Dan got me the housecleaning Groupon because I was overwhelmed at where to start with the house. He had been awesome at pulling his fair share, but the house needed a deep clean, a fresh slate, and we were both overwhelmed.

One of the things that frustrates me most about anxiety is that it acts up when positive things are afoot.

Well, that's done. I've applied to my own damned job.

I've been there. I feel ya.

Hm. I guess there are worse letters to suddenly lose.

Ha! Things are looking up in Words With Friends games! jk

Glad you made it through, Strix. Also glad to hear you are sober.

That's wonderful news, Sox!

flea, I'd be side-eying them too. That's just a little too... too, ya know?

Woo hoo for finally posting your own job, sara!

I suspect that the messiness of my house is killing me and stressing my kids out. I might have embraced this philosophy a little too hard.

Every time I have visited you, I am struck by one thing: the awesomeness of your family. I don't see the messiness, but I definitely felt the love. Be kind to yourselves.

I am not taking Benadryl. I am not taking Benadryl. I am not taking Benedryl.

Nothing like losing yourself to a three hour nap in the middle of the day, yesterday, after taking Benedryl. Everything is blooming here--the cherries, the crabapples, the forsythia, I suspect the apples and almonds, too. It's gorgeous but, oh by ghot, ahh-choo! Serially ah-choo. Time to google non-drowsy antihistimines.

Glad you got through, Strix.

I'd bop her for you, Sox, but she did have good news. I think we can give her a pass for that, right?

I have a two-pound crystal sphere that would suffice for bowling over people, instead of bludgeoning. I'm short, so taking them out below the knees is better stategy for me than trying to reach up to bludgeon, even with an implement. Otherwise it would just be beating them with a coffee cup or the laptop, and in both cases, no.

Awww, thanks Maria! That makes me feel good

Why oh why are my students skipping out on their mandatory conferences? And what will it mean for their papers, I wonder?

Ha! Things are looking up in Words With Friends games! jk

Doule ha, I play that on my phone, whi8h work fine. Wow, the third letter of the alphaet turning into an 8 i new. Oh no, I lot the firt letter of my lat name, that will e a prolem!

... And I have a staph infection. In my nose. On the outside, I guess.

Biopsy accomplished, won't hear the results until next week probably. Joy.

I think I need a BLT or a tuna melt. Hmmmm.

Yikes, Consuela! Maybe a tuna melt WITH bacon??

Those both sound good.

I think we can give her a pass for that, right?

She does.

All the ~ma for good results, Consuela