The stage designs were amazing. Russia’s was so freaking cool. I think AUS had an incredible voice, and I loved her sparkly bracelet thing.

Bless you.

This is a horrible story. Heads up, though, I think her name is spelled “Ashlynn” without the e. I saw that in the NBC report earlier today.

For the record, if you’re one of these dudes, I never asked you to protect me or my children when we’re using the bathroom. Please don’t. Or, if you do, do me a favor and protect me from yourself.

Thank you.

Yooooooooooooo! I loved that song so hard.

Being sick is a wretched, miserable experience. I hope your immune system files away antibodies for this one, and then bounces you back to healthy soon.

Nicely done!

Right on. Seriously, I think you’ve nailed it. When you’re in a position where you have to make a sacrifice, sometimes you just have to make a decision and then ride it for better or worse.

As someone who has a lot of commitment-related anxiety (in all areas of life; buying a plane ticket is excruciating), I have another read on the situation. When my now-spouse first said, “I love you”, I said, “No.” Eventually I was able to say, “I love you, too.” Being able to reciprocate the words took a while, even…

You did it!! Hooray!

I have yet to try almond. Putting it on the list. There is literally a list.

I’m sorry. For what it’s worth, I burned the first batch and nearly (or maybe actually) cried.

Interesting. Yeah, I feel like the time is ripe for some new, exciting, expensive program. Zumba’s over, right?

Which kind? I blew through my pack of peanut M&Ms the other day. I forgot how much I like those.

Reading this while I’m eating a cookie.

Oh, yeah, by the time I’d contracted the infection(s), antibiotics were the only cure for me. God bless them. I think the doc prescribed the cranberry as a preventive thing, which, again, who knows if it actually works. Regardless, I’m sorry you have to deal with recurrent UTIs. That’s really rough. :(

Not medically trained (but going to chime in with advice anyway...yikes). Have you tried cranberry? After frequent, recurrent UTIs, and a standing bactrim prescription, I was finally advised by a urologist to try taking a daily cranberry supplement. It worked like magic, or maybe like a placebo. Not sure which. Other…

As much as Ethan and his case disgust me, I still derive so much amusement from his “running away to Mexico” disguise. I thought about it again this afternoon, and laughed for a good, solid minute.

I pictured you clapping on every word of “I could do without it."