We didn't have trick or treaters but we really don't. Just not an area for it

My day off is less relaxing than I'd like. I've slept horribly since we've gotten back. Partly is the terrible bad, partly my mind going non stop and partly because M's cousin and her tween daughter have been staying here. They live with M's aunt and she's out of town and the cousin works overnights and the tween is ...well a tween. So she can't stay by herself at night so they have been over here and M's mom has been getting the tween to school and back . They go home today and I can't wait. Because there is also an added dog. And the tween likes to sleep with lights on. So she's had a lamp on in the living room and that light shines in my eyes. I have an eye mask but even then I know it's there and it just . Bothers me

I miss the dark and quiet of the beach .

Mom came and got her car. She took us to breakfast. Then in a little while we are going to some family reunion dinner that M doesn't really want to go to but we are. And then when we get home we will tackle take out bed frame apart and getting it out of here so we can get the new one out together

For dinner last night, I had chili that had been in the freezer since February. Sadly, it came with a side order of food poisoning. I thawed it out on the countertop, not in the fridge, so that might have been the culprit. Or it could have been dodgy when I put it in the freezer. Either way, I am here to tell you that the grocery store is not the best place to realize you have food poisoning. Currently drinking fizzy water and nibbling some crackers. I can't believe the chili betrayed me.

For Tim, drinking weird-tasting stuff: Drinking a full liter of glucose solution while suffering day-long morning sickness taught me to take a large-bore straw with you. Just suck up the liquid, put the straw toward the back of your throat and swallow it down before you actually taste it. It worked for me, I hope it works for him.

...a large-bore straw with you. Just suck up the liquid, put the straw toward the back of your throat and swallow it down before you actually taste it.

That is what worked for me during my last cycle of chemo, when everything (including plain water) tasted of bitter ash. I survived on chicken soup and Gatorade for about three weeks, until my taste buds started to recover.