As a person who is congenitally late, I feel I have considerable authority when I say, "Yes, he's an asshat." I am usually about 15 minutes late, but I explain, I apologize, I call and I grovel. My main problem is that, even though I am normally a pessimist, I am irrationally optimistic about the amount of time it will take me to get somewhere, plus I hate the way I look, so I sometimes end up changing clothes four or five times.
I fear that as time goes on, I will become my mother, a person we refer to as "the late Mrs. K."
I see your back pain and raise you whinging about my sinuses and chest cold. Bah. I canceled on my neighbors last night (don't want to get the baby sick) and my parents/grandmother today (don't want to get Grandma sick) and I feel like a tool.
You are not a tool! You're being very selfless not wanting to get others sick. I guess the plus side of the back pain is that I keep forgetting to worry about my sinus headache.
Tea:
I guess a compromise for today would be to find something fun that is closer to home. I really wanted to go to King Richard's Faire today, but I can't see an hour and a half in the car each way and walking around in cold weather. I'm just not up for it.
Over in buffistechnology, Theodosia says:
Daniel, Lifehacker.com says if you change your language preference over to UK English, you'll get your iGoogle tabs back, at least temporarily.
Works for me, when I open a new window.
Also, there is now a script for collapsing the side tab. [link]
Get better soon, sickies. No head asplody, please, and don't be down on yourselves for deciding you need to not spread germs, or that you need more rest.
After spending much of yesterday either asleep or cranky from still needing more sleep, I got about 10 hrs last night. And yet, I'm heading back for a nap.
For what it is worth, I keep a stash of Emergen-C packets of vitamin powder. On several occasions when I've been sure I was getting sick, they staved it off. Since they basically have the same vitamins I take anyway in the same or lower quantities, I don't know why. Maybe because it is in powder form you dissolve in liquid, so more of it gets absorbed more quickly? Anyway, while I guarantee nothing, I thought I'd mention it in case it works for anybody else.
As a person who is congenitally late, I feel I have considerable authority when I say, "Yes, he's an asshat." I am usually about 15 minutes late, but I explain, I apologize, I call and I grovel. My main problem is that, even though I am normally a pessimist, I am irrationally optimistic about the amount of time it will take me to get somewhere.
ginger is me. BTW, did you get my email?
Anyway, while I guarantee nothing, I thought I'd mention it in case it works for anybody else.
works for me as well.
The Emergen-C route has never worked for me, and I envy those for whom it does. I just end up with a terrible headache (from the high dose of vitamin C) and a sketchy stomach. Zinc has sometimes helped curtail a cold, but not always. Unfortunately, we couldn't find any medicine we recognized today, so I'm rationing for the planes tomorrow. Wish me luck!
Shir, you've had a hell of a year. I'm so sorry. {{{{{Shir}}}}} Here's to things getting a lot better for you and your family soon. Hang in there and come vent here when you need to, okay?
Tim Burton wedding cakes
!!!!!!
Want! That first one especially is SO COOL.
Tons of feel-better ~ma for Bitches who are sick or in pain. I will jump on the Emergen-C bandwagon, also. It does seems to fend off most colds. Since none is available for Sparky, I will just wish her luck.
Fay, that is
ridiculous.
What a complete jerk. I am like Ginger--often overly optimistic and therefore sometimes a little late--but I always feel terrible about it and apologize, and I'm almost never more than 15 minutes past when I was supposed to be there.
In unrelated news, the weather is
gorgeous
in Pasadena right now. I'm sitting out on my patio grading papers, and it's the perfect temperature. Not too hot, not too cold.
