~ma and condolences, a round for everybody, barkeep! Keep 'em coming! always need more. :-(

omg, this year is wearing me down. I now have a persistent, not quite a migraine headache, I keep hoping antihistamines and mucus thinners will help. so far, not so much.

funny, but not funny thing is how the loss and health has brought us back here, the one truly safe place on the intertubes.

Also, I feel like I've been haunted by DX. for the last month I've see random posts from him. probably just my screwed up FB algorithm, but it was so weird to hear that he'd died in June. Seriously weird.

I went in to my doctor for a punch biopsy today, and he looked aghast when I read off the litany of crappy things that have happened (or I've become aware of happening) this past week. I'm going to take the fact that I'm *not* feeling completely overwhelmed and depressed as a mark in the win column.

Also, no one warned me that when they freeze skin tags, they swell up tight like very tiny balloons afterwards. These things cannot fall off soon enough for my liking.

My dad just told me he has about 200 rolls of TP. ("I work at a grocery store," he said. "I buy it whenever it's on sale!") I called him a hoarder.

This information is probably really only useful to Hil, who does live near-ish to him.

I hope Tim’s test comes back negative.

Here’s hoping the rest of the week is better for people.

Last night, at the family Skype call, I learned that my niece would be hosting family Christmas. She’s in upstate NY, I’m in NC, and the rest of the family is in MI. I floated the idea that I’d be watching the COVID rates, and if things didn’t get much worse, I’d drive up. I expect things are going to get significantly worse and sincerely doubt I’ll be traveling over Christmas. But with 11 years of Christmas visits in my rear view it seemed best to ease them into things.

This information is probably really only useful to Hil, who does live near-ish to him.

Heh. I'm actually in NJ now, so not all that useful to me.

My dad had to bring my mom's old SUV to the wheelchair van place, because they're getting a new one tomorrow. It took me a while to convince him to let me drive there, too, and then give him a ride home. He thought he'd be fine just taking an Uber.

This information is probably really only useful to Hil, who does live near-ish to him.

Heh. I'm actually in NJ now, so not all that useful to me.

I betcha he'll STILL have a veritable bunker of TP whenever you get back. You could get back in 2022 and he'd probably still have quite the stash.

Wow 200 in a house of 1 is some serious stockpiling. I’ve now got 34 and was feeling pretty prepper about it.

Wow 200 in a house of 1 is some serious stockpiling. I’ve now got 34 and was feeling pretty prepper about it.

He's a little nutty. I told him to stop buying TP or he'll have nowhere to sleep.

I told him to stop buying TP or he'll have nowhere to sleep.

What do you want to bet a mattress ticking stuffed with toilet paper rolls is more comfortable than one stuffed with straw?

Ahahahaha!!! This just made me do my loud donkey laugh. (I *knew* I was keeping this C-PTSD around for a reason!)

Right? Some of my behaviors that contribute to my panic disorder, particularly contingency thinking, are suddenly useful. Growing up in a co-dependent situation, I'm skilled in the art of doing the worrying for others, which has helped keep my family healthy. I'm also ready with a wisecrack at tense moments.

When I have to go somewhere, my old friend, Denial, gets me there and back home again, where my overdeveloped concern about contamination keeps us safe.