First: Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome are pretty much the same things. Which diagnosis an individual gets depends on the doctor she sees and whether she complains more about the pain or the fatigue. I’ve been diagnosed with both, but…
That’s Happy
There are lyrics to supposedly ancient songs at the beginning of every chapter of Juliet McKenna’s The Gambler’s Fortune. I was waiting in the car for Katie last week, and a melody came to me for one of them. The…
WSotD
I tell ya, it’s endemic around here. Every critter is constantly wanting to be on the other side of any door that’s closed. It doesn’t matter if it’s an interior or exterior door, bedroom, bathroom, or closet door. Closed Doors…
Ewww!
I woke up with the non-pregnancy version of morning sickness this morning, for no obvious reason. Gah. The family kindly let me sleep it off. Now I’m taking shadowkatt to do her yearly standardized testing. We’ll have dinner after that…
Sweet!
I know they’d do it sooner or later! There’s now a wet-dry Roomba that vacuums, scrubs, and dries hard floors!
Good Things
Hot water on demand is a gift from the goddess. I have the internet to maintain connections with all you lovely people. My laptop makes it much easier to use the internet connection. My paraffin bath is marvelous, as long…
Good News On the Civil Rights Front
Psychiatrists want recognition of gay marriage Representatives of the nation’s top psychiatric group approved a statement Sunday urging legal recognition of gay marriage. If approved by the association’s directors in July, the measure would make the American Psychiatric Association the…
Submission
I just submitted an article to a magazine for publication. Wish me luck!
Ugh
Note to self: Talk to pain management doc about drugs for breakthrough pain. I’m very close to tears from the pain today. Let’s say it’s a 8.9 on the Mankowski scale. I’m really wishing I had someone else to get…
Great Date
sambear and I went to the Renaissance Festival today! It was wonderful. I didn’t feel like going this morning. That’s usually my worst time of day. But I knew that if I had to wimp out during the visit, Sam…