I think I'm gonna make sweet fridge pickles with cukes this weekend. Need to check my vinegar supply.

Today was stupid. Did a ton of work to get to crash into another wall. I'm actually friends with the lead on the team, and she's really good at managing an unwieldy crew, but I want to murder all of them. I should not know more about how the software you gave us works than you do. Just...no. I know it is because of the large amount of staff turnover over the lifetime of the instrument, but GODDAMNEDIT. WE'VE BEEN GOING AROUND AND AROUND FOR AT LEAST 8 FUCKING YEARS. This was supposed to be stable in 2008! Stop changing shit!

Re: pain. I was pretty miserable after I had my wisdom teeth out (under local, they had to break a couple to get them out, the only painkiller I was given was regular tylenol which didn't fucking work for me at that point in my life.) However, I just remember it as achy, swollen and being fucking PISSED at the dentist. I was imagining all sort of vile ways of torturing him for a couple days.

However, I do not think it was anywhere close to when the crown went bad about 5 years ago when my parents were visiting. It was just so sharp and electric and inescapable. I would just start crying and was so damned fragile and shaky. I now know the minute that starts happening to call the emergency # for the dentist. Even if it in the middle of the night, they'll call in heavy duty pain meds and find you a place that is open. Even if it is a hospital. I need to not wait 3 days just because it is a weekend and gee, I have an appt tuesday, I can wait.....NO, NO YOU DON'T.

Totally different than the worst of my cramps. True, those sometime had me lying on the floor, barely breathing through them and thinking I was very close to passing out or vomiting or both. The tooth pain had me wishing I could pass out and yet pretty convinced the pain would bring me back around. Cramps that bad, I just go back to bed.

And that is why I loved and would marry my root canal. Instant relief! AWESOME!

Went outside onto our little porch to do some work. Isn't it lovely having a porch! I say to myself. Then, Hmph, get out of my face, mosquito. Then, Argh, get off my arms. And legs. And feet. And--

fuck it, I'm going back inside.

Nature 1, Kate 0

I guess I've always pushed the few weeks into a few months...

We'll see how long it takes for me to eat them!

No disputing taste, as they say much fancier in Latin.

I guess I should add that I DO like a little bit of relish in tuna salad. So ... what you said.

Don't let the mosquitoes win, Kate!

emailed my new boss about vacation days and adult education, and it was long.

I tried to be humerous about it.

She was humerous right back!

She totally knows how to express tone in email like a pro, or rather, like a fan who types in fan forums. We're talking in plain-text and she's all over short-cutting how to express italics without italics. I am so hopeful.

Also, I find it hilarious that her initials are my nickname from my little brother, which stand for Devil Woman (in my case).

Cutter Skinsations/Off equiv pump spray is my godsend against mosquitos. Unfortunately when I'm sweaty and working in the yard, I practically need it in a mister. Bonus, something about my chemistry means I'm always getting compliments on my nice 'perfume' when I use it. And it is the no-scent version! It just smells vaguely clean and astringent to me.

Stupid mosquitos!

Pickling doesn't make any sense for me, since I have year-round bounty, but I sure do like the taste of vinegar.

I just can't anymore. At least not white vinegar as Grace's suction machine tubes are cleaned out with vinegar. So we suction her, then run a 1/2 vinegar/1/2 water mix through the tube. It's just YUCK now to me.

I also wonder if there is a random seasoning that I don't like that makes me want to give up the ghost. For example, some curries are nearly the death of me.

I think that's what causes me to get ill whenever I eat pepperoni. I certainly don't get queasyness from any other kind of pork or beef sausage I've run across, though some give me heartburn. Or maybe it's the saltpeter preservatives?

Pickles for me are a big NO. Sara doesn't understand it, because, as she says, I like cucumbers. She doesn't seem to get that the pickle taste is what I object to.

I am not a fan of vinegar or pickles. Like at all. I can eat salt & vinegar potato chips, but that is it. All y'all who like pickles (love them) have my eternal curiosity.