Oh, no, Brenda. I'm sorry.

Oh, no, brenda! Poor Darby. Poor you!

Oh, brenda, I'm sorry. Poor Darby.

Poor Darby!

smonster, it does make your skin more sensitive to the sun. In your case, I'd use it at night, maybe three times a week, not every night, and def. use a good sunscreen with a physical blocker like titanium dioxide every day. You're sweating a lot, though, and you don't really have time to go reapply sunscreen every hour. You're in a sitch I haven't been in since college! Outdoors every day working hard. Honestly, though, you're young and your skin is good - the best things you can do for it right now are to eat a lot of carrots and stop smoking.

The camera does use film. I loved photography when I used a film camera, and have lost interest since I went to digital photography. I'm looking for something to rekindle my love of that hobby. The company that sells the camera does do processing, but you don't have to develop it there. There are a couple places in my town that develop medium-format film, but the company's prices are actually cheaper. It can be an expensive hobby for someone who doesn't develop her own film, that's the only thing that's stopping me.

I went conditioner-only a few years ago, and have really enjoyed the difference in the way my hair looks and feels -- it's softer and curlier and just generally easier to manage now. It took me about a week to get past the greasy stage, but now my hair feels as clean when I just condition it as it used to when I shampooed it too.

Also, I may be becoming a yoga convert. I'm really loving my prenatal yoga class (the first regular yoga class I've ever taken) and would strongly consider keeping up some kind of regular yoga practice after the baby is born (okay, maybe not *right* afterwards). Most studios I've looked at look fairly pricy, unfortunately, but there is one not far from my office that has a once-a-week pay-what-you-can lesson -- I should give them a try and see if their instructor is decent.

We've got Matilda's yeast infection under control but it's still making her yelp and cry when she pees.

Aw, poor noodle. Is she also still being treated for the UTI? Obviously IANAD, but the pain when peeing sounds more like a UTI than a standalone yeast infection to me. Hope it all clears up soon!

brenda, I'm sorry to hear the news about Darby. I hope the surgery is as easy and uncomplicated as possible.

Is she also still being treated for the UTI?

Nope, the second test for UTI came back negative. (The first was positive but we treated that with a weeks worth of antibiotics. Which is what apparently opened the door for the yeast infection.)

Anyway, the yeast infection is definitely clearing up. I was surprised that it hurt to pee again this morning because the medicine she's taking orally should alleviate that.

Poor Darby and Matilda!

Oh, poor Darby!

Fail her. And possibly nuke her from orbit.

Yes. It's the only way to be sure.

I just started using the Deva Curl No-Poo and their daily conditioner, followed by their gel. I still usually wash my hair every other day (although today is day three, and I can really tell--it's definitely feeling a bit grungy), like I used to. The hair is much softer than before (when I used Finesse and blew my hair dry), so that's a big plus.

I do have to use paper towel on my wet hair instead of a towel, which is a bit of an adjustment--I keep starting to rub the towel on my head when I finish showering, but I have to stop and think before leaving it alone.

Poor Matilda. That really is such a miserable feeling. Cranberry juice? That helps, if she likes it.

I just posted my science books for little kids review: [link]

She's taken a stand on cranberry juice. It's not good.

Other randomness: She and I were talking politics last night, as one does while brushing one's teeth with Disney Princess toothpaste, and immediately afterwards she ran out to tell Hec, "Daddy! Daddy! The Green Grinch wants to steal the White House from Barak Obama out and be president himself! I think we should put him in jail."