Don't hold your breath

Wal-Mart and Target are now in a "price war" over some prescription drugs.

Generics for things like diabetes and high blood pressure seem to be on the list.

Yet people on the neuralgia listserv are excited about the news. Especially since quite a few of them don't have insurance.

I don't have the heart to say it to them, so I'll just say it here:

Don't hold your breath. There's not many generics for the anti-epileptics that we take. And there's no generic for Lidoderm, Actiq (yet), and Duragesic. Even when a generic for Actiq is available, it won't be for $4.

Too bad there's not enough of us to lobby for more generics. The type 2 diabetics and people with high blood pressure simply outnumber us.

Transition

Adira is having the most trouble transitioning to living conditions in our new place.

I covered the dining room table with stuff so she couldn't use that as a lounging area. She expressed her annoyance at this for a few days.

Then she decided it was more fun to show her displeasure in other ways.

First was knocking the blender to the floor from the refrigerator. It did chip the plastic base, but I think it can be glued back together.

When I got home yesterday, she had raided my q-tip container. I found a couple victims shreaded in the sink.

Then this morning, she jumped on the counter to be right next to me while I was getting the coffee maker ready. She got a sharp and loud lecture about not jumping on the counters.

*sigh*

Hopefully the new place will freak her out so much she'll be a good kitty. I'm not too sure right now.

Fall

I like fall in the southwest. Though it isn't quite like this in Phoenix.

Last night I opened the windows. It cooled off the place more than the AC, but I still only used my top sheet. Must be that being in the AC vent I need my throw comforter.

But the kitties were seriously annoyed. They have to get used to the idea that they can NOT go outside when we move. So they took turns sitting at the window.

The problem with leaving the windows open, the people and car noise woke me up several times.

Then when I finally got out of bed, Adira spent the entire morning expressing her displeasure at seeing and smelling the outdoors, but not actually being outdoors.