Chiming in on the amazing-ness of the cake! Wow. I would be unable to eat it; it's too pretty.

Seems it's time for the three-day unrelenting monthly headache again. I've got a list of stuff I want to get done this long weekend, and so far all I've done is sleep and watch tv and cry a little. It just will not go away no matter what I take. It feels like my head is in a vise.

In a couple weeks I'm having a "procedure" done. I had an ultrasound done a couple weeks ago, and the verdict was that the uterine lining was twice as thick as it ught to be, and there were polyps. So they're going to do a D&C. As stupid as this sounds, if they'd told me they were taking the uterus out, I'd have been overjoyed, but this? The mere idea of this makes me want to vomit. They tell me it won't be painful, but I don't believe it; I had discomfort just from the ultrasound wand.

I have about three days out of a month when I'm energetic and I feel good, and the rest of the time, I'm tired and hurting and weepy. If it makes all this mess go away, it will be more than worth it. But I don't believe that either. I'm having it done because they say I need to, but I don't have any hope that it'll actually fix whatever's wrong with me. I believed the antidepressants and the birth control pills and the thyroid medicine and the B vitamins were going to fix it, and they didn't. I think the ADs and BCs made it all worse. I can't be hoping for normal and have it not happen, again. I don't even care about being fat, so much, anymore; I just want to feel good.

do I go out to breakfast and coffee and then go to

I vote this. But I love going out for breakfast. This AM for breakfast I had sausage, eggs, pork stew and a chocolate cupcake. Now, do I go to church or not? I have to take twins and they are on a tear. If I could take just one it would be fine, but together, they are Too Much.

This is brought to you by remembering what a treat it was to see Sound of Music once a year, and how, even though it was a treat, I still had to go to bed when the Von Trapp childrejn did

ME ALSO! I love this about our parents. And yes, so for years I thought it was a lovely lighthearted movie with dancing and singing and marionette goats. It was so shocking and upsetting to discover all the political stuff that happens later on.

I skipped church in order to can tomato sauce.

That cake is amazing.

Good luck with the procedure, Zen. I hope it does help though I understand why you don't want to get your hopes up. If it's any comfort, when I had to have a D&C the "twilight" anesthetic seemed like being completely knocked out to me, and while I did have a lot of pain while I recovered it was because something was wrong, not a normal result of the procedure.

I think I already said the cake is amazing. It still is.

Stayed up way too late last night/this morning. Doofus. I am going to put myself on a regular bed time and wake time. Like many adults do, I hear. I'm thinking 11a-7a. Starting tonight. There, I said it. I ought to be grateful for the fact that I can usually sleep when I go to bed and do it the healthy way.

Oh! And since I'm not talking about it much in the F2F world, because it was kind of accidental and I wasn't sure it was going to stick, honestly, today I am officially three weeks without smoking. Woo!

Whoot, go you Jen!

Go, Jen!

Good luck, Zenkitty. I hope they can fix you up! I realize it's major surgery, and not to be done lightly, but can you ask about a hysterectomy?

And Kat, that cake is incredible!

I just realized I'm having my second meal today of bread, cheese, and pig. Bacon, egg, and cheese muffin for breakfast, grilled ham and cheese for lunch. Oops.

I just realized I'm having my second meal today of bread, cheese, and pig. Bacon, egg, and cheese muffin for breakfast, grilled ham and cheese for lunch. Oops.

Awesome. I am sleepy and trying to figure out if I want to march in a parade or just spectate. Would involve different clothing options, so no changing mind at last minute. I'm thinking of just watching, but then I feel guilty and like I might regret that.

I am having a fab time here though. I would like all my vacations to be like this.

I vote this. But I love going out for breakfast.

That's sort of what I did, but only to Starbucks to get a latte and a egg sandwich, so it only half counts.

That cake really is amazing! I forgot to say that last night.

I also forgot to say that I have hairs of an unnatural color again. We were going for eggplant, but my hair seems to have decided it should be redder than that, as it does. I like it though.

Go Jen! That's AWESOME.

We didn't go to church. Instead we are watching Signing Times and then going to Target.

I have to buy more ST DVDs because they are totally helping Grace learn sign. But they are damned expensive. I need Vol 1 10-13, I think because those are school/neighborhood stuff. And the library doesn't have them!