I just finished writing the draft for the "pretty please accept me into your elite-mind-boggling School of History program, with cherry on top" letter.

I think I really want this one to happen. I know I can do excellent stuff there.

Phew. God. Wow. The stress.

Yay Glamcookie!!!

Hil, glad to hear something is helping with the pain management. Bonus that it's not drugs, so I'm guessing no side effects? When I get to a real terminal I'll have to look TENS up.

Yep, no side effects. I'm not sure what the long-term side effects could be, but the only thing that I could think of would be permanent loss of sensation on the area where I'm using it, and honestly, I don't actually care too much about that. Because there's some loss of sensation in the little while after I use it, and what I've been doing lately is using that time to go grocery shopping, because it's the only time that I can carry grocery bags without really hurting my shoulder.

Hil, don't want to sound overly motherly, but be careful. You don't want to overtax your shoulder because you can't feel the pain.

GC I am so happy for you! Congratulations!

Congratulations, Glamcookie and DW!! More Buffista sprog to rule the world!

Hil, don't want to sound overly motherly, but be careful. You don't want to overtax your shoulder because you can't feel the pain.

I know. I'm not doing anything too strenuous, just things like carrying grocery bags or putting away dishes (stupid cabinets way above my head) that hurt when I can feel the pain more. Everyday levels of movement.

I really wish I could go back to trapeze. And they just moved from Baltimore to DC, so that it wouldn't have to be a whole day trip anymore. But I want at least two weeks without any serious pain or dislocations before I attempt that again, and I haven't gotten that yet.

I just made some sauce that was supposed to be a vegan version of Alfredo sauce, but ended up tasting way more like remoulade. Not what I was expecting, but really good. I think I'm going to put it on top of pasta with asparagus.

Nugget!!!!!

Congratulations GC & DW!

sounds good. But, as all of the alfredo ingredients are non vegan, I imagine that getting it right would be quite a challenge.

It's got toasted pine nuts, onions and garlic sauteed in olive oil, nutritional yeast, chili powder, and supposed to be mustard but I skipped that, put through the food processor with a bit of water until sauce-like. The pine nuts give it a really neat flavor.

Now I'm trying to figure out how to make something that would taste more like alfredo. I think maybe cashews instead of pine nuts, cut way down on the chili powder, replace part of the water with MimicCreme, and maybe cook the onions and garlic in Earth Balance rather than olive oil. I shall have to experiment with this.