How is that negative? It's *good* that the meds are kicking in.

I just meant that it may not mean that your back is really better.

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Thanks for the input, vw! I've been thinking about this for a while. I have to hem a lot of my pants and it would be nice to be able to do it on a machine, rather than by hand. Not to mention doing some crafty stuff for the kids.

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Oh, yeah! Absolutely! I definitely approve :).

Shit. Just got my first Christmas card...the first of many that will say things like, "We've sure heard a lot about [CBD] and can't wait to meet him." I guess I need to do a better job of making sure my extended family knows that we're no longer dating, but I just don't have the energy. I had kind of hoped my parents had told some of them.

It's hard, because it's an expectation thing. My family--especially my extended family--thinks that I would be happier if I were married and having five million children. And that was closest I've been in over 10 years. This is stupid, but I just feel like I've let them all down.

Ugh. I need to go do something productive and quit whining. Also, I wish this stupid knot in my stomach would go away.

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Had to share an incident from the show this weekend. This is the from the house managers report.

I held the house a bit longer because I had a customer who bought tickets over the internet for tonight's performance. She had tickets for A Christmas Carol, just the wrong theater. Her tickets read Anthens Theater in Chicago. I went ahead and sat her then at intermission she paid $270 for 4 seats.

um. Chicago. Dallas. Poor lady paid doubly for the show. Something tells me she won't be able to get a refund on her Chicago tickets.

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And that was closest I've been in over 10 years. This is stupid, but I just feel like I've let them all down.

I feel your pain on the closest. God knows I'm wanting love and coming up empty. And to have something and then not. Ya. BUT the "let them down" part. Pshaw! Hogwash I say. You have to do whats best for YOU! If CBD wasn't the right one, at the right time, then it's far better to learn and address that now, rather than later down the road where you might feel compelled to marry him because you've been dating 13 months or some such.

Er. um. kinda lecturey. Sorry. What I meant was {{{ vw }}}

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How is that negative? It's *good* that the meds are kicking in.

I just meant that it may not mean that your back is really better.

So you mean the percocet is kicking in, but the steroids and muscle relaxers aren't? I guess that's possible, but I also know the point of giving me steroids was to reduce any inflammation that might be irritating the sciatic nerve.

I guess there's no way to tell if it's the percocet masking the pain, or the steroids getting rid of the cause of the pain.

Or -- I took my last dose of percocet at 7:00 this morning, and it's 5 1/2 hours later, so if the pain comes back soon, that would mean the lack of pain was from the percocet working. And if things stay pain-free (ish), then I'm going to assume it's the steroids and/or muscle relaxers and/or time.

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Or -- I took my last dose of percocet at 7:00 this morning, and it's 5 1/2 hours later, so if the pain comes back soon, that would mean the lack of pain was from the percocet working. And if things stay pain-free (ish), then I'm going to assume it's the steroids and/or muscle relaxers and/or time.

That sounds like a reasonable conclusion.

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My poor sniffly, scratchy-voiced girl has slid into wet coughing and fever. Poor lamb.

And I feel even worse for her because she's not a demanding, ill-tempered sickie. She just took her Benadryl and Motrin and lay down on the sofa. After about an hour of cartoons, she fell asleep and stayed there most of the morning.

Poor baby girl.

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Ugh. I only remember ordering two drinks on Saturday night. I mean, they were STRONG drinks, but dear GOD. I had a few sips of my friend's shot, but...apparently being over 30 and on some meds means that getting drunk is (a) too easy and (b) a REALLY REALLY bad idea. This is now the second time I've gotten drunk and spent the whole next day just miserable. I seriously considered whether I should go to the ER...for six hours Sunday afternoon, I was not keeping water down. MISERABLE. And even Sunday night, still miserable, just not actively doing anything about it. Still not feeling great today. WTF, body??

Alcohol no longer my friend. Sniff. Feel like I have been beat up. OW.

Though, thank god the woman canceled my trip to Portland today. Would not have wanted to get up mad early and fly down there.

I hope people who did nothing to deserve their pain (Teppy, Aimee) feel better than I do, today. :(

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Cashmere, I'd go for the Brother, actually. Their quality is going to be similar, and the Brother actually has a few more toys--including the twin needle, which is actually wicked cool.

Cash, I have that model Brother, and I have been very happy with it. It's a nice simple, easy to use machine - not a lot of bells and whistles. The only thing that has not made me happy, is that there aren't any Brother dealerships nearby, so getting a walking foot for quilting has not been happening. So, if there is any chance at all that you might get into quilting, and you don't have a proper Brother dealership near you, I'd recommend bumping up to whatever level of machine comes with the walking foot. But for simple repairs and hems and ordinary sewing, this is a good choice.

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