I flew Delta down to Vegas, then Alaska Air back. I should have done Delta both ways. Alaska's planes from Salt Lake to Vegas don't fit in the boarding ramps at Vegas, so you've got to climb ramps out in the weather--which can be 120 degrees in the summer--to get into the terminal and plane.

ND, I'm sorry about the family drama.

Hi, Maria!

One of our local restaurants just opened up a bakery. Their bread is just okay, but their pastries and especially their cupcakes are so good! Mom is here for a couple days. So, we ended up getting half a dozen cupcakes, as well as cinnamon rolls for breakfast tomorrow. Their cappuccino was also delicious, which makes me feel bad for the coffee place in town whose cappuccino's aren't that great and who often don't have fresh pastries.

I flew Delta to Colorado, because Tim had frequent flyer miles I could use. I generally like them, but I give them the stinkeye for the Comfort+ being its own fare class now.

I'm flying Frontier back home, which I've never flown. It should be an adventure.

I knew somebody(an attendant's daughter) who took melatonin or tryptophan for sleep, got a tainted batch, and developed quite the disorder. Which is not great news, but that was many years ago and not related to the chemical itself, but some sort of handling issue. Man, that was like, twenty years ago that I knew them/...so weird how you can see someone every night and then they are just gone. I think about them a lot and wonder if the daughter got any better, but it's weird how you can get into a time warp, I mean, I've lived here 16 years, and was in another place for a year or so before that, but some of those memories, while not terribly happy, can be really vivid.

Probiotics: does anyone have any advice about what I should or shouldn't be looking for?

At the beginning at the month I was on a course of antibiotics. The #1 side effect is, of course, diarrhea, but for some reason, it left me with the worst constipation of my life.

Probiotics: does anyone have any advice about what I should or shouldn't be looking for?

I like Culturelle for an easy to find one. I mainly stick with it because it's lactose free unlike some others I've tried, but it also seems to work well for me.

Had my review today. No big whoop. I got meeting expectations because my boss was not allowed to have me at above. In fact, our division was told that no one in Texas in my position could be ranked above meets expectations.

Why bother having reviews at all if the results are mandated across the board by corporate?

That's some serious bullshit, msbelle. Also possibly a red flag that some layoffs are coming down the pike.

Also possibly a red flag that some layoffs are coming down the pike.

When they suspend your 401K match, start looking for a new job immediately, y'all.