Seriously. I came home at 2:00 today because I feel so lousy. (It's just good fortune that the Reds game starts at 4:10.) (I really didn't leave so I could watch the game; I would have listened to it at my desk if I weren't dying of plague.)

(waits till the ringing stops and drinks) sj, she made some good points. Also, they are there to be used, as long as you are not my stupid stepbrother actually calling*at* Lollapollooza.(he has wised up a little, but that only makes him at Bobby Cobb levels. Only he is not cute so I don't know he gets by with it.)

he has wised up a little, but that only makes him at Bobby Cobb levels.

*snerk!*

Bobby is like, I don't know, a Lab wearing pants, isn't he?

Tep, jojoba oil and argan oil. You can blend them together, too!

Excellent simile, erika. All enthusiasm and good intentions, no concept of what comes next, and not much memory of what came before. Very apt.

I saw my shrink today. I missed getting some lab work done so I have to get that done ASAP.

Because if my Lithium levels are normal or at least not toxic I can start reducing my Seroquel by 50 mg. It will probably be Friday before I can start and then I'll reduce by 50 mg a month until I'm off.

I want to do this so bad. I'm hoping based on my reaction to increasing my Seroquel back in the fall that I 1) will actually lose weight and 2) have better energy levels.

Blood-chemistry~ma, askye!

Trudy, I was having good sucess with mucinex and the chest cold I had the last few weeks but it doesn't touch this head cold. I've switched to rx psuedoephedrine (wheeeee) and postponed date. Booo.

Teppy, for skin care I also have obscenely sensitive skin (like the clinique yellow sensitive skin moisturizer would burn around my eyes and mouth) and I'm now totally hooked on La Roche-Posay Anthelios SX daily use moisturizer UVA/UVB Spf 15 for every day. I have to buy it online, haven't ever seen it on a shelf in a US store. I also use the La Roche-Posay Hydraphase UV for eyes around my delicate eyes (no SPF for daily use, SPF 29 option for sunny days outside) and their Anthelios XL 50 spf lotion as sunblock on my face and decolletage.

My dermatologist's office has an onsite skincare specialist who sent me home with sample sizes of multiple different products and that's how I discovered La Roche-Posay, I would certainly never had sprung for expensive skin care products otherwise. Before that I was doing a home-made mixture of jojoba oil, rosehip oil and a splash of vitamin E oil around the eyes and a generic Oil of Olay sensitive skin 15spf for the rest of the face. My skin looks way better now. I wish every dermatologist had the same!

My skin has always been fine, sensitivity-wise, with Lush's Imperialis (7-8 months of the year) and Skin Drink (during the winter). But my Skin Drink smells like cat pee, and I'm annoyed about that.

I might start with Aveeno and see how that goes.