I would totally do that, meara.

Sounds good, Hil--where is she now?

San Francisco.

Hil, my university, which is something of a carbon copy of yours, has responded to the financial crisis by choosing not to replace retiring tenured faculty and increasing the number of people on contracts, who actually make a profit for the institution. So everyone who teaches undergrads was renewed for the next year. Hopefully it will be the same at your school.

Thanks. Right now, the word is that the department will announce what's going on at the department meeting at the end of the month.

I would totally do that, meara

I think the fact that I would too is a sign I'm in the right place! :) Boss just emailed the Latin America team to ask--she said if they haven't responded by 10AM tomorrow to go ahead and take the vacay. Which I will also gladly do.

Laura, Fun Theatre!

And you are totally right about the acupuncture. I'm calling my buddy whose practice is a block and a half from my house. She came several times last year while I was sick, and I trust her completely.

In the meanwhile, I did opt for the Zyrtec and can say with a cautious YaY that it is, in fact, the bomb diggety.

My mind is clearer, my nose is drier and I no longer feel as if I am gargling glass.

Awesome stop gap until I can get in for the pokes.

Sigh. What a relief.

oops, wrong thread!

In the meanwhile, I did opt for the Zyrtec and can say with a cautious YaY that it is, in fact, the bomb diggety.

eeeexcellent

Allergy people: Allegra is now over-the-counter. Allegra rocks my socks, and I am willing to pay brand-name price for it until CVS has a store brand (and they might already; I don't know, because I haven't gone to get any yet).

Seldane, from way back in the 1980s, was the kick-ass best antihistamine EVER. And they took that shit off the market because it was making people's hearts kind of...stop. Bah.

And you are totally right about the acupuncture. I'm calling my buddy whose practice is a block and a half from my house. She came several times last year while I was sick, and I trust her completely.

I need to call the acupuncturist about my migraines. I wonder if she could also fix my migraines.

There was a headache drug called Cope that I would have bought heavily if I'd known it was going to pulled. I can't find any references to it, because I'd like to see what it's active ingredient was. Darned stupid common words being used as names.

My migraine drug (Midrin) recently stopped being manufactured because it is so old that it didn't actually go through the testing-->approval process that the FDA has now, so suddenly the FDA was all "oh, there's no proof of efficacy, blah blah blah."

EXCEPT HOW IT STOPPED MY HEADACHES. I got your efficacy right there, buddy.

So now I take fioricet, which is decent but not great. So I'm going to give acupuncture a shot. (I keep saying that but haven't yet called her. Soon, I swear!)

Now I gotta go make cookies for Tim's ex's son. I am going to load him down with food and dog food and water and paper towels (you need the last if you have the first 3).

Allegra is now over-the-counter

WOOOO!!