Hilary Booth... of course!

I wish I could claim I was feeling better. I get brief bursts of relief, eclipsed by sheer torture. I bit the bullet and switched back to the brand name Flonase. Generics shouldn't be this different. Even if it isn't the difference, at least I know how I react to the brand name version.

I watched a lot of golf this weekend. Next week the green grasses of Wimbledon will beckon and take up vast amounts of time. I swear I think I spend as much time on the BBC website during that last week in June as when Who is airing, probably less because of the potential for spoilers. I don't hold out a lot of hope for any of my favorites. Henman has been bounced out his last umpteen tournaments in the first round. Federer is turning into the Sampras of this generation -- beautiful to watch and damn near unbeatable on grass, but looks actually human on clay. Maybe someone will surprise us.

Despite being very behind in my Who viewing this season, I did break down and watch "Utopia". I knew the squeeing would be hard to ignore. I'm glad I did. Like most people have said in other reviews, the BBC can't keep some bits secrets if they tried. On the other hand, the best part, they had me completely fooled until the moment it happened. Very good use of distraction. Make a lot of noise over here, but pay no attention to that man behind the curtain...

( Utopia spoilers )

At some point along the line, FDA approved a generic version of Allegra. My pharmacy has started using it with my latest refill. It's cheaper, but I'm still a little nervous about the change. Allergy meds and I have a history. Some meds work, some flat out don't. The pharmacist claimed the "active ingredient" was still the same, only the inactive ones changed. Not that they actually list the inactive ones, so you can say "Whoops, I've taken something with that and it won't work..." Or maybe I'm just paranoid. Knowing how miserable I am when the allergy meds fail, I don't think that's too much.

Nanowrimo signups have started. The panicking can now commence. I'm still debating what to write exactly, possibly veer back to nice safe ground in sf/fantasy. I'm surrounded by the news of the real world at work, so the last thing I want to do is write about it. nanonano will have any updates if you want to friend that journal. Or not.

I'm back from Media West. There will be a full report later. Suffice to say, I had a great time. I unfortunately relapsed in my case of strep, so physically I was miserable. The smoking room was the least of my concerns. I'll be visiting the doctor again tomorrow for the Even Better Drugs.

I finished up digne's WENN tape, so she should get the episodes she's missing soon. Watching the episodes made me so nostalgic for when this show was still on the air.

Unfortunately I can't work on any of my WENN fic ideas because I must focus on my upcoming CVS trial by fire in February. That would be nice if I knew what I would be submitting. I had thought about redoing "White Out" from that sf writing class I took, but it needs major plot help. I know what needs fixing I just don't know where to do the right kind of research. Clearly I need to change the bag on my cat, because it ain't vacuuming!

The real bad news came today at the allergist. He is recommending that I get the allergy shots. I would if I could find somewhere that does the shots locally, preferably on the weekend or evenings. I do not want to take off time from work every week to cover this. My one place doesn't do them, so I need to start searching.

Yes, that was sarcasm, friendslist. My Allegra prescription ran out and unfortunately the doctor who prescribed the Allegra has changed practices. I tried the OTC version of Claritin this morning and it has the same bad side effects as its sister Clarinex. Oh, btw, I was researching the push for the allergy drugs towards becoming over the counter and noticed one nasty side effect by insurers who *won't* cover Allegra now, because "all allergy meds are the same." I'm living proof that that isn't the case. Plus my apartment continues to be the living summer hell. Why the blazes do you come up with a system that bases itself off the exterior temperature in an area like DC with its humidity? For some reason, I think it'd make more sense to keep the temperatures normal and constant, rather than in constant flux all the time! Because of our rain, they haven't finished with cleaning the windows so they can return our screens. So guess who can't open her windows even she wanted to? (If I remember their second rain day schedule, they should be doing the cleaning today. *hope, hope*)

This was why I was up at 2AM before a work week. I came home reasonably early after a birthday party among the gaming/writing friends. Played some Chrononauts, which was wicked time travel card game where you're collecting artifacts and effecting paradoxes. One rule is if you have 13 parodoxes(paradoxi?) on the board, the world implodes. A certain gaming husband of gooberfishbowl (another Adam, tinagilman) thought it was a fine idea to try towards this end. We also discussed various superhero campaigns both new and potential. I actually pulled together a list of the fic since the last updates for the website, so *maybe* I'll get some work done tonight.

There are times when I absolutely hate my life and my apartment. I continue to experience problems with the a/c, usually humidity issues. My allergist was pretty specific on this issue. Keep the humidity down and you won't have to worry about the mold. I can't do that. I've *tried* everything, but the humidity stays up in the 60% range. My landlady doesn't understand at all. The handyman couldn't find anything in the main part of the a/c unit, even though I pointed up at the damn flow vents between the rooms as the real culprit. They've been coated with moisture at odd times. Of course everytime they come to look, it has already evaporated. They're going to try to change the filters and see if that helps. I only hope my new job has started by then.

Oh yeah, law firm turned me down, so I've said yes to the hellish hours job. Hopefully being away from the apartment will improve my health and my emotional state.

I hate allergies. I hate the itchy eyes. I hate feeling uncomfortable in my own apartment. I hate not being able to sleep. I hate having to wash my stuff carefully so I kill all the nasty dust mites. I hate being up at 1:30 in the freaking morning because it's bothering me so much. I thought I was coming around the bend.