Thanks, Pix. I don't think I'm eating again today, and tomorrow I will venture forth, so no need. I also found a stash of Ensure.

Not to mention I feel miserable and whiny enough that I should continue with my hermit ways. The left side of my neck is now acting up too.

So my mom just gave me the date of my brother's public PhD dissertation defense. (He couldn't remember it, typical.) So I'm thinking I should fly down there without telling him. And show up for the weekend (parking myself in a hotel and all.)

Hopefully, the schedule will allow.

Oh, ita. It's probably compensatory. Sucks. Glad you have nourishment, don't ever apologize for feeling miserable (says the one who apologized to her parents when needing a root canal and knew it was fucked up as she was doing so.)

I am way too suggestible. I've been watching a House marathon, and now my hip is aching.

(Either that, or sitting on the couch is making my hip ache. Which is also a possibility.)

Thanks, Pix. I don't think I'm eating again today, and tomorrow I will venture forth, so no need. I also found a stash of Ensure.

I'm glad to hear you found some Ensure; it makes me feel better knowing you've at least gotten some nourishment. I completely respect the desire for hermitage when you're feeling awful. I did a fair bit of hiding last week myself. Just please know that the offer stands if you change your mind.

ita, I am working at home tomorrow, in fact I'm likely to be in your neighborhood to pick up some Peets, so please please please feel free to ask me to run by the store, run errands, whatever. Really, it's no bother.

I'm starting to warm up to Nadal as well, but it's hard. I blame his clothing. He dresses funny, and it turns out I'm shallow enough to find that amusing.

Hi, Burrell!

My mom is coming on Tuesday, so I should probably straighten up a little. I definitely need to do the litter box and garbage tonight, since garbage pick up is in the morning. And yet? I have zero urges to do so. Relatedly, this isn't that gross, but I'm going to white font anyway: why does my cat insist on having an accident on the rug whenever I bring in a new box of litter to refill his box? He does this almost every Sunday. And I can't figure out a way to hide the new carton of litter. But it's like he decides that the old litter is clearly no longer any good, and he can't contain himself in his excitement at the new litter, so he uses the rug.

So typical of the sorts of problems he causes me.

Hi Alibelle, it's good to see someone else is up too. Say hi to your mom for me.

I love how you've analyzed your cat, mostly because it sounds very plausible.

Hello. I just skipped 800 posts.

And I have braces.

Thanks for the offer, Burrell. I should be okay tomorrow. Psychologically, I mean. I can only hope the swelling will have gone down some more. I swear it hasn't decreased significantly since day 2. At this rate, I'm going to still look like a freak when I meet my new recruiters. So much for first impressions. At least I don't have any interviews lined up.

US Open Women's Final: Doesn't Serena have a lovely smile? And she looked way happier about this win than her last US Open win, but I think she knows more about how hard it all is now.

Shir, how long will they be in for?