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.

I am working from home. Now that school is back in session, I hope to do this every Wednesday. So far I have a load of clothes in and have made it through last week's late night monologues I TiVo'd.

Workwise I am doing as much as I do at work, minus dealing with office phones and people. I am plowing through a stack of invoices.

oh, and Steph, I started watching Riverdale. I swear that pilot had so much of a Veronica Mars feel. SO MUCH was covered without it feeling like an exposition-fest. I kinda love that the narrator was not one of the main aspects of the pilot, wonder if he becomes more key to the action as this goes on.

Starting ep 2 now.

I kinda love that the narrator was not one of the main aspects of the pilot, wonder if he becomes more key to the action as this goes on.

Thanks for the oitment recs- I am going to go to CVS and see what is available. My skin is so sensitive, I am not sure what I decided to use something topical for pain relief!

Did anyone's toddler stop napping at 2?