Patronized is close to what I'm looking for. Man, I hate, hate, HATE this feeling. Words are usually at my disposal, but every now and again, I need one and it just utterly escapes me.

I think that maybe affronted might work. It always has the whiff of "sensitivity" to it.

Yeah, I thought of affronted, too, but it didn't seem to be quite right. It's affronted with the slight whiff of paranoia that comes with patronized. The "You say you're working on my behalf, but I see no evidence of it," feeling.

I bet the Germans have a word for this belief.

And they created it by stringing four other words together.

if I run out of tissues at work, does that mean I can go home?? Blargh!!

And for another sign the economy sucks. I'm trying to order speakers, and due to scaling back at the factory, they can not guarantee an October 1st delivery. Which means I need a plan B.

Vortex, all kinds of warm and fuzzy thoughts for you this weekend...along with some yummy adult beverages.

Just remember: you are fabulous. That is a constant.

The guy from the tree company down the street is going to take a look at it later this afternoon. I am hoping he will take pity on me. I'm not really a fan of the company, because I've seen crew members working without being safetied, but they seem like my best shot for something like this. This is their opportunity to change my mind, I guess. At some point, several trees have to go, including probably the one that dropped the limb, but I don't have the money. It's going to cost roughly the cost of a trip around the world to take that one out, since it's huge, hangs over the house and hangs over the power drop.

Much get-through-the-weekend~ma to you, Vortex.

In other news, forget sonic screwdrivers. I want acoustic tweezers.

Lots of ~ma, Vortex.

I got kinesio tape on my shoulder at PT again. This stuff works pretty well while it's actually on my shoulder, but it's humid outside today, and every time I went out, another bit of tape got unstuck.

Vortex, you are in my thoughts and have all my getting through a rough time~ma.

Ambien works like a charm for me. I've never had weirdness and as long as I give myself six hours to sleep I don't have gronk.

No weirdness maybe, but your spelling stops making actual words happen and becomes more letter soup.

I just rearranged my bedroom furniture and had to figure out which way I'd face when sleeping The Way I Like. I did a little rearranging before the actual moving of furniture so I wouldn't end up facing a wall. Every night.