Timelies all!

Up too early, since Nova starting meowing and scratching at the door at 6:30 or so. Got up, fed the cats, went back to bed. I thought I had closed the door properly, but somehow Nova got the door open and started grooming/eating my hair at 8:30. So here I am...

Did you know you could get a replica of Patrick McGoohan's jacket on the Prisoner?

Good morning Buffistas! I seem to have discovered a miracle cure for cramps, although it involves taking a prescription muscle relaxer not for the purpose intended. I took a half a flexeril prescribed for my back plus 2 ibuprofen and had relief for 10 hours! I am usually taking 4 - 6 ibuprofen every 4 hours and not getting full pain relief.

So now I wonder if I should try to get my Dr. to prescribe them for cramps or if I should try to go to Canada where they are OTC. When I was a kid in the eighties, everyone's mom seemed to have muscle relaxers for their period, but they don't seem to give them out like candy anymore.

Good morning, everyone!

Sophia, I'd check with your doctor, unless the price would be better in Canada. I have the same memories you do of every woman I knew having muscle relaxants for cramps back in the day. Luckily, I grew out of really bad cramps by college, but I still "enjoy" very heavy periods that never have predictable start days.

I'm glad I stayed home from the Shakesville party yesterday. I laid down on the couch to watch tv around 5:30 last night and didn't wake up until 11:45. Then, of course, I didn't get back to sleep until 5:00 this morning, but I woke up at 9:30, so it didn't throw off my sleep pattern too much. I just couldn't believe I was that tired, but I guess I was!

I'm running some errands this afternoon, and then will watch the inauguration concert on HBO (I don't get HBO normally, but they're supposed to have it available to everyone, so I'm hoping I'll be able to see it).

I slept away my SUnday morning alone. People will be here in an hour or an hour and a half and I haven't showered yet and certainly have not done any "chores" that I had hoped to. Oh well, I guess I shower and see what I feel like after that. I did get all my nails done last night and they look good, so that is something.

wow, no posts. I decided the best thing for me would be to continue the relaxing evening and morning - starting a mad rush to "get things done" would undo all the calm I am enjoying.

I put on Norah Jones, then did a little prep work to re-grout a bit of my shower, then took a bath and finally sorted the laundry and was straightening the bathroom a bit when I knocked a small glass bowl off a shelf and CRASH into the tub...glass everywhere. I got my barefooted self out of there without incident and have closed the door. Now to find shoes and clean that up.

Team Zmayhem has been virtuous this morning. Emmett and I took Matilda over to Kezar Stadium for our workout and took turns watching her while we each did a lap on the track, and then did the two banks of stairs. Matilda herself ran back and forth across the field chasing whoever was doing their lap.

Then we walked to the corner store, got fizzy water and a banana and we're back home, drinking water and eating banana and oranges. Virtuous!

This afternoon we're heading out to the 'burbs for the going away party for JZ's mom (who is moving to Reno).

We haven't heard yet from the North Beach Party People so I'm presuming they're all sleeping off epic hangovers or are possibly just as virtuously running around their neighborhoods.

We finally got our Christmas tree down and put everything away. I've cleaned the kitchen and the bedrooms today but we need to work on the toy room.

I also hung this coat rack by our back door.

or are possibly just as virtuously running around their neighborhoods.

Um, no.

But all survived.