Ack! You guys can’t get Azo OTC? That makes me inexplicably sad. Although they don’t do much for the actual infection, they help sooo much with the pain. (Along with turning your pee an exciting shade of neon orange! :D)

I concur. I had a travel nursing gig at a west Texas prison where most of our patients were of Mexican descent, and this was one of the ways they distinguished which nurse had told them whatever. I was la flaquita/la alta (tall)/la guerita (white girl) enfermera.

Ding ding! That’s the one. Thanks! :-)

Oops. My bad. Thanks for fixing my dumb. :-)

If it helps, I went to a country ass school where my glasses, braces with not one but TWO retainers (worn simultaneously), band dork-dom, perpetual ponytail, and smarty pansitude had my cool points in the negative, lol.

The Cement Mixer! I had a jerk ex order me one once. Not knowing what it was, I tossed it back (because I am the Queen of Questionable Decisions), and quickly realized what was up. Being pathologically averse to being the butt of practical jokes, I forced it down and acted like it was tasty. I dumped that guy shortly…

Ah, yes. The bad ole days. I still shudder when I think about my favorite pair of pants from that era...

Kickass, badass, either/or... The sentiment remains unchanged. :-)

God, my reading comprehension sucks. Sorry bout that!

I went to college with the intention of being a teacher. Upon seeing the phenomena you mentioned, I changed my major. I now am a nurse in a rather rough city’s jail.

She deserves a trophy (preferably in the shape of a Buddy Christ-esque liver giving a thumbs up.) She sounds like a kickass human being :-).

Seconded. Acetaminophen for fever, ibuprofen for everything else.

Or, if you want to cut out the middleman, omeprazole is OTC. :-)

Me too! Although I always have the image of M.C. Peepants from Aqua Teen Hunger Force in my head during the pre-chorus rap parts, which is probably why I love it so much.

Jewel was mean to my mom one time.

My God, this is a brilliant observation. (Seriously. No sarcasm intended.)

Will Cermet grow?

Mr BoBelle is the same. We have had no end of debates about our as-yet hypothetical trip to Austria to see his family. Despite general anxiety about doing things in general, I’m a fan of booking flights to and from, renting a car, and winging it. He’s pretty much apoplectic at the thought.

This is kinda similar in general shape to my mom’s wedding dress that I’ve always loved. :-)

Gel Kayanos ftw!