cleanliness and my favorite penguin

i realized after boy left for the Terminal Ready show that I was too out of it to safely take a shower alone in the house, so i waited up for him. i'm about zombified now, but i'm clean. CLEAN.

it feels good.

i'm going to finish my cocoa (some meds have to be taken with food, i suppose milk counts, even if i don't really digest it that well) and go to bed.

and can i just say that the side effect of HICCUPS is the most annoying "harmless" one I've encountered? it was torture the last few days when i had the chest pain, now it's just a twinge, but it won't go away. i need to look at the paperwork and see if anything besides the diazepam is causing them. it's crazy and near constant.

and there's only one sure-fire cure for my hiccups (other than time)--drinking from the opposite side of a glass while leaning all the way forward. it's easier now that it doesn't hurt so much, but it's barely working.


And klwalton: Peach Oo-la-long.
I bought it today to quell a bout of hiccups (was being bad and went into a store (didn't touch stuff or people) to ask boy to get a couple things... I'm keeping the bottle. I'll fill it with beads or sand or something pretty.

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slightly better picture of the front

And the back label has an amusing anecdote. I liked the tea. Most of the Honest Tea line is too diluted for me--I like strong tea and sweet teas. boy enjoys the subtleties of Honest Tea and will buy them when we're travelling (the very low sugar is of appeal to him, too). This one, though. It's worth it... And it has OPUS!!!!

If Honest Tea isn't sold where you are, I can see if your visitor this weekss is willing to bring you a bottle. I want to pick up another for myself, anyhow. If I use sand or beads, I can use them as bookends, especially if I glue felt or silicone mat to the bottom. I know it's a Maryland company, but I don't know if it's nation-wide. The bottles are glass, but not terribly large, so perhaps it wouldn't be a problem if she has room in her carry-on (packed in a sock and a ziplock bag).

Yay! Now boy is clean. I shall start a load of wash... or maybe not. We'll just go sleep. Oh, i must drink my last quarter cup of cocoa. and take out my contacts. doh!

More ebay pimping for my friends.

Well looky here. You'd think I have a lot of friends who like rainbows or something. k4bidyke is auctioning off rainbow suncatchers. I believe she made these, but I could be wrong--I'm sure she'll clarify.

help my friend make some money for the holidays, buy a little pretty piece of diversity for your window, or buy one as a gift. :)

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earlier, i was nodding off whenever i tried to look at the laptop. xiane and briskpepper suggested i was being hypnotized by the refresh rate. it was similar to when i was in the hospital and using the laptop made me nod off constantly. the thing is, back then, i'd nod off whenever i tried to read or do crosswords, too. if i was chatting to someone, i was fine.

so something about the part of my brain that processes reading (or my eyes conceive paper as having a refresh rate after so many years of computer use) is making me narcoleptic while i'm on these meds. ;)

i don't know if any of them are similar to what i took in the hospital. i don't *think* so. when i'm more coherent, i'll look up the pathways by which they're metabolized and see if there's a clue there.

i took a nearly three hour nap. very nice. tom came and went. i was groggy during both events.