one of the next Latin dances I'm tackling is East Coast Swing

Superfun! Swing is my most favorite of all the dances I do. I started on East Coast, then progressed to Lindy Hop. Warning - once you've mastered Lindy it's hard to hold yourself back to East Coast. Hope you love it as much as I do.

Andi, try cold steeped tea bags on your eyes. Helps my allergy eye to feel less flamey.

Yesterday, I was alternating between chamomile and black tea bags. It only seemed to help while they were actually on my eyelids. I woke up this morning and it was even worse than yesterday, to the point where I was wondering if I should call the clinic. I thought there was a possibility I was either working on a major sleep deficit, or a bit dehydrated, or both. So I managed to guzzle around 30 oz of liquid before going back to bed, with a cool, damp washcloth over my eyes. Lo, and behold, I woke up at noon with my eyes feeling noticeably better. So here I sit with another 32 oz bottle of water (refillable, have had it since living in AZ), pondering potassium-rich foods for lunch. Also pondering whether to say, screw doing laundry, go back to bed for more sleep.

Oddly with all this fun stuff happening to my eyes, I've managed to write three Mentalist fics in the last week.

Also pondering whether to say, screw doing laundry, go back to bed for more sleep.

Screw doing laundry. You clearly need rest.

Showing off Letterman-inspired tag.

Barb you looked fantastic!!

What askye said!

We're headed to New Hampshire tonight to see Neil Gaiman read! I can't wait!

sj, I've been following that on twitter most of the morning. I am so jealous!

WS, I'd say sleep over laundry. Laundry's full of allergens; it's clearly a Bad Idea!

I am still leaking and miserable, but I am getting through this section today if it kills me.

I might have to lay down after 5 more pages. ::SNORKSNIFFLEHACK::

So, I finally went to Urgent Care (surprisingly painless and efficient), and had a chest xray and and ekg and some poking and prodding, and the results so far are -- nada. They're doing blood work, which will be back tomorrow, so maybe they'll find something there.

Vortex, I'm glad you went and I'm glad the x-rays and ekg didn't show anything. At this point, I'm almost betting it's the bloodwork that will show something. I hope it will and that it'll be something easily taken care of.

Glad you're not immediately dying, Vortex! Or "Losing your battle with life" per the other thread. :)

I started on East Coast, then progressed to Lindy Hop. Warning - once you've mastered Lindy it's hard to hold yourself back to East Coast.

See, I look at Lindy and think "that takes way too much energy". I can do a basic East Coast, though don't know too many fancy moves, but I'd rather West Coast swing any day.

Awwww. I just got pre-birthday flowers at work from Tim. The card reads, "Dear Steph, Happy Birthday Eve!"

Which prompted a riff of jokes from my co-workers (started by me, of course) about how he sent them to the wrong girlfriend ("Who's EVE, and why were you sending her flowers???").

So I took a picture with my cell phone and texted it to him, and about 2 seconds later I got a text from him asking "Is it okay if I get my hair cut tomorrow night at 7?" I assumed he hadn't gotten the picture text before sending that, or else he REALLY thought I wouldn't let him get his hair cut on my birthday.

So then about 5 seconds after that he called, and when I answered he was laughing his ass off, and finally said, "I hope you know I texted you before I got the picture." I said, "I thought the flowers were a little over the top as an attempt to get me to let you go do something on my birthday."

Sweet boy. Will post crappy camera-phone picture later when I'm at home where the USB cable lives. (My phone is not a smartphone. It's barely a passing-grade phone.)