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!

Also, thanks for the compliments on the cake. It was all stress yesterday. and driving it to canyon country was harrowing. But it's there now and done. WOOT!

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.

In my Halloween-only experience, being in the parade is a thousand times more fun than being crammed in the sidelines. BUT if you think you might crap out at any time before it's all done, maybe not.

Nonsequitar: Dumbest shoes yet [link]

Enjoy the parade, meara, whether you decide to watch or march!

Go, JenP!

Yay coloured hair (and breakfast) Perkins! Eggplant with extra red sounds purty.

Comfort is not part of his creative process? If I had the money, his shoes would not be part of my wardrobe process.

Zen, can I ask your age? Gynos generally hesitate to do a hyst until they've tried other procedures, because it really IS major surgery, with a long recovery time.

I had ovarian cysts, so they took one ovary out first, and then when that didn't work, we went for the full hyst, and both ovaries are gone. They REALLY generally want at least one ovary to stay in there so you can avoid HRT.

I have had friends for whom a D&C helped for a while and they said that the pain from it was just about as bad as cramps. But get painkillers. Before the oophrectomy, my gyn (who, relaatedly, was awesome, because she had had the same problem as me, and also had pain and an early hyst -- I wish you were in KC so you could go to her, because she is fantastic) had me on Vicodin 3 days out of the month for the pain -- it helped with the agonizing cramps but not with the heavy blood loss weakness.

A hyst is nothing to do lightly -- it WAS the right decision for me, but I was 4 hours under the knife, since my cysts were all Alien-ed in me and had to be fought out. I have a high pain threshold, but it really was very painful, even with the morphine pump, and I was out for 6 weeks. I heal pretty quickly, and I thought I'd be able to be at work in 4, but I was wrong.

I totally get the frustration with dinking around with various solutions, but trying a D&C and seeing what that accomplishes before going into hyst territory really IS what a responsible gyn should do.

Morning rant (a.k.a. Oh, Facebook people. Really?)

I'm not prepared to have a discussion about illegal immigration to the U.S., because I am woefully uneducated about it, and I know it. I am aware enough to understand that it is a complex topic not suited to FB status line pronouncements.

So, naturally, someone on FB just posted something really glib, irritating, pointless, and stupid; I know it's all of those things, and I wish I could refute or at least address it intelligently. What I really wish is that I could download Stephanie's extensive experience and knowledge base into my brain and then got to town. Someone should invent that process.

Maybe I'll just post New Colossus as my status instead.

Deep breaths, and letting it go... what bugs me is that I love the guy who posted it, and I know he's not the jackass that post makes him sound like. I also know that he does not have an in depth (or, frankly, cursory) understanding of ANY OF IT either, so why go there, dude? Why?

OK, now deep breaths, and letting it go for real.

ETA: Thanks for the yays re: quitting smoking. It is possible I haven't quite worked out a new and improved de-stressor. Ha!

Immigration posts really irk me too, Jen. It IS a really complex issue, but ever since I taught so many kids who were illegal and/or whose parents were illegal, it just really bugs me.

People tend to talk out of their asses with no actual knowledge, and they can be so smug about it -- I'm like "Do you realize that these are REAL people and families you're talking about, many of whom are hard-working people who can here under great danger to try to get a piece of the same American Dream that YOUR great-greats did? Do you know how HARD it is? Do you realize you're talking about a lot of kids who have been here since they were very young, and who just want the same things you want, to go to college and have a job and a family and clean the house and do dishes and watch movies and live, but they live in fear because their parents made a decision 16 years ago?"

There's no perfect answer, and it's really complex, but it annoys me, esp. since, unless you're full-blooded NA, we're all children of immigrants (whether voluntary or involuntary, in the case of indentures or slavery.)