re: bride's horse. I bet they thought that draft horse would be calm.

Clearly it wasn't used to crowds and yelling.

I have been thinking lately that I wish we (in American, at least in the non-coastal areas) could go back to having neighborhoods. In Rochester, no one lives near where they work. And then there are really very few stores in the city. Plus, there really aren't any new people here, so after the white flight to the suburbs, neighborhood building seems to just move the same people around. And there are still no grocery stores in many parts of the city. It seems like if there were more, smaller, stores that people could get to, there would be more jobs. But I think they might have to be subsidized for awhile to work.

Of course, there are some places where businesses exist- there is one sort of chi-chi neighborhood (that is just emptying out the other one...) that has a small grocery store, coffee shops, bars, clothing stores, etc. And one of the more run down sections of town has a corner store AND a liquor store every few blocks. But there are just large parts of the city with nothing, and no affordable part that I can find that has an easy bus or walking to a grocery store, a bank, a pharmacy, a liquor store and a restaurant.

Prognosis is a massively deviated septum - one more sinus infection like that and the Dr. will be chasing me down for surgery. but not yet. also, they have confirmed that I have a brain in my head.

Thanks for the good wishes - I'm glad to know what's going on, at least.

$5/hr for overnight is ridiculous.

So I'm baking cupcakes for DH for his birthday, trying out this recipe. The batter is nom nom, hope that baking doesn't destroy the magic.

Prognosis is a massively deviated septum - one more sinus infection like that and the Dr. will be chasing me down for surgery. but not yet.

Oy, Sox. I'm thinking that when I get back on Kaiser, I'll go see the ENT, and there's a good chance I'll be there with you--I've spent way too many days in the last few years doped up on Claritin or Aleve-D.

Speaking of which, there's apparently a drive to make all sudafed prescription-only, not just something you need to get from a pharmacist. Oregon did it, and it killed the meth industry in the state. But argh!

Prognosis is a massively deviated septum - one more sinus infection like that and the Dr. will be chasing me down for surgery. but not yet.

My stepdad, who has had killer sinus problems his whole life, had surgery after Christmas for a deviated septum, and he is *stunned* at how much it helped him.

So there's some anecdata for you.

My dad had his sinuses "cleaned out", as he put it, and now he can breathe again. OTOH, he lost his sense of smell(!), which is a bit of a problem, as he's the primary cook in the house...

Why is my father Skyping me at 9:15 on a work morning? I mean, if something big were wrong, he'd call, right? I have seven million things on my plate because I'm only working a half day, and I honestly can't take the call.

Unrelatedly, lunch is a pain sometimes because of the whole gluten-free thing -- a sandwich is just so easy. And there is good GF bread, but it's really expensive, so I save it for grilled cheese at home and occasional toast.

But I gotta say, wrapping a slice of turkey around a slice of avocado? SO DAMN GOOD. Bread would just dilute the tastiness.

How deviated does a septum have to be to screw up your sinuses?

I have a deviated septum from being punched in the face at a high school dance.