(Also, haha, yes, Tep, cuffing season might be something else to you! I can still say that here, right? I'll delete if I oughta!)

Ahahahaha, I didn't even make that connection! Again, in my defense, I needed more caffeine. (Also, you can totally still say that here!)

SO. MUCH. WHINE.

Look, pain is pain, and it both sucks and blows. You aren't whining; you have a legitimate painful thing happening. Recovery should be a linear upward progression, not some bizarre back-and-forth designed by a madman.

Cuffing season == winter.

I learn something new every day.

Suzi, I hope you feel some relief soon.

I totally want to drug it up and sleep in the hopes of healing rest. But I'm still behind on work. The rumors of my company being bought out are ramping up. The concept is not new - there have been talks about "capital restructuring" for a few months now - but I don't need another something to make me feel horrible about not working 60 hours a week.

I still haven't dealt with the rental car situation for the reunion. If I can Priceline something for a decent price, I may just do that. Having my own wheels would have certain benefits.

SO. MUCH. WHINE.

Look, pain is pain, and it both sucks and blows.

Teppy is wise. Pain is awful, ongoing pain is even worse, you're not whining, and even if you WERE, you are totally allowed to, especially in this situation!

::hugs Suzi:: I wish I had a magic wand, as ita used to tell me.

And Maria, sending you all kinds of love and warmth and comfort. If you want to, think about coming over this way soon, and we can raise a few glasses to ... whatever you like! Before you pick up stakes, anyway!

smonster, I don't think Ghost Boy deserves you. And I think YOU deserve better.

Dating bites. I have given up for the moment and have a FWB instead, who sort of drives me crazy sometimes, but the expectations are low, the sex is pretty good, and once a month or so, that's a nice thing.

I am totally buying this hat: [link]

Cute hat.

Cuffing season is followed by, according to the parlance of the lesbians I hung with many years ago, the "springtime shuffle."

Thanks for the support, all. I have a first date with someone else tomorrow night and I don't think I'll be texting Ghost Bou again

Suzi, what Steph said. I hate to hear you are suffering.

Yeah, exactly. It's not, you're becoming exclusive with this person because they're really the right person for you and you have a deep and abiding bond. It's basically, you're too lazy to try to keep looking for the right person what with it taking more effort to be out and about during a blustery winter season. But come springtime, see ya later winter cuddler.

Good job, smonster, this is super tough, and you have come a long way.

Speaking of moving to be with Buffistas, I just woke up from a dream in which smonster and I got an apartment together in New York City... or maybe somewhere in outlying areas. It was in a run-down old building that plainly once had been the height of luxury. We got a great deal on the rent - $695 per month for a 2 bedroom apartment - because everyone in the apartments above us had to come through our place to get to the stairs to their floors. That was a bit of a surprise, but we decided to make the best of it, being friendly with everyone who came through, building community. Soon we were serving snacks in the evenings, even people from lower floors were stopping in, someone brought us a cat who looked like Harvey. One day we all decided to explore the attic of the building - it had a bunch of old hotel (think Angel's Hyperion) lobby furniture, so we talked about having a sleep-over up there for the whole building. When I woke up, we had discovered that the back of the building had access to a private beach.