Much tech~ma, erika.

I can't stop clenching my teeth. I have a night guard which I'm wearing not just at night. But even with it I'm clenching my teeth and my jaw aches

Some anti-depressants and other meds can increase jaw clenching, askye--might be something to look at?

Busy weekend, so late replies, but:

When you balance the cost of car upkeep including insurance might it be equivalent to having Ubers regularly for getting to appointments?

Mom doesn't have a smart phone, and I don't know if there's a way to get Uber or Lyft without one. Her insurance company offers a few free rides (though it counts each way, so they run out fast), so that's what we're using at first and hoping to figure out what comes next before we run out.

Since I drive a pickup that she finds hard to get in and out of, we still have to maintain her car for when I drive her around, so no savings there, unfortunately. If we ultimately decide she's just done driving, I assume that taking her off the insurance policy should bring it down some, though both vehicles will have to stay on.

There's some senior/disabled ride service through MTA. I looked into it before, but the red tape was so epic we never did get it all figured out. I think it's time to try again.

sj, hope you and ltc got some relief/relievers.

Vortex, that's awesome!

smonster, hope you're feeling better.

Cotton swabs is one of the only places where I regularly flout the rules. Itchy ears gotta be dealt with.

Ack, gotta dash to a meeting! Hope I didn't miss anybody! Love you guys!

I went for my ultrasound this morning, and I should have the results in a few days. Of course the pain wasn't bothering me much today until the ultrasound tech started poking at it.

askye, I feel your online dating woes. I wish these terrible experiences weren't so damn common. I have designed my profile to weed people out to the point where I'm not really getting messages much any more. It's a bit sad but better that than wasting my time with jerks. I have "feminist" front and center, for example.

Am feeling somewhat better, if not 100%. It's really messed with my appetite this weekend.

I'm not on any medicine right now.

I'm pretty sure most of it is the current events. Today I think it's my nephew. I love him but when he is over there is no quiet. And he's exact date because mom and I played monopoly and Catan with him. But that increases the noise.

Almost non stop talking since about 9 this morning.

There a guy who is intelligent and seems nice and we are meeting up at some point next week.

And I have a coffee date Wednesday. That one I'm not sure about.

I keep getting guys who will message "hi how are you" every few days but don't create anyour conversation.

I had a pointless online date last night--I try to usually give a little credit if I think someone is hot in one or two photos but not others--some folks are bad at picking photos or just plain not photogenic? But it was like, 10 seconds in person and I could see it was a no. I hate that.

I got an MRI of my ankle done today, which I hope will show something useful, but staying still for that long is really not good for my joints. Ow.

Ankle~ma, Hil.