do you have an ear infection?

I don't think so. Just the usual clogged ears. I get this a lot, but it's been nearly constant the past month or so. I went to the doctor, who gave me ear drops, which helped a little but not much. Once I'm back in PA, I'm going to go again and ask for a referral to an ENT. I've been having ear issues pretty much my whole life (a few ear infections a year as a kid, and now constantly clogged and hurting ears) and I figure it's time for a specialist.

Crap. Grabbed the wrong cable.

See, that's what you get for drinking non-caffeinated water.

Hil, ouch! Will taking decongestants help at all?

Hil, ouch! Will taking decongestants help at all?

Probably, but I don't have anything with me, and I don't really feel like driving around a neighborhood I don't know too well looking for Sudafed.

And I'm so _not_ going to edit that.

Oh, but you should. That way future readers will wonder where the frack that phrase came from.

As for my to-do list, I have not accomplished ever thing on it. But I do not consider it a failure. It is more of a revision, because the tasks undone are yielding their place in the priories list to other tasks which have become more urgent. Daniel and I made five stops in a string of errands in a vehicle with no a/c. There was picking up of a hard-copy prescription for my ADD med. There was buying of cat food at the pet store and at the vet's. There was paying of dental and trash hauling bills. There was stopping for supper and grocery shopping. Laundry got started.

The bits about taking the script to the pharmacy and going to the bank have been superseded by the need to rehydrate and get electrolytes in balance. Also the need for napping has become more urgent.

I can't believe you guys are letting animal barf lie around.

Don't do that!

Ooof, I should've had coffee at 2pm. Now it's too late and I want to take a nap, which is not really a great idea at 4 o'clock.

See, that's what you get for drinking non-caffeinated water.

Ha! I think it was a student putting the cable in the wrong tub. But then again, I should have looked before stuffing it in the bag.

I can't believe you guys are letting animal barf lie around.

If you leave it there long enough, it could fossilise, and provide future generations with valuable insights into the dietary habits of domesticated animals.

Aspirational news story! [link]

(Note the story's date. Pix and Maria share their birthday with Abraham Lincoln, Charles Darwin, my brother and Jurassic Ralph.)

There was picking up of a hard-copy prescription for my ADD med.

This fills me with RAGE. Tim has to do it every month, because the doctor can't call it in, because Ritalin gets abused. NOT BY PEOPLE WITH ADD. Way to punish the innocent, legal system.

This fills me with RAGE. Tim has to do it every month, because the doctor can't call it in, because Ritalin gets abused. NOT BY PEOPLE WITH ADD. Way to punish the innocent, legal system.

Not to mention that the people being punished are by definition not good at handling this kind of thing. I haven't taken ADD meds in years, despite the fact that they helped, because I couldn't deal with the hassle. Of course that is when I had a doctor in RI and was living in MA, so I guess I could give it a go again.

Not to mention that the people being punished are by definition not good at handling this kind of thing.

That, too! RAGE.