Hi.  How have you been? 

I have had a shitty week.

Sorry. But there is no other way to say it. Really, it was WAY BEYOND SHITTY. Work was just…too much for words. I had a dentist appointment (and we all know how well those are). My son had a really big important doctor appointment (thankfully, all is well, but it was rather stressful waiting for the appointment to get here). And, as a final touch, I am supposed to be at a wedding right now. Well, really, by now I should be at a reception.

But anyway…

I am here on my couch because I have not felt well for a couple of days. Not really spending much time in the bathroom  (well, except that one morning…) but in PAIN. Crampy, icky, sore to the touch, dull, sharp, pressure - stress induced pain. Blah. 

I don’t go places when I feel like this. It’s one of those things that have just become Law around here. Because, 99 times out of 100, there is an…. event…before I feel better. And I do not wish for that event to occur in, say, a church. Precisely where I was supposed to be this afternoon.

So, instead I am sitting here watching one of my favorite comics on DVD and laughing my butt off and waiting for my brownies to cook. YES! Brownies! ME! From a BOX even!!! They are so fake that I can eat them. Just replace the 1/3 cup oil with 1/6 cup of applesauce and 1/6 cup of oil (just wing the measuring, who has a 1/6 cup measuring cup???) and hope they come out well.

But, alas, I don’t think I will like the brownies. How do I know? I licked the spoon of course!  *sigh* Stupid applesauce. But at least they will be chocolate, maybe that will be enough to save them…