I found it! I think I put the bottle on the dryer and then put some clothes on the dryer and the bottle got twisted up in a sleeve or something.

Yesterday I went to Burlington for cat food and to get out of the house. I forgot being President's Day lots of businesses were closed and there were a ton of people out. I managed pretty well but I think by the time I couldn't find the medicine I was a little overwhelmed with everything.

Yay! Glad you found it askye.

Askye, I'm glad you found it.

Today is the only day this week that I do not have a doctor's appointment, and I overslept by a lot. I'm having coffee with thessaly in a couple hours.

java, thanks for the info! I'm going to send it off to my friend to forward to her mother.

I KNEW the hivemind would have something! (I keep typing "hae" instead of "have" ... is this my Scottish heritage coming out? or just lazy fingers?)

Sorry for Laura's accident, glad Maria enjoyed her (well deserved) trip. I can't keep up with everyone and I'm a busy little bee today, but know that I have those who need it in my heart.

I love this blog post that Jennifer Crusie wrote about money and food. link

My bad wolf has my father's voice, despite his never denying himself anything, he's got me halfway convinced that anything more than a sack of grain, foraged from in the dark is too much for me.

Yeah, the bad wolf thing, especially this:

That voice inside that says if you’re in trouble, you must suffer until you fix things? That’s your bad wolf, sitting there with a fork, licking his lips.

Sounds very much like the bootstraps thinking that I associate with certain conservative/Tea Party/Republican folks. You're poor? How dare you have an iPhone! How dare you wear new clothes! How dare you have jewelry! How dare you have anything other than rags and government cheese!

Doesn't matter if the iPhone was a gift, if the jewelry was from a beloved deceased family member, doesn't matter if the clothes were a lucky find at Goodwill. How dare you be anything other than wretched.

My horrifying ex-friend the ER doctor always used to (and probably still does) complain about uninsured people coming in to "his" ER and pulling out iPhones. Or being well-dressed. Like uninsured = street urchin. I truly believes he thinks there are 2 groups of people: (1) Those Like Him, Who Deserve What They Were Born To, and (2) street urchins, who deserve nothing, since they won't pull themselves out of the systemic poverty and oppression they were stupid enough to be born into.

wrod. I gave myself such a hard time about a $2 kindle book today.(I mean, I am trying to save money and I have bought a few more than I intended based on, say,"Such a deal!" prices, but that two bucks will neither make me nor break me.)

Continued conception~ma, sj! Hope you had a good coffee date with thessaly.

askye, I hate that feeling. Glad you found your meds.

Every time I hear that bootstrap phrase, I want to use my bootstraps to choke someone. I've been having some interesting conversations with my mom about these kinds of things, and am heartened by how much common ground we find on many social issues. She's considering registering Democrat (instead of independent) to express how disgusted she is with the Republicans.

Steph, not that you're going to talk to your ex-friend again, but you could ask him how much debt he has and when he last went on a vacation/bought a car/ate out somewhere fancy. I'm guessing he makes his own irresponsible financial choices, they're just more private. Plus, an iPhone service plan costs way less than health insurance, and people need a goddamn phone.

...oh, hello, choir.

Not to mention that sometimes people have money/a job, and can afford an iPhone. And then lose that job/money, and no longer have, say, health insurance or enough cash for a doctor, etc.