I can buy your chronic cold symptoms as either a direct manifestation of stress, or one of those stress leads to lowered immune response which leads to catching every damned bug that passes within a 20 yard radius of you.
One of you is gonna fall and die, and I'm not cleaning it up!
Mal ,'War Stories'
Spike's Bitches 46: Don't I get a cookie?
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WindSparrow - Dec 12, 2010 12:25:56 pm PST #10806 of 30000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Steph L. - Dec 12, 2010 12:32:35 pm PST #10807 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I can buy your chronic cold symptoms as either a direct manifestation of stress, or one of those stress leads to lowered immune response which leads to catching every damned bug that passes within a 20 yard radius of you.
Oh, me too. I always, ALWAYS manage to rally very well in the midst of stress, and this summer was no exception. I feed people, run errands, do whatever they need me to (including pray the Rosary). But damn if I don't crash hard afterward. And the thing is, it takes a while for the crash to happen, like my subconscious stays on alert for a month or two afterwards, just in case more trauma happens. THEN I hit the wall.
WindSparrow - Dec 12, 2010 1:04:52 pm PST #10808 of 30000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Somebody in our neighborhood took a snowblower all the way around the sidewalk, so once we get the driveway plowed, the only thing left is the walk between the sidewalk and the front steps. Of which the bottom two are completely covered in snow. That says a LOT about how much wind blew the snow around, because there is not so much as a dimple showing where I had shoveled yesterday.
ETA: Did I mention that I am extremely grateful for the snow-blowing? I am. A lot. Very. Superlatively.
smonster - Dec 12, 2010 1:19:15 pm PST #10809 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Steph and Jilli, take care of yourselves!
My dinner is goat cheese on baguette, clemenntines, and an apple. And I'm watching PS I Love You. I'm going to regret that, aren't I?
Aims - Dec 12, 2010 1:28:43 pm PST #10810 of 30000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Just concentrate JDM with an Irish accent. It'll be all good.
And get a box of tissue, just in case.
Liese S. - Dec 12, 2010 1:41:34 pm PST #10811 of 30000
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Yay for neighborhood snow-blowing benefactor.
Barb - Dec 12, 2010 2:47:45 pm PST #10812 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
The biggest problem with P.S. I Love You is Hillary Swank, whom I cannot buy as a romantic leading lady in any way, shape or form.
But the male eye candy in that movie makes up for it.
Hil R. - Dec 12, 2010 3:10:14 pm PST #10813 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Blech. Just woke up from a nap with an asthma attack, and my sinuses and ear hurt. Why can't my respiratory system just work the way it's supposed to?
Atropa - Dec 12, 2010 3:32:45 pm PST #10814 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
it takes a while for the crash to happen, like my subconscious stays on alert for a month or two afterwards, just in case more trauma happens. THEN I hit the wall.
Ahahahaha. Yes, I am very familiar with this sort of pattern.
Whooo, I had a (not-really-a-surprise) SA, meara, and Plei visit! And they brought me Candy Cane Jo-Jos!
(Pete, after they had left: "Do you want me to take the rest of those to D&D tomorrow?"
Me, clutching the box to my bosom: "Nooooo! I am putting them in the freezer. They are MY JO-JOS.")
beekaytee - Dec 12, 2010 4:13:52 pm PST #10815 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
My goodness, Jilli! What a testament to your strength of will that you have been able to function at ALL with both E-B AND Lyme. Gracious. That would put lesser mortals down.
I'm going to give the fungi perfecti preparation a try and can highly recommend Wellness Formula by Source Naturals. It is the one supplement my local health food store runs out of. It really helped me last winter and given that I'm now, post-pneumonia, I'll be looking to it for support this year!