Really, Hil? You would get a mild hypomania followed by an anxiety attack? Are you also sensitive to caffeine?

Yep. I'm pretty sensitive to caffeine, too -- never more than one coffee in the morning, and if I have caffeine after about 2 or 3, then I have trouble getting to sleep. (And typing that sentence just made me realize why I haven't been sleeping much this week -- because I've been getting a soda at lunch and drinking it slowly through the whole afternoon. I should stop doing that.) I'm fine with regular Sudafed, but Sudafed PE makes me super anxious.

Smonster, I hope you're feeling better.

Last week was a sinus headache and joint pain every day due to the rain. This week the weather is better, but my stomach is awful and I still have the joint pain. OTOH, ltc, who is 9 months old today, has been a total delight lately. She is just such a happy baby.

How is she 9 months already?

She is just such a happy baby.

Every picture you post, she looks like "I LOVE EVERYTHING! This onesie! This book! My shoes! My parents! EVERYTHING!"

The trick to that is she loves my iPhone. So in every pick what she's really saying is "gimme that phone it looks nummy!"

And it sparked all kinds of discussion about using it as such, including whether it would poison anyone trying to do so:

Oh, I saw that. In one thread, someone mentioned the whole thing where CU++ in a damp, salty, acidic environment will kill beneficial internal flora, leading to all kinds of unfortunate results.

The science side of tumblr. Always there for us.

Every picture you post, she looks like "I LOVE EVERYTHING! This onesie! This book! My shoes! My parents! EVERYTHING!"

Totally.

So this morning I am super ragey for no reason. I guess my hormones are just a few days ahead of schedule. Which means I need to be careful about my neck and shoulders.

I'm just really bummed, because I thought the combo of new job and new AD was kicking in and that my anxiety was going to be at a much lower level. It sucks to realize that nope, just another weird blip in brain chemistry.

Science and sex. That and cat videos and you pretty much sum up the internet.

You guys, I miss my kitty so much. The pets are the only ones who keep me company all day long, so her absence is really striking.

It feels a little ridiculous to be so sad about the kitty when we've lost so many actual humans already in 2016, but, you know, my brain does what it does.

Not silly. She was a constant presence, and now a constant absence. I'm so sorry you've lost her.

Not silly at all. I'm sorry.

I managed to clean up the house and shower while ltc napped. Now I have an hour to watch The Flash until the in-laws arrive.