LaceyLou

I've always looked older than I was but on the whole I'm told I'm healthier than most women in their late 50s. I would say the key thing is keep moving. That's easy for me since I have an active job and live in a place where I can walk everywhere-and since I don't own a car, that's how I mostly get around. It also doesn't hurt that I love vegetables and can no longer tolerate most sweet things. I've also done weight training since I was in my teens. Things I would tell my younger self: don't overdo it with the heavy lifting, don't starve yourself to lose weight, and for the love of the Flying Spaghetti Monster don't stress yourself by trying to please people that you don't like anyway.

Or maybe she's just plain cuckoo.

Percocet had me praying to a porcelain god, and decided pain wasn't so bad, after all. OxyContin had no effect on me whatsoever. I count myself lucky.

Oh wow, I haven't thought of that movie in decades. I actually liked it at the time. Gives new meaning to "Don't trust anyone over the age of thirty."

Similarly, my taste in music is closer to the Gipsy Kings than Bad Bunny. I enjoyed the show-especially since Ricky Martin has always been a guilty pleasure of mine (along with Lobo and similar 70s artists). I thought it was well done.

It made for good background noise. It's probably best I'm not back at work until Tuesday since I'm kind of glad the Seahawks won. The game itself was far from the best one I've ever seen.

Deregulatory also sounds like we're on the road back to smog alerts and rivers catching fire.

And because the Manhattan elite never accepted him as one of them.

He really ought to be Adult Rock by now.

Saddest part of all is that they are most likely happy that they're hurting people-especially 'libruls.' I have to say I'm not convinced that karma exists. I also have to admit I hope it does.

This is one of those things that in order for us to maintain the type of country we want, we will have to work hard for the rest of our lives. And anger is a good thing if it motivates us to try to make things better for others. Does this mean we can't have any fun? Of course not. It just means, as one of my favorite passages says, that to everything there is a season.

That's what gets me. One thing I've learned is that for many in this country, kids are good for a photo op or a sound bite. When it comes to doing something that will actually help and/or protect them? They might as well be trash. And I will never understand the hate people have for people who don't look or have a different faith (even though there's a lot about organized religion that I don't understand). And what makes it worse is that they seem to enjoy the thought of other people being rounded up and even slaughtered. I don't know if we can overcome this.

I do think there are times when we've tried to do better, and for a while we were making progress. Unfortunately, for some even the small amount of progress we made was too much for their small minds to bear. And even worse was that there were enough of them, and enough money among them, to erase them.

I picked up a copy of "The Story of Abba" yesterday at the library, thinking it would be a good light read for yet another weekend of colder than average weather. Turns out, it's a comprehensive history not only of Abba but of the music/social scene in Sweden and of Abba's reach throughout the world. Very interesting.

I would guess it was a virus, and the reason the steroids is helping is because it's power against inflammation and congestion. My experience with sinusitis is that it can take anywhere from 4-8 weeks to fully clear. Anyway, congrats on getting better!