Went to the doc and I do have a sinus infection. Antiboitics will be had this evening.

I'm sorry you need the antibiotics, but glad you got them. I wish my sore throat was amenable to antibiotics. I'm taking Frisco in today for his cough - found out one of his caregivers has/had pneumonia. Not that she gave it to him and I had already made the appointment before I learned this, but it just convinced me that there are some powerful germs going around.

So if I'm having trouble sleeping at night due to free-floating anxiety issues, should I drink less coffee, even if I only drink coffee in the morning?

Caffiene can linger in the body for something like 17 or 18 hours, so it could help.

So if I'm having trouble sleeping at night due to free-floating anxiety issues, should I drink less coffee, even if I only drink coffee in the morning?

I would recommend a cocktail in the evening.

We generally only take one actual vacation week a year, and I would love to have two.

I've only taken a full week off work two or three times ever. Maybe four.

I finally (after 5 years) got my first bump up in vacation time. Of course I'm going to be using all of it on maternity leave...

In the Shit Just Got Real department, a blogging friend who is due a week after me had her baby last night.

Due dates are tricky that way!

I would recommend a cocktail in the evening.

Alcohol does make me sleepy, but when it wears off I'm often wide awake, so I've been avoiding alcohol as a sleep aid. Still, I'm more likely to notice this with beer than other booze, so maybe I should pick up some vodka or something....

For me, one drink really does often help with random anxiety. But as noted, that is just me!

I just finished watching Independence Day during treadmilling. For some reason I like that movie, it's hokey as hell, if they had a science adviser he must have been drunk through most of the production, and almost everything is implausible. Yet I still like it, though I kept wanting the first lady to airlock one of those aliens.

The sleep hygiene handout my doctor gave me when I was suffering the worst of my insomnia (aka before the Ambien) recommended no caffeine at all, and no alcohol near bedtime.

recommended no caffiene at all

That's just crazy talk!

Well, Yesterday and today I've had half my usual coffee in the morning. (One big cup instead of two.) Maybe I'll try that for a few days, and if it doesn't help I'll cut out coffee entirely.

There's one co-worker that I occasionally hug after a vacation week or somesuch (we've been friends for over 20 years), and longtime business associates/friends from NYC and Florida that I always hug on the rare occasions we meet in person. In theory I'd be fine with hugging any of the relatives I work with, but none of us are touchy-feely people outside of family gatherings.