"Take the basic skills you have and figure the rest out." If I don't immediately know the answer, I at least know where to look for it.

Supposidly this is what is getting me this current job offer. Which could show up today. Or Monday. Every time my e-mail pings I jump.

{{{GC}}}

FWIW, this:

Plus her mom did something really shitty last night that hurt my feelings and pissed off GF and we can't say/do anything about it because she's going through shit with her husband dying in the hospital.

was probably due to her mother's mental and emotional state. Her filters are probably pretty thin right now too.

I'm having a cranktastic day, but at least I finally have an office chair. Sitting on the floor was comfy but not super-professional.

And I need a babysitter Sunday, as ours canceled. Argh!

Thanks y'all. That'll really help me with my confidence in the interview. So much better to be solid with what I know I can do than to fake it.

Really, I can't tell you how much that helps.

was probably due to her mother's mental and emotional state. Her filters are probably pretty thin right now too.

This. I'm sorry the universe seems to be working against y'all right now. Sane~ma for you both.

{{{{GC, GF, and GF's mom & dad}}}} Hard road all around. I'm sorry, hon.

Did the apocalypse come and no one told me? There are no customers bothering us at the moment. Of course, I've just cursed us with double digit queues and triple-digit wait times, I'm sure.

Personally, I think the most important thing is for people to be educated about what individual cold meds actually do, so you can treat the symptoms that are actually bothering you.

This is especially true for coughs, where usually you want either the suppressant or the expectorant, not both.

On the cold remedy - these days I fix myself hot herbal tea with lemon and honey and gargle with salt water when I have a sore throat. I can't take most OTC medications, so that's about all I can do. I can and do take Mucinex - it helps keep me from getting a sinus infection.

I recently tried the two cloves of crushed garlic thing, taken in something like applesauce or a liquid. (If you don't chew it, you don't get garlic breath). That seemed to really keep symtoms away on the days I needed it during my long spell of ick.

Thanks, guys. I've moved from raging to depressed, which I guess is a little better.

Vortex, ~ma to you.

This is especially true for coughs, where usually you want either the suppressant or the expectorant, not both.

I think that depends on the expectorant, actually.

Mucinex DM is the two together.

The guai still thins and loosens the mucus even though the dextromethorphan keeps you from coughing it out.

Isn't Vortex Easter timezone? If she's still not out things went well?