sj, I asked, because my youngest was four, when the Sox won in 2004. We let all the kids stay up, but he fell asleep in the chair. We let him stay there and then woke him up when they won.

We were talking about it last night. He already cared about baseball then, because his big brother played Little League. I remember dh and I being so exhausted after the playoffs and series that year, because it was this run of late nights, and then early mornings with little kids.

I would swear up and down that I've never had chicken pox, so I would have never even considered Shingles. I was seriously worried that I had bed bugs rather than flea bites because the "bites" were so closely clustered. Also, it's on both boobs, so it's crossed the centre line, which is not normal with shingles. But I don't have a huge rash, so I'm hopeful I will kick this easily.

Sue, I must not have reloaded the page before you posted the above. Are you sure it's not Chicken Pox, then? Do you have a fever?

I got Chicken Pox at 19, and they were more painful than itchy (I guess because I wasn't a little kid). They were little blisters at first. From my recollection of my mother's Shingles, they were like a bigger version.

My mother's might have crossed the center line too (I think they usually stay to the right). Someone I know had Shingles that did. I'll try to remember to ask her tomorrow.

ltc doesn't know much about sports yet, and unfortunately with all of the games starting at 8, she hasn't seen any of the games. She's out by 7:30 at the latest most nights and especially tonight because she was a crank monster today.

Cindy thanks for the insight. I don't think that his brother was trying to pressure me so much as reassure me that his church isn't like the others and I would like it.

I don't think he was regularly attending church until after their father died suddenly in spring of 2017. And then to have someone have a seizure in front of him just...I know inviting me was a way of trying to take care of people he cares about.

It was just bad timing and he didnt know I have Issues about this.

Matthew's brother and sister are conservative and I don't know how they feel about certain things so I was trying to avoid saying I didn't want to try to attend a church that would be anti gay and or possibly less accepting than I expect a church should be.

Sue I am shaking pom-poms for your antivirals.

As a disease, anxiety needs to go fuck itself with a rusty chainsaw. I can't hold Harvey without screaming and crying. (Imagine trying to hold Sammie the unholdable to clean crap out of her fur after she came out of the litterbox with chunks stuck on while having an anxiety attack) I signed up to do stuff with that Red2Blue thing linked here, but I can,t figure out how to do anything. So I'm not getting anything useful done. The way my anxiety has been out of control, GOTV efforts that involve dealing with people in anything remotely like real time would be... not of the good. I tried to sign up to do postcards with someplace last week and got no response. I'm so sorry. I can't.

At this point, if I didn't have a consult with an actual psychiatrist on Monday morning, I would probably be willing to take myself off to the hospital.

WS - be kind with yourself. You do not need to be doing more if it is not where you are right now. Try to get on a good sleep schedule, drink lots of water, eat some good meals, and do the work that is required of you and nothing more. That is enough. You are enough. You are doing enough.

New motivation to declutter house: getting ready to hide people.

Oh, msbelle, your words made me cry. At least this cry is "somebody said something nice" tears.

Hi, Buffistas? Lots of love and ~ma to you (especially to meara, WS, and Vonnie and neighbors, but I've been skipping and skimming so it's extended to others as needed).

This Tuesday we are having municipal elections all over the country, and I'll be working as ballot box secretary (here it means to organize the place where the voting will take place, recognizing the people who are supposed to vote in that ballot box by ID, and solve issues if they arise. It also means that I am supposed to be there from 6:30 am to 22:00 pm, stay for the process of counting the votes, re-arrange the place back into a classroom, and get that ballot box back to city hall). While I am mostly doing this for the money (it is my budget to get a new bed), stories from the US made me aware just how much it is important. There is only one group of population I can think of that sometimes is having trouble to vote for lack of a fixed address (Bedouins), so it kind of escaped me. While the voting % isn't that high, it is a sabbatical day so that people will be able to vote, and the ballot boxes are open from 7:00 am to 22:00 pm.

In other news, I am moving in December and only now am able to search for places as only now there are ads for apartments that will be available in December. I suspect I will continue to be stressed about it until I will find a new place with a nice and good and not a serial killing roommate (no budget to live on my own in a place that isn't an abandoned warehouse in this city, I'm afraid).

Hang in the there, WindSparrow. Monday is tomorrow.

{{WindSparrow}} FWIW, I also signed up for Red2Blue and although I am sure I was following the directions never managed to get texting. I didn't get too bummed about it when I saw the vast numbers of successful volunteers. Also, I have received about 10 texts myself from various organizations, so I feel good about the GOTV efforts in general. Also, you do so much for so many. All of us here have been comforted by you so many times. Take care of yourself and know that loving thoughts are being sent your way.

The Pittsburgh mayor is reminding me why I loved living in Pgh so much. The only place where I couldn't see the ocean that I would consider living in again. My heart breaks for them. eta: and at the same time I know they will come together as a community to comfort each other.