Oy. I just saw a commercial for a new Kraft mac and cheese that's oven-baked that pretty much says to make this stuff for your kids because kids don't like the things you cook.

I am so not ready to have teenagers. I guess I have six more years to steel myself.

Okay, I need guts advice - spoilerfonting for anyone who doesn't want to hear it. I threw up Saturday night, had some mild diarrhea on Monday morning, and finally started eating again Monday night because I was HUNGRY. Every time I eat I have burbles and gurgles for hours, and after I ate some swedish fish today I have been in gas agony (since noon) and had more diarrhea. What, if anything, can I do to make myself able to handle 35 high school students for 2 hours tomorrow morning, ideally with neither crippling pain nor bathroom runs? I so rarely have tummy issues I don't know what to do. I have simethicone, which seems to have done nothing, and tums, and I think some immodium. Can I pre-treat with anything to be sure I'll be okay, or is just not eating anything my best bet?

msbelle, I may join you but that would mean I'd have to leave my room and I like it in here right now.

Why is it now that the panic is over, I want my anxiety meds? Those are in the other room also.

I would definitely take immodium, flea. And what about the banana/rice/apples/toast diet?

Sheesh, kids!

My last-minute-not-my-emergency thankfully only resulted in staying an extra half an hour. And I get the added glee of knowing they'll be up most of the night stuffing things into envelopes and putting together the packages (over 75 of 'em) because this shit has to be down in DC by deadline tomorrow. My part was supposed to be done...lessee...last Thursday? And we only got the documents to copy this morning. And after we copied all of them, they discovered one of the documents was out of order. And only told me at 4:15. DIdn't get the revised stuff to me until 4:30. REALLY?

Immodium, flea. I pre-treat all the time when my stomach has been unruly.

Thank dog, Suzi. He better suck up for a while.

I grocery shopped. I committed vegetables. This can't end well. But meat is marinating, so there will be home cooked dinner at some point. I should have just had the bread and cheese, seriously.

Yeah, he owes a whole lot of dinners for that kind of scary. Staying in your room a while is totally an ok thing. And I don`t think it`s surprising you`d need your meds after the fact. You`ve been in "do" mode this whole time.

And my living room got a good pickup up done while I was in my nervous energy mode.

Dinner turned out well. Burgers with cheese and bacon (bought prepared) with some steamed veggies.

Hey, NYC-istas, my parents are flying in on St. Patrick'a Day. Will traffic getting into town be hellacious?

Will traffic getting into town be hellacious?

Yeah, kinda.