10 years turned into a big deal for me and my ex, but I was nineteen and he was twenty-nine.(I don't think your first one's supposed to last anyway, is it?) Maybe if I'd been 29 to his thirty-nine?

My heartfelt sympathies to folks with sensitive skin. I've been through any number of various skin products over the years and had to abandon many, especially when a lot of them started adding retinol and some of those kinds of things. I'm currently using Origins Starting Over for face and the Starting Over for eyes. I think for the face I will be going back to Origins Perfect World as it seems to be a little kinder to my skin.

IOskinN, I appear to have broken out in what the dermatologist thinks are shingles on my face and neck. Nasty in that it looks like crap, but fortunate it's not on an area covered by clothes. Two of my coworkers had shingles on their back and waistline area and couldn't even wear clothes for a number of days, meaning they were out of work for close to a week or longer. My face itches and the skin on my neck is super sensitive to touch and is very tender, but no burning pain like some folks seem to have.

meara, when my first boyfriend and I got together, he was 39 and I was 25. Relationship ended because of distance after I moved out of the area for a job. But I remember him fondly.

The judge gave me 'til Apr 16th to vacate the old place and I hope to be out much sooner than that..

There's a time-management idea about writing down things as they occur to you, so you can get them out of your head and then review them later and I guess order them in terms of timeliness, or however you get shit done.

My brain is a ridiculous whirlwind of about 50 work-related things and 100 wedding-related things, and then stuff like, oh, clean the bathroom before the Board of Health nukes the house from orbit.

So I'm trying to write things down so I can prioritize them later, only as soon as I write down one thing, three more things come to mind. My to-do list is a hydra. No, it's made of Tribbles!

Burrell, how old were you and your DH when you met?

I was 30, he was 20.

I find making lists really decreases my stress level. When I calm myself down enough to stop and make a list, that is.

Making lists stresses me out, because instead of a vague unsettling feeling that I have Too Much To Do, a list gives me concrete knowledge that I have too much to do.

Making lists stresses me out, because instead of a vague unsettling feeling that I have Too Much To Do, a list gives me concrete knowledge that I have too much to do.

Bingo. My list is fucking hilarious. And I just thought of one more thing to add to it.

I find making lists really decreases my stress level. When I calm myself down enough to stop and make a list, that is.

This. As I remember the same thing over and over, it's a new "gotta remember that!" each time. If I write it down, it's safely remembered and my brain can chill the heck out - at least until the next new thing pops in.