Time killing activities

Damn weathermen said it wasn't going to rain today. Assholes, the one day I decide to leave my windows open a crack because it gets stuffy without an open window.

There goes the frickin' mold count again.

So while the mold is quietly invading our incubators to kill our cultures, I played Wack the Penguin this afternoon. Cute little waste of time, but the furthest I could get it to fly was 320.3 feet.

Ah well, traffic should pretty much suck wind on the drive home today since people drive like it's the end of the world with a few raindrops.

Break out the marshmallows

Looks like the last option to save "Tookie" Williams has fallen flat. The governator has refused to grant clemency.

I know that I'm supposed to be a liberal, but I do support the death penalty. It doesn't seem to be a deterrant to crime, but you at least prevent one from repeating past mistakes and not costing the tax payers (me) money to keep him alive to a ripe old age.

What are the odds that LA will start burning after midnight? Probably 50/50.

Holiday cheer

There's a TN pain support group listserve that I signed up for shortly after I was told that the trigeminal nerve was the source of my pain. It was a great resource, and the people there completely understand what you're going through on your bad days.

It still isn't enough for some people, and we have had to deal with their suicides. But in whatever country we live in, we understand one another.

To try and give some holiday cheer, there has been a gift exchange arrange for those willing to participate in it. I did for the last three years, and treasure all the gifts I have been given. Last year, I sent my package out a week before Christmas to Washington state, but she didn't get it until Februrary - at that rate, I guess I should be lucky she got it at all.

The listserv moderator had arranged the exchange for all these years. I guess she's too busy this year, and with it being too late to arrange one now, I am trying the next best thing.

I offered to send a handmade card to anyone on the list that wanted one. I know that for some people, they are not in frequent contatct with family or friends. Therefore, I wanted to send a personal touch to an otherwise isolating event.

I've gotten almost as many kudos emails as people that want a card. So far, I can handle the requests, and if it helps someone feel a bit special, than it'd be worth it.

Now I have to get motivated....

Beware of bird flu

Okay, I was trying hard not to laugh out loud at this. Reminds me a bit of Howard Hughes though. Anyway, check out the daily routine on the lookout for bird flu.

Midwest AM

I hate days like this. The clouds have been around since yesterday. It looks like a dreary mid-west kind of day. It probably doesn't help that I tried to be good and go to bed early, but tossed and turned all night.

Sunday I woke up sometime in the early morning hours (didn't look at my clock to be sure), but the pain was back. Darn it! I repositioned my neck in hopes that would ease the pain and went back to sleep for a couple hours. But 8:45 came, and I was beginning to feel queasy from the pain. I picked myself up, dragged over to the couch. I watched a movie that my boyfriend stuffed in my bag last weekend, and then decided it was time to bring out the heavy painkiller guns. While I'm dealing from the effects of the pain medicine, I go back to bed and work on my self-hypnosis techniques for pain management.

Adira sensed something wasn't right, and came and laid next to my arm with her little head on my arm. And that's how I managed to get about two more hours of sleep.

Woke up and the pain was 90% gone. Enough to be able to situp and not have an overwhelming urge to puke. Talked to my boyfriend a bit via IM and told him what happened. Said he wished he could be there right now and take care of me (what a sweetie).

Pain got to 95% gone by early evening, but I still was tired and not very motivated to do much. Got another strand of lights on the tree (maybe tonight I'll finish). Made some food, and that was pretty much it. I guess it's okay since I got a lot done on Saturday.

Because of our two week timepoints for cultures, this week we're not going to be doing much of that. So my boss decided that this week would be a good time to clean up and reorganize the lab. Perhaps that's why I'm wearing a skirt today.