Hon. Been there. Not to be a downer, but I was OUT for two weeks, and I still have a good wheeze a week on STILL. Lots of people I know. Baby yourself as much as you can!

Thanks, Erin. It has been two weeks for me, a little over a week for TCG. I don't bounce back from things as easily as everyone else, so I figure if it took you two weeks, I should probably give myself three. It's aggravating my depression, which is freaking me out a bit. It is nice to know it's not just us though.

Feel better, sj and TCG!

Tonight's dinner: eggs scrambled in a wee bit of veggie oil and grits with rather less butter than I would normally use. Salt and pepper seasoned only - no cheese, no Tony Chachere's. "Dessert" will be unsweetened applesauce. Yeah, I'll skip posting a pic of this one to fb.

Dear Humanity,

Today, you have demonstrated overwhelming stupidity both at large and in particular. I'm not mad, but I am disappointed. You need to go to your room and think about what you've done. You can come out when you're ready to behave like a reasonable species.

Blah. I just read an article about the town where I grew up (there's a rock band from there, mostly made up of the younger brothers of people I went to school with), and something in it triggered something, and now I'm remembering things I don't want to remember and I can't sleep.

I hate it when my brain pulls shit like that, and I've not found much that helps.

smonster, call tomorrow morning, or not?

Zenkitty, I'm good. Don't have to be at work until 8:30 on this project, should be able to manage. Thank you!!!!!

'kay

bonny, lots of ~ma for Niki.

Hil, when I get into one of those thought-traps, I think of something that fills my mind without taxing it. In my case, I try to remember something like every bedroom I've ever slept in, or the detailed layout of the mainstage I worked in at college. The fact that I am visualizing more than thinking really distracts me and usually relaxes me, too.