Ow. Wtf. I felt fine when I woke up and then suddenly half an hour ago out of nowhere a terrible headache (or toothache? Hard to say) started. I have been known to clench my teeth at night and wake up to a headache from that, but not get one all sudden-like! Argh.

Zen, I hear you. And I am worried I will waste away the time I'm taking off and not get anything special or different done. But I need the time off, I was so annoyed and frustrated yesterday I wanted to scream.

meara, if all you do with your time off is get yourself not annoyed and frustrated it will be time well spent.

Can I get a grant to keep saying this stuff to people? I'm not good at all about living it, but I can say it all day long

I'm editing yet another article about opioid overdose deaths, and it uses the term "opioid treatment program" and abbreviates it "OTP", which is giving me the giggles every time I see it.

Oddly apropos

Can I get a grant to keep saying this stuff to people? I'm not good at all about living it, but I can say it all day long

Check in with the MacArthur people?

Oh shit, I have one more review tomorrow that I forgot about. In addition to my own, which I wrote, but have to discuss with my boss.

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how is your health?

My body has declared joints the enemy or somesuch, but other than that, fine.

I had much of a headache yesterday for no particular reason that I could figure out -- today, nothing. I kind of feel like, bodily ills should be tied to identifiable causes, even if you can't do anything about them so at least you can hate upon said cause. Or, if it is fixable, let you take a shot at fixing it.

I had a headache Mon-Weds, basically, which someone suggested might be allergies? That was satisfying, for exactly what you're saying.

My body has declared joints the enemy or somesuch, but other than that, fine.

Oh dear.

I kind of feel like, bodily ills should be tied to identifiable causes, even if you can't do anything about them so at least you can hate upon said cause. Or, if it is fixable, let you take a shot at fixing it.

I had a headache Mon-Weds, basically, which someone suggested might be allergies? That was satisfying, for exactly what you're saying.

I was having weird swelling in my left eyelid that went on long enough I finally went to the dr. I said I didn't think it was allergies, she said she thought it was, that it was an "allergic blepheritis". I was so pleased to at least have a name/diagnosis. Then I look up blepheritis on WebMD, and imagine my irritation when I discover the cause/diagnosis of my swollen eyelid was...swelling of the eyelid.