Much ~ma for your friend's mom, and for her doctors, that they quickly find out precisely what is wrong, and offer the best treatment.

Health~ma to Laga's friend's mother.

Thanks for the ~ma. It's not a heart attack. No other news yet.

Minnesota: Snow's gone by June...mostly.

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Hil, I'd love to give you a hand if you'd want someone to email in modern Hebrew with. I've been doing so when I studied French with a native speaking friend, and it helped a lot.

Thanks, but I'm not sure that I'm at the point where I could really write more than a sentence or two. Also, I don't know how to email with the Hebrew alphabet.

Right now, I'm coming in on three hours trying to get my MacBook to even start up. I'm posting from my little netbook that I usually just use when I need to travel light. The MacBook just goes to a gray screen when I try to start up. I've been going through the things suggested on the Apple support website, and none of them work. I've just got one more thing to try before I get to the one where it recommends taking the computer to an Apple Store and having the Genius Bar people do it, and the nearest Apple Store is in Lancaster, which is a few hours away.

Argh. It started up from the installation disk, and I ran the disk repair utilities, and tried to start it up normally again, which didn't work, and so I tried to start up from the installation disk again, and now that won't work either. I think this requires a Genius Bar visit. I really don't feel like driving to Lancaster just to go to the Apple Store. I guess I can do some Amish touristy stuff or something, too.

Stopping by for a boohoo.

I am so uncomfortable.

I've had a fever for the last couple of days. Achy and tiring, but no other symptoms. Curses. Completely screwed the grand get-it-done weekend I had planned.

I was actually in bed for 12 hours last night! Not asleep the whole time, but disinterested in doing anything else.

I'm wanting to think it is an allergy thing. weather dot com tells me that grass pollen has been high and going to get worse over the next couple of days. WOE. I'm not an allergy having person! Or was not.

My one shimmering hope is that the grass pollen is moderate and going to go down tomorrow. PLEASE let it be that. I really, truly want to feel better now.

I took an Alleve a bit ago to reduce the fever. The fever went UP. How is that possible?

Is there anything else I could take?

I'm not sneezing (more than twice a day), do not have a sore throat, or itchy eyes. Just a fever.

Bother.

Are you getting lots of fluids, bonny?

Add me to the list of neti pot lovers so I gotta prosletyze (or however you spell that) it really helps.

Oops I forgot {{{bonny}}} I'm sorry you're feeling crummy.

I also forgot that I came in here to post because my sister was howling in the living room and when I asked her what she was watching she said, "Thurgood Marshall." Who knew?

Alleve doesn't really fix fever, and can take a couple days to really kick in. I'd suggest if you really think it's allergies to try benadryl.

In other "Oh dear" news: So, due to a couple of ex-girlfriends, I have a waterproof mattress pad. I realized as I was cleaning and washing sheets and deciding to move my bed to another wall of the room, that I hadn't washed it in a while (...there hasn't been a girlfriend in a while either). So, I stuck it in the washer. Tried to take it out, and realized that the "waterproof" and the "mattress pad" had gotten separated and twisted up, and the "waterproof" part had captured a couple gallons of water, all twisted up like a balloon. DOH! I think I ended up tearing a hole (or many?) in it to get the water out. I suspect I may need to just go buy a new one.