The fucker hurts and is right where I can't avoid it touching something. Even jersey pajama pants hurt

Ouch! No bruise the last time I looked, just swelling. Meh.

My ankles are just swole up, period. Side effect of the meds. I've been trying to steer away from self-portraits with too much emphasis on my puffiness, but it's very limiting.

msbelle, I sure hope you worked off that head of steam.

My ankles are just swole up, period. Side effect of the meds.

Yuck.

ita, I'm sorry you're having a crappy migraine day.

So I just made a mutant tuna noodle casserole from the odds and ends I could pull together in my cabinets. I'm kind of scared to eat it.

Yuck.

The side effects are so random! Puffy hands and feet (and tender too, let me tell you). Raspy voice. Periodic inability to focus (visually).

At least I think they are side effects. Less scary that way.

My camera's being petulant right now. I think I need to put it down.

Puffy hands and feet (and tender too, let me tell you). Raspy voice. Periodic inability to focus (visually).

That sounds like a whole lot of not-fun. Except the raspy voice. That sounds OK.

Random swelling never seems good.

I just dropped a jar of baby food on my ankle.

Neighbors brought by a pan of cinnamon rolls for us. It feels so WEIRD when people are neighborly. Now I'll have to think of something to fill the pan as a return.

I was at Vroman's this afternoon, picking up a couple of books for my Noah-boo.

On the whiteboard upfront that has the events listed was LOVE AND CONSEQUENCES - READING AND SIGNING WITH AUTHOR MARGARET B. JONES with CANCELED written over it in big red letters.

SNAP!

HA! Go Vromans. It would only be better if it said CANCELLED BECAUSE SHE'S A FRAUD!

Advice: I'm doing invitations for Grace and Noah's birthday. I'd like to make it clear that gifts for them are not necessary, but if people feel compelled to give something, then we'd love to help grow their college fund. With twins who are as beloved as these two, the last thing we need is more clothes or toys.

Is there a way to word that without it being exceptionally wordy as well as tacky?

At traditional chinese birthdays, people give little red envelops of cash, but there is, alas, nothing like that in our culture.

A friend of lori requests that in lieu of a gift, people who want to give something gives a $1 for each year the kid has been alive. Don't know how she words it though.

There is a charter school in NY that is proposing to pay its teachers $125,000 (and its principal only $90,000). People are saying it can't be done, but honestly, there is so much waste in education. [link]