I hope you get your CPAP soon, and I hope it makes a huge difference for you.

Thanks, sj. Cigna did authorize, so I think the holdup was the supply company. I'm getting the CPAP Thursday. We'll see. I'm a little afraid to get my hopes up, frankly.

Oh, man, I cry when I'm angry or frustrated, which is THE WORST in a work setting.

You know what, I used to do that, and I just realized I don't anymore. Now I'm just a red-faced ball of fury and I have to watch myself that I don't say things I'll regret. I don't know what changed. Someone once told me, she knew I was really mad when my throat started turning red - apparently the visible rage starts in my chest and works its way up to my forehead, which is both cool and embarrassing.

I'm a seriously nice person, but you do something that in my book that counts as unforgivable (like bigotry or hateful bullying, that sort of thing), and the grudge is permanent. Person is written off.

That's me. People (especially boy/girlfriends) tend not to get this - I'll forgive and forgive, but if you cross that line of me not being able to see you as a decent person anymore, then we're done.

Also, Laura, can you get your sister to go in for a sleep study? She sounds like me, falling asleep all the time. It can be dangerous.

I'm a little afraid to get my hopes up, frankly.

I can't sleep properly without my CPAP any more. My sinuses just plug right up. And it helps a little with asthma-like tickles in the lungs.

It opens your sinuses? And it helps with asthma? Nobody told me that! That's what keeps me from falling asleep most nights, the coughing from the irritation in my throat and chest. Man, maybe this will actually work.

Cigna did authorize

I'm waiting for Humana to authorize (or not) the new IBS drug.* Our insurance plan changes on Friday, so I'm hoping they aren't delaying just so they can call on Friday and say "Whoops, new plan, can't help you!"

And sweet Jesus, bifocals are expensive as hell, even WITH insurance. My god. Plus I get to pay for 2 crowns on Friday. I am rapidly deteriorating, starting with my teeth and eyes, and it is expensive! I need robot parts right away.

*In the meantime I'm throwing probiotics and kombucha at it, and my hippie brother is all "bone broth! go get some bone broth!" And ISTG I'll try anything at this point. I'm just too lazy to drive to Whole Foods tonight. (So, apparently, I'll try anything...but not immediately. I'm such a dork.)

My sister needs to get a new damn CPAP, but has one excuse after another not to do so. She has also needed a knee replacement for a decade or so but instead gasps out loud each and every step. She frustrates us to no end. So I stopped bothering to respond to her falling asleep and walking issues. If I am around her I will do anything I can to help physically, but she has worn me out talking about it.

And sweet Jesus, bifocals are expensive as hell, even WITH insurance.

This is why I love Zenni.

Spent an hour out weeding and now I have a blister on a finger. The only bandaids I have are Avengers, which normally is just fine. But I'm spending the next two days in high level training with my boss and my boss's boss. Well, I guess that will be an icebreaker.

And sweet Jesus, bifocals are expensive as hell, even WITH insurance.

MOG mine were $800. And I hardly wear them! the lenses are so thick, I hate how I look in glasses.

I need robot parts right away.

I want the cataract surgery that gives you 20/20 vision with a new lens. How come I have to have cataracts first? I'm legally blind, dammit, isn't that bad enough.

If I am around her I will do anything I can to help physically, but she has worn me out talking about it.

TOTALLY understandable. Nothing wears me out emotionally faster than someone who continually complains about something that might be fixable but won't do anything at all to try to fix it.

ION kombucha is gross.

It opens your sinuses? And it helps with asthma?

The pressure keeps things open. I use the lowest pressure, though I've never had it officially tested to see what I should be on. Hubby had his on max, I tried it once and it was like trying to breathe through galeforce winds. I don't know how he did it.

How come I have to have cataracts first?

Well, 30 years at high altitudes under strong ultraviolet exposure with Celtic coloring seems to have worked for me. You can come for a visit and not wear sunglasses and see how that works for you.

I tried it once and it was like trying to breathe through galeforce winds.

That's what I'm afraid it will be like! Glad to know the pressure is adjustable. Man, they told me NOTHING about this. As usual, I'm learning more from Buffistas than anyone.

Well, 30 years at high altitudes under strong ultraviolet exposure with Celtic coloring seems to have worked for me. You can come for a visit and not wear sunglasses and see how that works for you.

I'd love to come visit you! I wonder if there's sunscreen strong enough to keep me from flash-frying under those conditions.