I would have loved to have called n sick today, but I'm presenting something at a meeting so I didn't. Slept badly, congested, back is sore, somehow misplaced my phone between eating breakfast and getting dressed, and the clothes I planned to wear today don't fit. If there are people who go through life with every confidence that the clothes that fit them today will also fit tomorrow and even next week I am happy for them but I really do not want to hear about it right now.

OTOH, Walter was feisty enough this morning to walk down to the corner and indicate that he was quite willing to go on although I made him turn back so I could look for my phone some more. And that's always good. And I have Claritin to take and a new ADHD prescription to try, so I could feel better before too long.

I've, uh, gone off the deep end of trying crazy things I read about on the Internet.

I'm definitely going to look into going to a dental school if I can't find anyone in the area who takes Delta Dental EPO, but I wanted to see if there was anything more I could be doing to supplement brushing flossing, mouthwash.

So after reading about it all evening, this morning I swished oil around in my mouth for 20 mins. The consensus the Internet came to was that even if it doesn't have the miraculous effects some claim (whiter teeth! stronger teeth! fights cavities! fights gingivitis! improves bad breath!) even dentists were saying it's fine.

I'm a little ashamed, but.... my teeth feel great?

Wait, what? What kind of oil?

Sesame. Apparently coconut is the most popular, but sesame was also recommended and that's what I had.

I use 5W-20 full synthetic.

I had a coworker at my last job who would occasionally spend a lot of time with something in her mouth... I never got around to asking if it was oil-pulling or not, but why would you do that in the office???

I have been having trouble sleeping too.

I finally fell asleep at 4:30 and woke up at 11. Oops. Good sleep, though.

I tried oil-pulling once with coconut oil. It was gross. Even though I like coconut oil. Def would not do in office.

I slept like crap last night. We discovered that the house trap had clogged and the main sewer line was backing up into the laundry room at about 11 last night (meaning ANY water we tried to run would cause a flood, so no brushing teeth or flushing the toilet) and called an emergency plumber. So that kept us up until 1:30, and then my body was just like NOPE. I think I fell asleep sometime around 3, eventually?

Anyway, I think maybe Adam Gopnik is right. I hope real-world me is getting some rest, because the one in the Matrix feels like ass today.

Oh man, sorry about the bad sleep y'all! I have only myself to blame--I got perfectly fine sleep, I just went to bed later than I should have.