Do they know what's causing them, Jesse?

Nope, just general brain fucked-upded-ness.

Timelies all!

Had Ethiopian food for dinner last night. Tasty, but perhaps not the best thing to eat when my acid reflux is acting up. Then again, when its acting up, very little food sits well. Time to get Pepcid or Prilosic.

Oh Jesse and Conseula, I'm sorry. It's so hard.

ita, the ed place that I knew had a PM job for sure must of filled it and now it's just support (which I am hoping Katie will apply for because she'd be great doing this: [link]

I've heard the district might have some PM positions for tech rollouts, but it's clusterfucky. But when I dig around for them, I don't get PMs but other stuff. Want me to forward to you?

In other news Grace had a fever yesterday and a surgery on Tuesday. She's fine right now, but it's as if she knows the surgery is coming and works herself up to feverishness.

Timelines! (Eta autocorrected word)

I'm sorry for your loss, Sail.

My doctor's office left me a message--my MRI was "basically ok" but there are a few minor issues he wants to talk to me about. I'm guessing it's the "mini-strokes" they found 9 years ago--hopefully he can tell me what they really are.

The wieirdest thing about the MRI was when they gave me the injection I barely felt it. At first I wasn't even sure he had actually put the needle in.

I'm sad today, because we did ALL the math yesterday and decided not to buy that gorgeous house. We could technically afford it, but we would be always worrying about money and hoping nothing major came up in the first few years, which in a 101 year old house is pretty risky to hope for.

I feel pretty stupid being sad that I am not rich enough, when we are so rich. So I am sad AND guilty!

Don't feel guilty, flea. Missing out on such a nice house is sad-making. But it sounds like the sensible decision.

I love "Timelines!" as a greeting! Good job, autocorrect. And I hope you get helpful answers to those minor issues, tommyrot.

Frankly, flea, as awesome as that house is (and it is!), if it's going to cause more stress than pleasure, then you've made the right decision. Also, I don't know about your area, but here the market is so hot that I'm sure it's cruising for another fall. Which is why I am not going to try to buy right now: I can't take the risk of getting overextended.

Instead I'm going to refinance to a 15-year mortgage (which would pay it off just as I retire, if I retire at 65), and take some money out to put in new cabinets and countertops in my kitchen. I've hated the counters since I bought the place 14 years ago, and if I'm going to stay, by golly, at least I'll have a kitchen I like, with enough storage space.

This means I get to spend lots of time on places like Houzz, looking at countertop ideas. I'm leaning towards butcherblock, because it's at least technically renewable (or maybe even salvage if I get lucky), and it's more consistent with the cottage-look of the house. None of the really high-tech materials would work, although I'm partial to the engineered quartz as well.

Timelines! Ha!

Sorry flea, but major issues with older house is a fact of life no matter how pretty they are. (Full Copper Repipe, etc.) Being adult and responsible with the cash is no fun at all.

I hope the answers are as painless as the injection, tommyrot.

The upshot of this evolutionary change is that random liver/metabolic enzymes show up in some people and not in others, which makes certain kinds of drugs a crapshoot. Same dose that does a perfect job on one person could be an overdose for another, or because of a very efficient liver never reaches clinical levels in the blood.

When they were deciding on meds for me the doctor did a cheek swab for a genetic report that came back with listings of all the things I could absolutely never take, things that worked too well, and things that didn't work at all. It was interesting. Most of the pain killer type medications are off the table, with some 'potentially fatal' notations. I could have told them that stuff didn't agree with me.

I'm leaning towards butcherblock, because it's at least technically renewable (or maybe even salvage if I get lucky)

I love my butcherblock counters. I need to be better about oiling them regularly but they still look pretty great after 6 years.