I am rather needle phobic. Had a tetanus shot in my early teens, a flu shot some time in the 60s. Fortunately, I don't think the germs like me much. Never had pneumonia, bronchitis, strep throat, or any of that nasty business. My theory is that since I was a sickly allergy ridden kid it evens things out for me to be a pretty healthy adult.

Health~ma for Daniel. I hope you have internet access and the energy to enjoy it. Some energy vibes for you too, Andi. Take care of yourself.

I need to get myself into the pool. I have been lax in the exercise department lately and I have some catching up to do with DH on the diet front. It is wholly unfair. He is doing the low carb thing with steaks and munching on cheese and pepperoni and so forth. He has lost 24 pounds in 3 weeks. I have lost 9 in the same period eating rabbit food. Grrr. I would be totally thrilled with continuing losing even 1-2 pounds a week, but it still is unfair that it is so easy for him. The good is both of us sticking to it so far.

Tetanus plus flu plus pneumonia in same arm on same day equals get in bed and stay there for three days.

yes. YES.

the general ability of men to lose weight really fucking chaps my hide. I recognize that some men do have difficulty dropping lbs, (and perhaps there are 1 or 2 women who also do) but most of my women friends essentially suck on lemons all day and if they have a slice of bread they instantly gain 5 lbs. WTF? I am sure there are evolutionary reasons for this, but I don't give a shit.

My office is offering flu shots for free, so I'll be getting one. I don't always get the flu, but it happens now an again. Aside from literally, I figure getting the flu shot won't hurt.

Health~ma to Daniel and coping~ma to Andy.

I've gotten a fair bit of running around done today. I think I'm pretty much done with most of my trip prep., aside from laundry and doing the actual packing.

24 pounds in 3 weeks sounds dangerous to me. I hope your hubby's MD signed off on the diet. (Hope I'm not overstepping the advice line. I'm nervous about the low carb diet because my dad's cardiologist said, "Atkins bought my summer home.")

Atkins is only one low carb diet. I think nowadays people prefer South Beach. I am doing low carb and while I have an occasional burger, I also eat vegetables, etc.

He eats his veggies. He is just so huge even at normal weight that he burns a zillion calories a day. % of his size 24 pounds isn't so crazy. I assume it will slow down as time goes on. The first couple weeks he dumped a bunch.

Nine pounds in three weeks is AWESOME Laura! Forget your husband, you're kicking some ass!

I would consider low carb, and did pretty well the one time I did it, but know I can't do it forever, and as soon as you stop the weight tends to pile back on...

Hec, JZ, I feel your car trouble pain, and am sorry to hear it. What a giant, money-sucking, stressful PITA.

I got a tetanus booster for the first time in, um, 25 years a couple of years ago, and one thing I learned from the Intertubes that I wish my doctor at the time had told me was to move that arm around a lot in the first 2-3 days.

I had a huge sore lump at the injection site for about a week, and apparently, moving the arms around, even though it hurts, gets that anti-whateveritis juice moving around quicker and you're less likely to have the Lump of EwOuch.

OMG Erin. I am now googling tetanus shot and reading people's reactions with the shot and again I am reminded why my doctor told me not to use google for medical conditions.

STEP AWAY FROM THE MEDICAL GOOGLING!

The lump wasn't OOHMYGODKILLMENOW painful, or like the size of an second head; it was just annoying.