Gah, I woke up with a migraine and have an appointment in 2 hours to get my hair highlighted. The smells may kill me. (I know I could reschedule, but there's a family wedding next weekend, and I am vain and want my hair to be shiny and blonde in the pictures, and I need to just get this out of the way now because I don't actually have the spoons to reschedule.)

Mostly I just wanted to grouse about it. Therapeutic grousing.

I'm sure Crowley is never irritating.

I am unreasonably irritated about one of the irritating things, which is another writer correcting a "typo" in something I sent her. Of course I make typos, but if you're going to pull that shit on me, you better be right. Which she wasn't.

And she didn't even ask me for clarification. Just "fixed" it for me and let me know.

Grrrrr.

Yes. Signed, thank goodness for almond milk products.

Yes, this happened to me, too. And it took me a couple of months to figure out what was going on because I wasn't paying attention.

Great. It's happened the last two times I've eaten ice cream. I haven't noticed it with cheese yet, and I very rarely drink milk. Hmm, come to think of it, I usually drink iced lattes from Starbucks in the summer, and I haven't felt great after. Must continue to investigate.

Hooray for Crowley! Congrats, Suzi.

Argh, Steph. That would drive me nuts. Grouse away.

I can still eat cheese and yogurt, because they have less lactose in them than milk and ice cream. YMMV. I carry lactase pills with me at all times, just in case I end up ingesting stealth milk, but once I figured it out, and realized that cheese was okay for me, it's been pretty easy to deal with. But those first couple of months where I was making myself ill and couldn't figure out why were pretty unpleasant.

Great. It's happened the last two times I've eaten ice cream. I haven't noticed it with cheese yet

IIRC, sometimes with lactose intolerance, there are cheeses (particularly harder cheeses) that don't cause a problem, even though ice cream and milk do. I think it might be the enzymes in the harder cheeses? t edit I cross-posted with amyth -- I guess it's just the amount of lactose. Regardless, if you turn out to be lactose intolerant, you may have some flexibility.

I'm sure Crowley is never irritating.

Well, he is a puppy - about 4 months old, so there are times when he decides something is a chew toy that absolutely is not. Nothing important destroyed yet. But he redeems himself with being utterly adorable and affectionate.

Though I doubt you would want other writer to be affectionate.

I've been doing End User Testing on a new fancy workbook and so far every work item I've check is still messed up or there is some new issue. Ugh. This is supposed to be ready for release on Friday. The team has already told the project owner that Friday isn't happening, thankfully.

Irritating people remain irritating, including family members.

Brother and sister successfully got back to their houses. Sister's house still under evacuation order. The best FPL can promise them is the 22nd to get power back. It is in the 90s. They both have significant health issues, and are idiots. I'm being gracious and trying to be encouraging.

#1 son is also frustrating and annoying, but I will vent on him directly instead of here.

Laura, really, being an idiot ought to be a health condition!

I hate 6am meetings, and also working with people in Europe who have basically no overlap hours with my working hours. Argh.

Ugh, I'm sorry Laura.

ltc won't nap. I have a massive headache and need to shower before my inlaws arrive.