We have officially reached the hair loss portion of the post-WLS process. Yay. I try not to stress too much because I do have a fair amount of hair even though the individual hairs are on the thin side. Sadly, I am ceasing the pinking and purpling until I feel confident that the bleaching process won't make the rest of my hair fall out. If I can't ( Read more... )

Yes, yes, the user icon is the Hernando de Soto bridge in Memphis, but it's also the Mississippi River. Work with me, people.

Thursday night through early Monday afternoon found me in the Crescent City, herself: New Orleans! My companions were pirategirleee (who visited the city last year), psalite (who was our NO virgin), and LJ-less Ellen (who visited back in the ( Read more... )

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Plane tickets, hotel reservation, and ground transportation are booked for pirategirleee, psalite, LJ-less Ellen, and myself to spend Memorial Day weekend in New Orleans, whoo hoo! PG and I had such a good time last year, we decided to do it again and bring along a couple more girlfriends. We'll be staying in the Wyndham French Quarter on Royal between Canal and ( Read more... )

Tomorrow afternoon pirategirleee and I jet off to New Orleans for the holiday weekend. I haven't spent more than a few hours in the city since college and she's never been there. We shall nibble on beignets at the Cafe du Monde. We shall experience delicious cajun cuisine with Holly and Paul. We shall boogie down Bourbon and cha-cha up Chartres. We shall tour a ( Read more... )