My allergies have been epic. I am not losing any weight. Two coworkers are out and I thought it would be a lazy day, but nooo, suddenly everyone has questions and I'm the only person around to answer them. I just want to watch The Daily Show and get some work done, people!

My sinuses are trying to escape through the back of my head. PLEASE LET THIS FUCKING WEATHER END TODAY.

I woke up with a headache that WILL NOT GO AWAY. It doesn't seem sinus-y or migraine-y, but carpet-bombing it with drugs is not working. Ice on the back of my neck isn't working.

Trepanning is next.

For sinus headaches, I've found that putting hot/warm compresses over my face (covering the forehead, eyes, and nose) helps some. Or standing in a hot shower with the water pouring down over my face.

I think for a lot of people, erika, it takes some work to understand that sexuality and gender identity are separate. But when you think of it as: this is who I'm attracted to, and this is how I feel in my body it's a little easier to get.

People that have gender dysphoria don't feel right with their biological package of sex organs. You may have issues with your body but you're fine with having girly bits.

At some point (I think) it's difficult to describe it all as a series of binary choices. It's not nearly as simple as Chastity was a lesbian and now wants to be a man. Both sexuality and gender identity can be kind of fluid and evolving anyway.

I just wanted to mention that this is the best, clearest description of gender vs. sexual orientation I've read anywhere. You're the bee's knees, Hec.

What are people doing this weekend?

Saturday is cleaning and forcing the cats to get over themselves day. Sunday is birthday brunch and errand day.

Tomorrow is a family wedding (v. swanky -- getting married in a cathedral, reception in a way-too-elegant-for-me place), and between the wedding and the reception, The Boy and I are driving down to the airport to meet up with the rest of his family, to greet his nephew the Marine, who is getting back in town after serving in Iraq for 9 months.

Sunday we should clean house but probably won't.

I am flying to Columbus Ohio at the crack of dawn tomorrow morning and hanging out with my sister and her family. Coming back on Tuesday.

ND and I are helping our friends move (luckily my part of the help will primarily be painting, not moving boxes) on Saturday. Then he leaves for Orlando Sunday morning, and I plan to read a book. No really, that's my whole plan! Summer vacation rocks.

Perhaps I'll install an XP or Windows 7 virtual machine on my MacBook Pro. And then install my Windows software on that.

I was thinking of taking a sailing class over the weekend, but I'm still getting over a cold so probably not.

I'm going to see The Wiz tomorrow night, and possibly brunch tomorrow as well. That's it for plans.

Something did go down here, but nothing drastic, and it's actually good over all. So phew.