I managed a few hours of sleep. Now I'm awake, ish. Still need to eat something, take out the trash, and deal with a couple dirty dishes, then get to the airport.

I do not know why I am awake. Erin, I say block him. Not worth the brain space. Not as easy to actually deny him the brain space, of course.

When I actually get up, I need to do a drying rack's worth of dishes before I head to work.

Ginger, I hate itching. It's not the worst thing, but it's on the list, especially when you can't make it stop.

These thoughts brought to you by 130 AM. 130 AM: The time when you really ought to be asleep.

sj, may ltc find more foods acceptable in the near future!

erin, block that sucker. I'm really surprised he's trying with you again, but there is not depth to the stupidity of jerks.

askye, I'm glad your therapist is backing you up. I went back into therapy for anxiety back in November, and while it's taking a while, I'm feeling much more positive about my life, even if I'm still hating my job. I'm no longer having panic attacks before going to work! That's a win.

How long do I have to wait to call back a doctor's office when they tell me the nurse will call me back in "about 15 minutes? It's been an hour and a half and I don't really feel like spending another day staring at the phone, but I can't answer a call when I'm driving.

I'd say that's more than enough time, sj! If they said 15 minutes I'd probably call back in 45 if I hadn't heard.

Itching fucking sucks.

Yeah, Ginger, I have only sympathy for you, but I have a lot of it.

ION this is me NOT freaking out because my oldest* friend casually mentioned in an email that she's had her thyroid taken out - "cancer, didn't spread, back to the doctor in six months". But then I suppose I might have done the same thing in her shoes, waiting till I knew for sure if I was OK for the moment or if I was in for a long haul fight before sharing that news amongst non-family, far-flung friends.

• Not the oldest person I'm friends with, but she is six months older than I am and my mother remembers holding her while pregnant with me.

Itching sucks. I'd almost rather be in pain than have uncontrollable itching. There's no equivalent of Tylenol for itching! "They" really need to get to work on discovering an anti-itch medicine.

ION, the first tow-truck hauling a car of this snowfall just went by. That didn't take long. This snow is coming down fast. We've accumulated an inch or more in an hour.

In cat food news, I've found a wet food that has no grain or soy, it's Sheba, and my cats LURVE it. They don't leave a bit of this to waste. Percy the Emo Cat wants it bad enough that he'll actually eat at the same time as the other two when I give them this. It's a small miracle. He's over there right now, chomping on Murray's leftovers like he hasn't had food in a week. I believe we're switching to this.

I had given them Soulistic, which is also just meat, and they liked it, but I think there's too much "gelee" in it for their taste. This Sheba is stinky, and I think that's making the difference. Cats really like food with a strong smell.

My friend who has psoriasis taught me, when I had an allergy on my face that was making me nuts to put cold water on something that itches...it works, briefly.(Itching makes me insane, still)