Blow Dry, smonster. With added Rachel Griffiths and Bill Nighy.

Good news on Daisy, and new nephew, (ignoring the whipworm talk. Any worm talk, actually).

Heh. You do deserve to be happy, dear!

H has kept his cute butt, too. I could hate him for it, but it (and he) are just too cute.

Bright side of a localized allergic reaction - now I have an excuse for not doing shit today. Taking ibuprofen, too, and resting and elevating.

I was just about to post that the cold I picked up last week is kicking my ass. It's weird, because some symptoms are gone, but the cough is lingering and...my chest is starting to hurt. And all I can think is HELL NO PLEURISY.

I have a LOT of shit to do. We have stuff planned all weekend. I'm cancelling tonight's plans (at least my attendance; Tim may still go and have fun, although I have NO IDEA how he could POSSIBLY have any fun WITHOUT me [ha ha ha]). Tomorrow is a pool party, and I really would like to go. Which is why I'm cancelling tonight. I am damn sure I can't do both.

But I also need to make gluten-free brownies for tomorrow, but I do not have brownie mix. The store was in my plans for today, but Jesus, I feel bad. I think we will have to take an alternate foodstuff tomorrow, probably pre-made by the good folks at a bakery.

Just going up and down the stairs to do laundry is kicking my ass. Maybe I can get a nap.

Bright side of a localized allergic reaction - now I have an excuse for not doing shit today. Taking ibuprofen, too, and resting and elevating.

What's going on with your water sitch?

Haven't heard from Ray today. Guess I'm screwed until Monday. My guest gets here Tuesday. Looks I might be staying in the Marigny some this weekend.

Bright side of other people having cute butts - we get to look!

StW has a cute butt.

...ah, you knew I had to say it.

I have a cold from hell, too, Teppy. Gotta hate a summer cold. Only one thing planned this weekend. luckily--going to the movies, which is a fine, restful activity.

Congrats to your sister on her job going permanent, smonster. And YAY to you and St. W00t!

I have a cold from hell, too, Teppy. Gotta hate a summer cold. Only one thing planned this weekend. luckily--going to the movies, which is a fine, restful activity.

I did All The Dishes (basically, all the dishes from Sunday through this morning), and I balanced all my bank accounts (and remembered to pay the Visa bill), re-ordered checks, and have 1 load of laundry drying on the clothesline, 1 load in the dryer, and 1 load in the washer. Also ran the neti pot through my sinuses twice.

And that is IT. I am knackered.

Oh! And I keep getting an invoice from CVS Caremark for the IUD (of The IUD Saga From Hell)...for $0.00. Finally I called today to find out why they're wasting paper on me, and the woman said that it was because the claim was still out to Aetna, but she looked it up and apparently they recently paid, and I owe nothing.

So the upside to the IUD Saga From Hell is that I ended up paying a grand total of $40 for everything (office visit, IUD itself, everything), compared to what might have been literally $1,000 with our new insurance.

So the IUD Saga From Hell was worth it (in the most literal way possible), but I *still* twitch when I think about it.

And our new insurance is SO bad, I can't even tell you. I don't even want to get into it. I dread what I have to deal with if this cold turns into something that needs more than OTC treatment.

Bright side of other people having cute butts - we get to look!

Tim is *entirely* too hotass for almost-45. I am a lucky dame.

He was measuring his waist last night for a mermaid tail (seriously, don't ask; it's a combination of Mad Scientist, jackassery, marginal kink, and Because He Can), and started complaining because his waist has gone up an inch...to 33 inches.

My heart bleeds. (He can still get down under 30 inches in a corset, so I have no sympathy. Zero.)

Announcement: The bushes are gone. I repeat: The bushes are gone.

Anybody else think we should take up a collection for a 5-ft metal chicken to go in their place?