Good news, Erika.

New baby human!

What brand, and what color did it end up being?

Heh. Wet'n'Wild. It's okay - I need to try it again. I really want a lip gloss, not a lipstick. I got one from a friend, but the brand had worn off so I don't know what it was.

(I am hoping the "blackened rose" lipstick I bought from Etsy will be THE color I am looking for, thus freeing me from the unnerving knowlege that my current lipstick of choice is named "homegirl".)

Let me know how the "blackened rose" turns out. I haven't bought any Kat Von D lipstick yet - a lot of the reviews say it's kind of dry...

And yay erika!

HI LITTLE PERSON!

gorgeous solstice glambaby!!!!! (i can feel my ovaries ache just looking at the picture, too adorable for words.)

He's so beautiful, GC!

I'm so glad it's nothing, erika. There's no way not to worry.

(Did you not get my last e-mail, Bonny?)

Got my MRI results from yesterday (for the aching foot of doom) and nothing seen that would be causing what i'm experiencing. Bone bruising, sprained ligaments...but no clots or obvious nerve damage. Dr is calling in new Rx for ambien (gulp) to see if that'll overwhelm the pain enough for sleep, and oxycodone because it has longer efficacy and might just buy me enough pain relief time to catch up on sleep. i am currently so sleep deprived that i was downright mean to my mom on the phone yesterday (after apologizing in advance and afterwards for my excessive crankiness) and the cats are shying away from me. Last night i got four rounds of 1 to 1.5 hours of sleep over the course of 16 hours. lots of time spent reading brain candy in between, waiting for the moment 4 hours was up and i could take another dose of painkiller and hope for a few hours of sleep. No such luck. If today's Rx options don't buy me some sleep tonight, will be moving into nerve-med territory which is even more squirm inducing than the thought of taking ambien (at least i'm alone in the house, so no one to terrify or witness my embarrassment.)

On the bright side: i have dr approval to go swimming as long as i don't kick; he doesn't think that my swim on friday brought on this night-time misery. If i can sleep tonight, i shall attempt a deep-water aerobics class tomorrow.

Ooof, poor erin_obscure. At least no nerve damage, yay?

erika, I'm glad it's nothing.

t rantycakes that I dare not put elsewhere

Dear craftspeople and artisans: if the primary decoration of what you make is lots of cogs and gears on something, please don't use the keywords "goth" or "gothic". Because really, goth and steampunk are two different things. Cousins, sure, but not the same, and when I'm browsing "gothic Victorian", I don't want to see a wodge of gears glued on random items.

t /rantycakes. maybe.

How frustrating not to know what's causing it, erin. I hope the new medication helps.

I just got email from the local PD reminding us to celebrate the new year without gunfire. I really thought I had moved to a place that didn't need those kinds of reminders. Oh well.

I just got email from the local PD reminding us to celebrate the new year without gunfire.

How can you have a new year without random people firing guns into the air?

It's possible I've lived in Chicago too long....