1) what is one thing about you that you hate? Right now, my left eye in all its red glory.  In general, my tendency to be a little too anxious about getting things done and making everyone happy.

2) what is one thing about you that you love? I think I have a really good curiosity about things -- how people & things work, how to keep learning, etc.

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Guess who woke up at 4 AM to find her eyeball crusted shut?  Um, yeah, that'd be me.  I called the 24 hour nurse advice line (because of course, then I was awake) and she agreed that yes, it sounded like I had pinkeye and that yes, I should probably go to Urgent Care or see an MD this morning.  So I am home from work, waiting on my 10:30 ( Read more... )

• Car problems: Malibu has bad transmission mounts, we are going to fix it mostly for future resale value, as we would not get anything on it now.  Husband will have this be his "around town" car for school & things... and after 2 nights of occasionally frustrating car shopping, we have a new Hyundai Elantra.  I'm excited about the new car, but not ( Read more... )

It's not much fun to have a good head cold when you don't really have the leeway to take a day off of work... I started getting sick on Friday PM (sneezing & sinus pressure then), progressed to fever/aches/chills and cough on Saturday (oh yes, and still worked my 9.5 hour day), and then recouped some on Sunday, with the help of generic DayQuil & ( Read more... )