Sitting here on my recliner at 6:10 am, an overweight border collie on my lap, twitching in her sleep. One cup of coffee down. Slight headache, mild nausea, bloated feeling. Things are quiet, for the moment, at the south end of my system, but it feels like that may kick in next [...]

Staying home today. I feel OK, except for my gut. Started bothering me yesterday afternoon, and now I dare not stray further than a short dash to the potty.
Musta et sumthin’ what don’t agree with me!

Amazing what 10mg of zolpidem tartrate can do!  (Generic name for “Ambien.”  Consider yourself enriched.)
After going the whole day with wide, staring eyes (but no strong urge to fly — and my powers of observation were far from amazing…) and an audible 60 hz buzz in my ears, when 8 pm came last night, I [...]

6:15 am.  I’ve been up since 5.  One cup of coffee down, another to go.  Gail will likely get up in about 15 minutes.  She’ll ask me if I slept OK. 
Nope.
I think I maybe got about an hour’s sleep.  Total.
Just couldn’t shut my head off last night.  Not so much worried about anything… just couldn’t [...]

That’s not a category one sees in the baby books, now is it?
No wonder.
Anyhoo… had a visit with a nurse practitioner this morning.  Talked about the depression (apathy, etc.) symptoms and got a prescription for Zoloft, which I will start taking tonight.  Also got my Maryland MVA request for a handicap placard signed.
I’m not really [...]