Called in sick yesterday. The fever had passed, but my stomach was still in full riot. Overall, my symptoms were high fever, muscle stiffness, stomach ailments (being polite here), headache, confusion. Ariel called to check on me, knowing J was out of town last night. Oh, and hey, they've been spraying my neighborhood for West Nile because a ( Read more... )

-- Just over 24 hours to use the coupon code SDFF2012 for 20% off your Sihaya Designs order!

-- MACARONS. I have discovered macarons, and I may be just the tiniest bit obsessed. I must taste ALL the flavors!

-- This just in: Joel Stein is a pretentious windbag. Memo to Mr. Stein: I read adult books. I read YA. I read fiction. I read non-fiction ( Read more... )

Back from Patient First. Enlarged lymph node, as many surmised. My body is fighting off a virus, and my lymph nodes are going haywire-- I've also had tenderness in my armpit and up my neck. Other than that I just feel REALLY, REALLY tired ( Read more... )

-- The Sick: The worst has passed. Once J got home from his trip, I went on Nyquil, which helped, except for the mild hallucinations. I was over about 70% of it by last night, but still ended up coughing all night long, awake and miserable. Gave in to Nyquil at around 4am. Still coughed a lot, but at least got to sleep.

-- Jason: likely has ( Read more... )

Which is not a lot, honestly. I've had kind of a one track mind lately ( Read more... )

The bad:-- I am freakin' wiped out, man ( Read more... )

I have spent the bulk of the last 36 hours sleeping. After the ritual Saturday night, we took a shower and then curled up. I slept from 1am to 11am, which is 11 full hours, counting the DST change. Got up, did breakfast, bummed around while Jason played video games. Went to Petsmart to get Miss Mim's brand new punk rock pink collar. Had a ( Read more... )

Been having dizzy spells again lately. The quick two minute "somebody rang my bell" ones complete with eye nystagmus. tamnonlinear was over earlier when I had one-- she mentioned to me that I'd developed insta-black circles under my eyes and when I went to look, it was a little freaky. So, maybe it's a sudden drop in blood pressure? What could cause that ( Read more... )

There is just NOT enough time in the day. I am busy busy busy. Packing, unpacking, wedding planning, the biz, and looking after Olive. And that was just my morning ( Read more... )

Virgo:: In the course description for a fiction-writing class at Sarah Lawrence College, professor Mary LaChapelle encourages her students to practice the art of enchantment. "How do we avoid succumbing to safe and unoriginal decisions," she asks, "and aim to recognize and trust our more mysterious and promising impulses?" This happens to be an ( Read more... )