Δαφνη Ευτυχια Αρθουρος

I'm not sure whether having the energy to crawl out of bed to pee every twelve hours counts as a 'one spoon day' or a 'zero spoons day', but that was Monday. Guess it was the metabolic cost of the successful run to Baltimore and back to Arlington on Sunday (anniemal drove). Today was better: I had two spoons. I actually felt good (and looked it, apparently) around midday, but used them up by mid-afternoon. *sigh* But my back is merely quite stiff, not excruciating, and yesterday's headache has faded, so even with the frustration of having my body crap out on me just as I thought I was building up momentum, things are still better than they'd been recently.

Hmm. I still need to get around to hacking 'clive' to include a "tag" flag (unless the official maintainer beats me to it, which is starting to look unlikely.

"Today, let's you and I acknowledge what's really going on in this country. The truth is that this week, as a result of Katrina, many children languishing in shelters are getting vaccinations for the first time. Thousands of adults are seeing a doctor after going without a check-up for years. Illnesses lingering long before Katrina will be treated by a healthcare system that just weeks ago was indifferent, and will soon be indifferent again.

"For the rest of the year this nation silently tolerates the injustice of 11 million children and over 30 million adults in desperate need of healthcare. We tolerate a chasm of race and class some would rather pretend does not exist. And ironically, right in the middle of this crisis the Administration quietly admitted that since they took office, six million of our fellow citizens have fallen into poverty. That's over ten times the evacuated population of New Orleans. Their plight is no less tragic - no less worthy of our compassion and attention. We must demand something simple and humane: healthcare for all those in need - in all years at all times.

"This is the real test of Katrina. Will we be satisfied to only do the immediate: care for the victims and rebuild the city? Or will we be inspired to tackle the incompetence that left us so unprepared, and the societal injustice that left so many of the least fortunate waiting and praying on those rooftops?"

-- John Kerry, 2005-09-19 (thanks to vvalkyri for linking to it)

Today: similar to yesterday. Tried hoarding spoons to save up for rehearsal. Didn't work. Started to fade around 15:00, perked up a little around 20:45, that didn't last long and I was all the way to "oughtn't be standing up" by 21:30. Feh.

Couple of thoughts to cut the whining ratio some:

Cat fur; like glitter, but not as shiny.

At the house of syntonic_comma and anniemal, the beasties don't seem inclined to drink out of the toilet, but they all drink out of the vacuum cleaner. (Except the lizard, who can't get to it from his tank.)