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I’m back at my desk. I just wish it felt better to say that. I didn’t sleep well last night, and I can’t seem to rid myself of this cough. The end result was that I zombied my way through the day, counting the hours and then minutes remaining until I could go home again….

Memorial Day weekend ended mostly unremarkable. Indeed, things in general are far less remarkable than they were last year this time. Perhaps the most remarkable thing that happened was that the Younger Sister called to give me her regards on the anniversary of the transplant (as measured by the day-before-Memorial-Day as opposed as measuring from…

From a forum I frequent out in cyberspace: Five Minute Chocolate Mug Cake 4 tablespoons flour4 tablespoons sugar2 tablespoons cocoa1 egg3 tablespoons milk3 tablespoons oil3 tablespoons chocolate chips (optional)A small splash of vanilla extract1 large coffee mug (MicroSafe) Add dry ingredients to mug, and mix well. Add the egg and mix thoroughly. Pour in the…

25 May 2003 My donor would have been seventeen. This is the year he’d have gone to the prom. This is the year he’d have graduated high school. This is the year that adulthood would start knocking on the door. My thoughts are with his family this day. By coincidence, this is also the 30th…

Oof … rough night. The Prof has a nasty habit of saying sarcastic things that sting, and then backing off when he’s called out about it, claiming he was just joking. I thought it was just me being hypersensitive, but his aunt called him on it when we met up with them last weekend, so…

I got a killer headache around 9:00 last night, so I gave up, took the single Tylenol I’m permitted a day, and crawled into bed early. I woke at midnight with the headache mostly gone and feeling guilty. I had promised The Socialist that I’d watch some of the Babylons with him when he got…