a lot less like death on toast now. More like coma on toast. Or like I ought to abandon this metaphor.

I don't know if it's the Sudafed kicking in, but at least I'm not shaky and dizzy any more. Now if I could just figure out how to speed up the clock and make it quitting time...

I am fancy! And it's practically free, anyway. So.

Glad you're feeling better, Dana, although I have no help to offer on the time thing. I know theoretically getting more done would make the time go faster, but I just have no interest in any of the things I have on my plate.

I'm remarkably bitchy today. It must be the PMS kicking in. I just got all pissy about my computer (both my desktop and the laptop I was trying to get connected) not working properly, and went into major snit mode. Now, I'm feeling all resentful that I have to work at the bookstore tonight.

I just want to get my vacation started on Friday morning.

I know theoretically getting more done would make the time go faster, but I just have no interest in any of the things I have on my plate.

We should trade plates. That always makes things more interesting.

Actually, speaking of plates, I have one of those random food questions that we cover every so often.

Do you like to mix food, or do you eat all your items separately? I am a big fan of combining meat and vegetables in one bite, or meat and potatoes, or vegetables and rice, whatever is on my plate. My husband, not really a mixer.

Do you like to mix food, or do you eat all your items separately?

Some foods I mix, some make me gag when mixed. It depends. But I think I mix more often than not.

If I have mashed potatoes, it's an almost sure bet that I'll mix *something* with them. Ideally, corn.

Being 100 meters from a Celine Dion concert would probably have that covered.

She's now using The Who's hand-me-down sound systems?

If I have mashed potatoes, it's an almost sure bet that I'll mix *something* with them. Ideally, corn.

I form the mashed potatoes into a volcano, with corn at the base representing the villagers. Then, the gravy eruption comes....

Now you have me wanting a Bird's Nest (mashed potatoes with peas in the middle - gravy optional). Mmmmm.

Do you like to mix food, or do you eat all your items separately?

I'm not a mixer. Unless the food comes already mixed, like in salad form. As a kid, I used to eat the things I liked least first because I wanted to save the yummy thing for last, to get me through the yuck. So I would not mix, eat by category from least liked to most. I'm more flexible about eating patterns by now.

ahhhhhhhhhhhh, Robin! I'm sorry. NOT what you want to be dealing with when you still have the new house smell going! (or, ever, really, but especially at the get-go.)