you could gargle with a warm water hydrogen peroxide mix 1:4 (HP/h2o) I think is the proportion.

That shit will kill off anything in your throat. I did that when I had strep (recurring infection, had it over 2-3 months) and that with antibiotics did the deed for good.

it is nasty though.

Are you really going to try Victorian February, Jilli? I'm so curious about how that will work. So many things were different, to accommodate the restrictions of clothing.

The Filthy Victorians 2012 challenge I linked to in the latest GCS? I'm really tempted to; all I'd really have to do is add a corset to my daily wear.

Yep. I'd like to see how people navigate it.

My GP recommended hot salt water gargles, every three hours or however often you felt the need. Salt is antiseptic and also soothing--I'm not sure hydrogen peroxide would soothe, although it's definitely antiseptic.

Those DA actors are amazingly different out of character. Sioban is almost unrecognizable.

Kat, I used to look at H and wonder what he was thinking. (Willow's "I too know the love of a taciturn man" was a watchword for years) Now I wonder why he feels the need to voice every thought that occurs to him.

sara! Spain, wow!

I can provide evidence that stopping eating a food may cause an intolerance. Have more than a hunch something is causing you trouble before you go off it all the way, would be my advice.

msbelle, glad you liked it. Love you back.

I know we have moved on but today Frisco told his teacher that baby Sammy came out my vagina. Except he said " pajama" but we all knew what he meant.

That's hilarious.

all of the characters really do look so much thinner in modern clothes!

Weird, I had the exact opposite reaction. I think they all look much curvier - the DA costumes don't emphasize figure the way modern clothes do. Suddenly everyone has boobs!

Thunder and lightning. In January. Such an odd winter.

Woke up this morning and not feeling so bad. No fever. Throat's only a little raw. Not swollen, not getting worse. I have been doing a lot of salt water gargles this week, so hopefully that helped stave things off.

My fever last night came on quick, shot up to 99.9 and then promptly dropped back to normal again. I'm going to think of the fever as a carefully coordinated aerial strike called in by the white blood cells.

Boiler company says they might have the parts we need to replace the broken valves by this afternoon, and if not we'll have to wait until Monday.

Temps are mild today but supposed to go below freezing over the weekend.

Fuck this building.

Jess, I'd lend you electric heaters if only I lived closer. I have 3, left over from the 3 Seasons With No Furnace incident.