Tuesday

[da]

I just spent a few hours in the company of the charming valkryor, who helped me catch up on some data-entry that was necessary but also tedious to do alone. We kibbutzed kibbitzed, we typed, and we shared her very tasty tea-cake. Work like this goes much better with friends, yes? It's times like this where I wonder whether other non-profit organizations have fun over data-entry work. My understanding is that yes, some do, and I'm completely down with that. (I've been told that I'm temporarily Mailing List Diva. Alas, the tiara does nothing for these jeans).

This week has felt like Thursday to me since yesterday. This is probably because I have a number of must-do things before Friday afternoon when I drive to upstate NY to see family.

This morning I visited our doctor's office, who I haven't seen in ages (I think it was on the occasion of my mosquito-caught-in-ear, possibly summer '05). I left with a prescription for physio for my sore right arm; a positive diagnosis of migraines for the headaches; and a prescription for an inhaler for possible (mild) exercise-induced asthma. That will be interesting; I've never used an inhaler. I wonder if it will have any useful effect.

Comments

[melted-snowball.livejournal.com]

No, you kibbitzed. Kibbutzim are a bit different. ;-)

[sulle-stelle.livejournal.com]

Hmph. Said by a guy who doesn't even know what etiolate means! ;-)

[melted-snowball.livejournal.com]

Could be worse.

[sulle-stelle.livejournal.com]

Yes, that IS worse! It's very important to know those Yiddish terms, smoosh. (It's a great word!)

[da-lj.livejournal.com]

...but we used yiddish and were in community together!

...I forgot to tell you I'm starting a kibbutz in my study?

It is tan.

[sulle-stelle.livejournal.com]

Random comments:

1) Glad to hear the mailing list project is going well. I love typing, so I'm sorry I missed all the fun.

2) Tiaras go with EVERYthing.

3) Use the inhaler before you exercise. It will help a lot. (I have the same problem. To be short of breath because you're exercising hard is one thing. But to be short of breath because you're wheezing because the air can't get down into your lungs really sucks.)

[nobodyhere.livejournal.com]

Agreed on #3. Also, if you use the inhaler before exercise you shouldn't get the jitters since the exercise will use them up :-)

[da-lj.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the advice! I was thinking this morning that I should've asked about side-effects. This would be a big one for me, judging by my dislike for Sudafed and company.

[nobodyhere.livejournal.com]

This page'll give you a good summary: http://mayoclinic.com/health/drug-information/DR602093.

One brand actually made me nauseous so I asked for a different brand, but according to mayo clinic that side effect is very rare.

[sulle-stelle.livejournal.com]

Possible side effects: jitteriness, palpitations/heart racing. Those are the biggies. I don't notice this so much if I'm exercising hard, but do notice it a little bit on the (very rare) occasions that I use the inhaler outside of exercise reasons. For most people, these side effects are not show-stoppers.

[morgan-starfire.livejournal.com]

Kibbitz is Yiddish. Kibbutz, I believe, is Hebrew.

For me, albuterol makes me feel like I have a pre-migraine, without necessarily giving me one. Just so you have a heads-up.

It's true, tiaras go with everything. You are definitely the Diva of the Moment. I, at least, am grateful.