I also have a sodastream penguin because cute but never actually use it because of all y’all’s reasons and additionally flat water is what I want most of the time I just sometimes like bubbles when I’m feeling fancy but that is not often enough to keep all the supplies reliably supplied

Surprised at the OED being behind the times. That’s not really a reasonable reaction for me to have, probably, but I’m having it

Sorry for the difficulties, Sheryl. Best wishes for the birthday

Today is sarameg's birthday! I haven't seen her around these parts in some time, but she may be a lurking lurker who lurks. In any case, I hope it is a delightful day and send wishes into the universe for a wonderful year.

Happy sarameg day!

Felt like this needed to be a separate post. There’s a garbage strike over by Stockton that some of our local collectors are supporting in a way that is disrupting the usual collection schedule a little bit. I find this exciting - don’t see much in the way of collective action in these parts! And my garbage was picked up just fine on Monday so I’m not directly affected and wouldn’t be greatly inconvenienced if I am, really, so it’s easy for me to benevolently observe

Happy birthday to Sarameg if she's lurking. If I counted up how much time I spent proving Permanent Condition is Permanent, I would probably get really sad. Especially, since after sometime close to three decades, it's probably enough for the Australian vacation I can't go on for the same reason. Sigh.

Happy Birthday to sarameg! May you receive the feeling of good wishes coming through the interwebs even if you don't see these specific pixels.

Happy Birthday sarameg!

Dad is doing good at the hospital. They have kept him for observation. He has moved up from a clear liquid diet to just a liquid diet so tonight he got chocolate pudding with is apple juice and bouillon.

I have the official diagnosis of Barrett's esophagus, which is damage to the esophagus from acid. The silent reflux did some damage. All I was told to do until my appointment was to keep taking the medicine but of course I went to see what I should do and not eat.

And it's a lot-- fatty foods, fried foods, spicy foods, onion and garlic (I already knew they were an issue with the gas /bloating and stomach spasms), dairy , caffeine , mint, carbonated beverages, acidic foods, chocolate

In addition from the Low FODMAP elimination I've discovered that cruciferous veggies, grapes, sweet pott, white potatoes, and beans (including green beans) are triggers. I haven't experimented with too many fruits. Apples in small amounts seem to be ok.

So I've been struggling with what to eat. It's going to take a lot more planning . I've done the super low acid diet before but I didn't have to avoid fried or fatty foods or dairy which made it easier.

Plus I have to figure out what to do for dinner so M doesn't have to eat the same things I do. I'm hoping this will only be for a short term and not forever.

And when I went looking online for advice I kept finding people cheerfully saying drinking cabbage juice is really healing and it's something people should drink every day. I don't want to drink cabbage juice ever. It sounds so unappealing.