Hee, that was fun. I had seen big chunks of it, but never all the way through. Loved hearing Scrappy's tagline. Did Alan Ruck and Mia Sara go on to do much else after this?

Kate, how is it you already have a toddler?

It's so strange! And it seems like the terrible twos are just around the corner. I had to put her in her first timeout today. (Also, sj, I'm sorry we didn't get to meet up while I was up in MA. This trip turned out to be a whole lot more stressful and less fun-with-friends than I was hoping.)

Did Alan Ruck and Mia Sara go on to do much else after this?

Alan Ruck did. He's even in Speed! And lots of TV.

eta: And she's worked steadily too, mostly in TV. Huh. She was Harley Quinn on Birds of Prey.

It's so strange! And it seems like the terrible twos are just around the corner. I had to put her in her first timeout today. (Also, sj, I'm sorry we didn't get to meet up while I was up in MA. This trip turned out to be a whole lot more stressful and less fun-with-friends than I was hoping.)

No worries. I'm sorry to hear your trip was stressful though.

Thanks, sj. It was fun in some ways, and I'm glad Rose got some quality time with my parents, but she also really wasn't sleeping well and she would cry whenever I left the room and it was crazy hot (and my parents don't have A/C) and we couldn't really go anywhere and coming home hasn't been super easy either. Too many transitions for her, poor kiddo. I'll be glad when M is home and we're all back in our old routine. Kinda dreading the daycare dropoff tomorrow -- she's been gone for two weeks and is still pretty clingy with me right now, so there could be a lot of tears when I leave.

>Speaking of vaca, Zen... When we finally get on the road to Otter Lake this year (ugh, summer half over already), we were discussing taking a leisurely route including Skyline drive. This sounds like a route that may take us to your quadrant of the land. So maybe a mini F2F?

Laura, just seeing this, but YES, Skyline Drive is not far from me! MiniF2F would be great!

Pix and ND, what a mess. I hope it all works out, somehow. Dealing with banks is one of the worst stressholes possible to fall into.

No AC in the heat we've been having must be awful. Next time you should come visit me just for the AC. I hope tomorrow isn't too awful.

The baseball game turned out to be quite the nail biter. Sadly, Yankees lost. As a result, I procrastinated wonderfully. The 2nd load is still in the dryer (sheets and towels, who cares if it gets wrinkled). I managed to forget to eat dinner, so eating a pile of grapes instead.

I did pull out the total gym. Alas, it required some tweaking, to get it to glide properly. Then did some stretching exercises. Ow. Now arms and legs ache a bit. But long over due. Almost 2 weeks. Yikes.

Also managed to clean the wheels on my desk chair, that I use to move all around the house. The wheels have been leaving deposits of compressed dirt all over the place. Hopefully, this will keep the floor looking good. Now watching Dexter and then True Blood. Then bed. Woot.

Not a completely unproductive day. But not as much as I'd like to have done. Oh well.

Mememe vent ahoy. Awake, in pain, anxious. It's 3 am, I've taken melatonin and drunk herbal tea, I've read boring things. I've tried breathing into the pain.

I missed two days of work last week and will be out next week on vacation. I CANNOT miss work today. I'm so frustrated right now. I think it may be time to talk to my doc about hyper mobility syndrome and possibly seek a prescription for sleep aid or pain meds. I'm PMSing which is probably why it's so bad right now, but I can't be having this once a month. Alexander technique seems to be helping, but I'm only scheduling sessions in pain emergencies because I can't afford it.

Okay. Just needed to get that out. Brackets appreciated but not necessary. I'm going to take half a Xanax and hope that puts me to sleep but doesn't leave me too foggy in the morning.

Oh, smonster, you poor thing. So sorry to hear that - both the pain and no immediate solution thing that lead to stress and anxiety. I really hope the Xanax will do its thing, and that the pain will leave you alone.

ImeNews, so tired. Train was late this morning, and I sat where evil people didn't let me sleep the 50 minutes I have till my station. They were all way too talky with one another.

Thanks, Shir. We will be sisters in tiredness today. I did get to work on time thanks to carpooling with a coworker, so that's a start. Definitely going to be a Monday to just survive.