I hate getting up this early for work. Why do "the powers that be" think that starting high school at 7:30 am is a good idea? Draconian Dictator thinks this means all teachers should be on campus by 7...ugh.

Good luck to anyone who has to go to work in an icy, snowy mess today. Can it be Spring now?

Maria, you are wise, you are fabulous, and I feel I barely know you. Any chance you will be around more in the next little while?

Aimee, dear sister L will in MI this weekend visiting her friends. I'ma give her your cell number, just in case any one of them flakes and she needs help.

Yay sister!!

I was certain that I would get a delayed university opening this a.m. because of the ice storm -- when I took the dog out at 4:30 a.m. it was still sleeting -- so I reset my alarm for 6 a.m. instead of 5 a.m. only to find out that there would be no delay. Feh. Vortex's U. was delayed, as were a number of other U.s in DC, so I'm jealous and bitter. Also, still without coffee. This last one I can fix.

Happy Belated Birthdays, Maria and Kristin! (and Aimee's sister!)

My day is shaping up to be insane.

So, my doctor thinks that either I have mono or that the antibiotics she gave me are fucking with my dilantin levels, because I'm just not getting better (well, I am in some ways...the fevers are gone, but the pukes have joined the list of symptoms, so...) and I have no energy and am really, really out of it. I'm going in today for blood tests, which we won't get the results on till tomorrow.

In the meantime, I'm supposed to work tonight, go to school tomorrow morning, and work again tomorrow night. She wants me to cancel all of the above. But, I've missed so much already that I really don't feel like I can.

ND, I was thinking of you as I was watching a TV show - one of the actresses was wearing TWO charm bracelets and they rattled and clanked in her microphone AND that of the man she was playing a love scene with. And went on and on and on ...

I imagined what YOU would have to say about it.

I hope the sound people have managed to get those bracelets "lost".

{{{vw}}} I hope that the bloodtest help the doctors figure out how to make you better fast. Feel better.

Any chance you will be around more in the next little while?

I certainly hope so. I've been in non-posty headspace for a while now, but it appears my fingers can once again do the talking.

Thank you for the lovely compliment, Andi.

Sparky, even the feds are on a 2-hour delay. As I watched the news this morning, the absence of that one university on the closed/delayed list was quite noticeable. I'd be cranky too.

Thanks, Cash! I hope the day isn't as insane as you think it's going to be.

vw, I hope you feel better soon.

Drew, thanks for the birthday wishes. I hope you finally got some sleep.