One thing, when I took my mother to the emergency room, after they stopped the bleeding I got her some juice. They did not object exactly, but seemed to think it was a quack remedy, no harm, but no great benefit. Every time I donate blood the red cross people insist on my having something sweet before I leave - donut or juice. Water is not enough. My mother actually fainted in the emergency room from blood loss before they stopped her bleeding, and her systolic momentarily dropped to 30 [On edit - Dystolic - the bottom one of the pair]. Doesn't that seem like she lost at least as much blood as a normal blood donor gives? And she is only five one. Did it really not make sense to get some sugar into her as part of the recovery process?

And Omni, health insurance is indeed the devil, even if some very nice people work for health insurance companies. I hope you can get it all straightened out. When you hire a lawyer, try and negotiate a package where you negotiate a per letter fee for up to three letters. Often a good lawyer can get the other side to behave reasonably just via letters. The price should not be too high, because the letters will really be written by paralegals with a few sentences of instruction from the lawyer.

If letters fail then you can negotiate a price for further action.

Yay, sj. Finding a good hairdresser is a win. Also, pictures?

Typo, my family donates blood often and they always feed them. Good grief. Surprised they didn't offer themselves.

I will NEVER stop laughing. This is the tie Tim is going to wear when we get married. For reals: [link]

AWESOME.

I said, "Can you get away with that?" He said, "Duh, we are TYING THE KNOT. Everyone will think it's a pun."

I'm thinking hard about this dress, but with longer sleeves (a regular short-sleeve length, I mean, rather than cap sleeves, which are not a friend to my arms): [link]

I utterly LOVE this dress: [link] and (in a rare moment of utter vanity) I know I would rock the HELL out of it. And also, I don't care about wearing white. But I don't think the style is right for the type of wedding we're having. I'm really torn.

Tep, I love love love the not-cap-sleeve dress to death. The blue one is lovely, but I think you're right -- it doesn't sound like it would fit the occasion.

The tie is perfect and I LOVE the second dress, though my reaction to the first was 'aaaawww. Pretty!"

Bonus, the tie and dress go together.

wow, the color of the second dress would be amazing on you.

Matches my ring, too!

We're going to look at the B&B tomorrow, so I'll get a better idea of the place, and what would fit.

And I might just say fuck it and go with the second one, because it's my damn wedding. (Tim is heartily in favor of the second one.)