I have hyper-sensitive skin, that flares up in an allergic reaction to the most mundane of circumstances. It's not allergic to my washing powder or my soap or my shower gel; oh no, that would be much too simple and easy to deal with. But hot and cold, certain fabric textures on certain days, stubble... that'll trigger it in an instant, but only ( Read more... )

I am currently sitting at my desk with a wet flannel wrapped around my right calf, held in place by a paperclip. I look and feel faintly ridiculous, but that's an order of magnitude better than "itchy", so I'll take it ( Read more... )

And so the inevitable happens. As you might expect, I now have a cold, together with a killer sinus headache to accompany it. And, because that's not enough, I'm also having issues with skin allergies, which I tend to in winter when I waver between hot/cold extremes ( Read more... )

I didn't sleep much last night. Is it excessively stupid of me to be getting anxiety attacks about having to go in to work this evening, in case it turns into another all-nighter rather than everything being miraculously cured? Probably, but I did it anyway ( Read more... )

10 minutes left and then I can go home. It can't come soon enough; I'm still suffering from the medication debacle, which means that not only do I now have permanent pins and needles in my hands, but the prickling sensation started up in my feet as well last night. And I've not had to deal with that in a long time. I'm kind of used to knowing that ( Read more... )

My internet connection is dropping in and out like crazy this afternoon. Pesky ISP network upgrades ( Read more... )

Mind you, I have no idea where I'm going to put it when it arrives next week. Some creative furniture rearrangement is going to have to happen in my front room, I think, since although this is the most petite model I could find it's still a big hunk of metal to have lying around a one-bedroom flat with microscopic rooms. But ah well. I need to get ( Read more... )

So, the last couple of evenings I've been feeling very hot and stewed by the time I've got off the tube at the end of the journey on my way home. I'd put it down to hot weather and overcrowded carriages, but then I woke up this morning feeling much the same, with the addition of dizziness, and severe pins and needles in my hands ( Read more... )

I don't know if I really needed a chatty icon, but I knew the exact image that I'd want for it, so now I have one anyway. *smooches Krycek ( Read more... )

Dear neighbour with the open and insecure wireless access port ( Read more... )