well, its better than terratogenic depression.... or mutagenic depression....
sorry i missed the Bday greetings in time happy belated!
look, bath + salt +drink of choice (mine is tea) = much happier. can i send you a birthday present of bath salts? anything you are allergic to i should know about?
Hmm. That first one puts a new spin on the phrase "monstrously depressed". (I'm imagining a very different Bruce Banner, who either transforms when he's sad, or gets sad while he's in Hulk form.)
With my old water heater, I couldn't fill the tup with warm-enough-for-bathing water except by hauling multiple potfuls of boiling water up the stairs from the kitchen -- a bath was relaxing but getting there was such a PITA that I've only taken a bath instead of a shower twice since I moved in here.
But your suggestion reminded me that the new water heater is 4/3 the size of the old one, so I should try it and see whether I can draw a suitably warm bath entirely from the tap now.
I don't know what to expect to be allergic to in bath salts ... I'm told that my ragweed allergy means that I should avoid chamomile (or does it merely explain why chamomile tea doesn't work on me?) -- is that relevant?
I'd been thinking of French toast, but I'm out of vanilla extract
Ooooh! Something I can help with! I will bring you homemade vanilla extract when I pass through in early March! A small supply now, just what I have lying around; let me know how much you would like (a pint?) and I'll start a new batch. I use vodka, but I've heard you can also use rum. If you'd like, I can make a small batch of rum vanilla to try.
Obligatory cheer-up image: My young calico kitty, Calypso, is settled in on my arm and tucking her head in my shirt.
Homemade vanilla extract? Oooh, sounds tempting! (And I get to see you -- yay! (Hmm. I owe you a fair bit of phone-related money by now. Wonder how much of that I can come up with ny the time you're headed up here.)) A whole pint sounds extravagant, but perhaps that's only because I'm so used to seeing those wee bottles from the grocery store that never last very long (especially if I start using it in yogurt or coffee, as I sometimes like to do). And the rum-based version definitely sounds interesting!
And that's definitely an "Awww! *melt*" mental image. :-)
Sounds like you have the "blahs". Comfort food is a good cure for the blahs. My personal fav is buying a fabulous new pair of shoes on sale. Fortunately, I've been pretty perky as of late lest my closet overflows and I am ostracized like Imelda Marcos - who was completely misunderstood.
(This is deb, the short blonde highland dancer with the purple kilt, btw. :)
Successfully buying new shoes is a mood lifter, yes, I think I can remember that far back clearly enough. Not having any spare money to buy shoes is a downer, not being able to find any in my size is frustrating, and stores filled with nothing but styles I don't fancy is disappointing, so for a starving artist who wears size 12 pumps and is a little picky, it's a risky strategy.
But now that I'm not in the deepeset blah zone, a scouting run is in order, to see whether the less extravagant stores that go up to 12 have styles I like this season, so that if there's anything left over from the birthday money my mother said she was sending (I know what I'm doing with some of it already), I'll know whether trying to spend the rest of it on shoes to take my mind off of car frustrations will be a good idea or not.
I just have to steer clear of the web sites that have suuuuuch preeeeeetty shooooooes that cost thirty or forty times as much as I can even think about spending.
A lot of the pointier style shoes are longer than the regular size so you might be able to find like an 11.5 or an 11 that fits. I usually have to go down a half size for them.
You do know about the Manolo right? shoeblogs.com Ask him. I'm sure he'd know where to find size 12 pumps for reasonable prices. And eBay - lots of size 12 shoes for under $30. http://tinyurl.com/3ca7go Those black and white ones at the top are way cute!!
I'm sorry you're depressed, but I completely understand. Am I a bad person if I'm kind of grateful you didn't make it out last night? I thought you were way too tired to drive, and that your car's probably not in any shape to go anywhere, either. :(
*hug* OT1H, I'm not feeling very confident in the handling of my car; OTOH, it looks like it's going to take long enough to sort out that I'm going to run out of "can put this off" and "can get a ride for" before the car is straightened out. But it looks like I can keep from driving it on the highway this week, at least.
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sorry i missed the Bday greetings in time
happy belated!
look, bath + salt +drink of choice (mine is tea) = much happier.
can i send you a birthday present of bath salts? anything you are allergic to i should know about?
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With my old water heater, I couldn't fill the tup with warm-enough-for-bathing water except by hauling multiple potfuls of boiling water up the stairs from the kitchen -- a bath was relaxing but getting there was such a PITA that I've only taken a bath instead of a shower twice since I moved in here.
But your suggestion reminded me that the new water heater is 4/3 the size of the old one, so I should try it and see whether I can draw a suitably warm bath entirely from the tap now.
I don't know what to expect to be allergic to in bath salts ... I'm told that my ragweed allergy means that I should avoid chamomile (or does it merely explain why chamomile tea doesn't work on me?) -- is that relevant?
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Ooooh! Something I can help with! I will bring you homemade vanilla extract when I pass through in early March! A small supply now, just what I have lying around; let me know how much you would like (a pint?) and I'll start a new batch. I use vodka, but I've heard you can also use rum. If you'd like, I can make a small batch of rum vanilla to try.
Obligatory cheer-up image: My young calico kitty, Calypso, is settled in on my arm and tucking her head in my shirt.
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And that's definitely an "Awww! *melt*" mental image. :-)
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(This is deb, the short blonde highland dancer with the purple kilt, btw. :)
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But now that I'm not in the deepeset blah zone, a scouting run is in order, to see whether the less extravagant stores that go up to 12 have styles I like this season, so that if there's anything left over from the birthday money my mother said she was sending (I know what I'm doing with some of it already), I'll know whether trying to spend the rest of it on shoes to take my mind off of car frustrations will be a good idea or not.
I just have to steer clear of the web sites that have suuuuuch preeeeeetty shooooooes that cost thirty or forty times as much as I can even think about spending.
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You do know about the Manolo right? shoeblogs.com Ask him. I'm sure he'd know where to find size 12 pumps for reasonable prices. And eBay - lots of size 12 shoes for under $30. http://tinyurl.com/3ca7go Those black and white ones at the top are way cute!!
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Sorry your sleep got interrupted, as well.
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