I love trashy Lifetime movies, but even this one would have tested my limit.

Skipping a thousand or so post to share my most favorite-est sunscreen ever: la Roche-Posey Anthelios SX 60

Oh, I can second this rec! Best sunscreen.

Ginger, I'm sending massive amounts of pain~relief~ma in your direction. I hope your medical team can provide you relief in the short run while busting the underlying problem permanently. Wishes for extra strength and energy to help you through this miserable process.

the feeling of "I'll never find anyone" is awful

Like the others have said, when I 'found' my spouse(s) a relationship was the absolute last thing on my list. DH jokes often about our never ending one night stand. When we met I was in a 'never ever again will I fall in love' place and he thinking last college fling before graduating and leaving. Yeah, 25 years ago. I never intended to get involved with the first two DHs either. The ones I set out to have a real relationship with didn't ever work out. Love weird.

Stephanie! Great news on the loan. What a relief.

So I just watched my beloved Class of 2012 graduate. Sniff. I'm going to miss them a lot.

Aww, better than joy at being rid of them!

if you don't want me to storm at you, DON'T CHEW ALL THE THINGS. It's pretty simple, really.

I'm thinking Zoe might be a bit younger than we thought too. Her favorite thing to rip apart, her bed. I'm going to try switching to a folded up blanket since ripping out the stuffing is way too much fun.

Wow, the vacation house looks awesome, Teppy! Have a fabulous time. Note to self, beach very close, go breathe it in.

Erin, marked the sunscreen link. I should get more serious about this. I do sweat a lot though and would need something that can take it.

Ok, caught up for the moment. I was reading the last couple days, but too miserable to post. I'm just being a lightweight again when it comes to discomfort. Favoring the foot led to twisting the other knee, which led to throwing the back out. This whole crooked walking thing getting old. Tuesday I go for checkup and hope to get released to wear real shoes. The foot is still swollen, but velcro shoes should be ok.

I meant to say, Steph, that vacation house looks fabulous! mmmm, beaches.

Here is a stick by which you can measure how nuts you are over your cats: I just hand-fed Leo a handful of grass, blade by blade, that I plucked from the yard, to help his tummy feel better. I wish I had video.

Steph - totally agree that the vacation house looks fabulous.

Gray cats and disappearing acts: when I lost my cat Ivan - I believe it was an I opened the door, he went by in a flash (or possibly teleported out) and I was so tired I didn't notice and then didn't realize 'til the next day. (It was Sunday night of a Thanksgiving weekend and I was extra tired on my return home.)

I'm glad your gray cat teleported in.

With sunblock I default to best value over best as I have found we need to use it in large quantities in my house if we want to get actual sun blockage from it. I've looked longingly at la Roche-Posey but haven't tried it.

That vacation house does look swanky! I'm glad you're feeling better so you can enjoy it more, Steph.

erin, thank you for the sunblock rec! Now to check the Amazon Prime status of it ...

Whoa, I had the hardest time getting out of bed today, and now, post-blueberry pancake time, I can't get off the couch. Plus I let it slip to Tom that my cousin and her fiance are moving to Salem, but I didn't find out about it till after the short sale offer on the house was in. It's just, EVERYTHING about that goddamn house is like the worst timing ever. So we're both kind of sitting around, bummed out about it, and annoyed about being bummed out about it. UGH.

Maybe I should just go back to bed.

I'm much better today. Thanks for your concern.

I am both pissed off and confused, however. A guy from the county came by yesterday and cited me for "weeds and grass above 12 inches" and "storing debris." I have maybe 30 square feet on the one side that the neighbor keeps mowed, but otherwise it's liriope and ornamental rye grass. His "weeds" were perennials not in bloom at the moment and his "storing debris" was the part of the carport that was knocked off by the hailstorm last week, which I was breaking up to be picked up by the garbage people. I don't think a week is really "storing." I tried to get him to be more specific, but that was as close as I got. I even threw the C word out there and he said, "Can't you get some church people to help you?" No, DeKalb County, I don't happen to have "church people" in my back pocket.

I'm sure he was on the street because the house that was foreclosed on two doors down does indeed have an entire yard full of grass more than 12" long. They can cite the bank and bring in a mower for that one, but I can't imagine what they could do to "clean up" my yard.

My neighbors on both sides are as baffled as I am.