I think I'm not going to see the movie tonight. I haven't gotten anywhere near enough sleep this week, and staying home and resting seems like a better idea. Maybe I'll go see it tomorrow.

So much strength and peace~ma to everyone struggling with mental health issues. Life really sucks, sometimes. May you all find that path back to equanimity in any way you can.

Cindy, I'm sorry to hear about the FiL; my best wishes to you and Scott. Health~ma to the FiL.

My daughter is finally scraping up the courage to make major changes in her life. She's going to be sending out her resume to salons in the Chicago area, so she's looking for reasonable digs in various areas that she finds acceptable with price, lifestyle, and safety. I'm hoping my Chicagoistas can give me a little advice on the following areas as to those criteria. This is the gist of what she copy and pasted into a text message, so the punctuation leaves a little to be desired:

Near south side has lots of condos. Affordable near museum park West town. Young and music hippy. Prices on the rise North center. Lots for adult entertainment. Near west side. Second most amenities.

If you can decipher that and possibly specify various neighborhoods, it would be greatly appreciated. She's hoping to keep expenses down, but thinks she could handle $1600/month. She'll be sharing with a cousin and they'd even do the one bedroom, make the living room the other, if that's what it takes. Alexia is at the top of her profession (she's completely outgrown the salon she's in and she's their best) and is currently bringing home $60-70k a year; I'm thinking she can probably make quite a bit more in the better salons in and around Chicago.

X-posted to Natter.

Vibes and love to Buffistas and their families. Thinking about you

I'm so sorry, Cindy. Holding your family in my thoughts.

This is a stupid thing that I get caught up in all time...I cancelled a contribution to something(Not that I still don't care about the Earth, but I think my finances are sort of being nickeled-and-dimed one recurrent donation at a time...need to rethink, you know?) But now I feel as though, you know, some little wolf cub is not going to eat cause I want to be in control of my ten dollars. Even though I know that Ellen Whatsis who signed my receipt doesn't really know me, I feel disappointing and had to talk myself out of it. Dumb, huh?ETA: Cindy, sorry about your FIL. ETA2: Anyone have a favorite green org that I should think about giving to? Check me out...Casey McCall moment. Except Casey would never allow a mass-produced e-receipt to occasion a guilt spiral.

Health~ma for your FiL, Cindy.

Ladystuff TMI: so I had the Mirena removed 7 weeks ago. Right after that I had a week of light, half-hearted bleeding and I thought well that's that. Nooo. The last two days I've been bleeding like I'm making up for lost time. Dammit, I guess I'm STILL not in menopause.

I guess I'm STILL not in menopause.

Every four months or so, the universe pokes me in the guts and says "Not yet, sucker!"

That is genuinely the only reason I would consider getting another Mirena after this one needs to come out -- I haven't had a period in almost 10 years, and I don't want to go back.

I hennaed my hair without hennaing anything else in my apartment! (Much.) I'm getting better at this!

Yay, Hil!