For those playing the home game

I *finally* got prior authorization for my Xolair. Now, for those playing along with the home game, this is the drug that lets me be a "normal" person with respect to breathing air -- shuts off the allergic response at the IgE level and I don't get asthma attacks. With six days to spare, too. It thought it was going to get ugly for a bit there and I was going to have to pull in favors from my mom's friends in Salem. Now comes trying to figure out how to actually procure the drug. The company is pretty weird about distributing it. Most people don't self administer it because you have to mix it just right. I happen to be a chemist and do this kind of thing anyway, so no problem. Second difficulty is that, even though it's a sub-q injection -- the stuff is like the consistency of Jell-o and I can't do it myself -- I tense up. So either my partner or my EMT friend gives it to me. They both complain that it takes alot of hand strength. Yeah, guys. Don't think about how it feels on *my* end...

I just concentrate on no hospitals anymore. A little sting is nothing compared to that.

Otherwise, I have a headache from going through data data data. blech.
I want to kill something-- amend that -- I want to play D&D and kill something unreal. I hope the weasels show up tonight so I can get my fix. I gets pretty cranky without it.

Geek flag gone

First, may I say that tonight's game was exactly what I needed -- I did in (with some help) two ogres. And I still had 2 hit points left over so I could have gone after the third, but the party chose to negotiate instead. Which is cool. We really didn't need the spoils from the dead ones so it was a fair deal.

What's really bugging me tonight is that I think I'm turning into a girl. I gave up a major geek flag this weekend. I have this fanny pack, you see. Everyone, including me, refers to it as my Bat Utility Belt (B.U.B) because I carry various and sundry items such as my Leatherman, flashlight, pharmaceuticals, med kit, Palm/phone, etc. in it. I had one that I really liked that had a hard case in front for my sunglasses, but it wore out. I went down to Oregon Leather in Portland to see if I could find another just like it. They didn't have one. What I did find was a red purse. UH OH!

Some of you may recall the computer case incident. Inara travels resplendent in red leather. This purse matches her case. They both match my pumps -- you remember the red pumps, too? I notice I've been wearing earrings, too. *sigh*

Maybe I'll get up the nerve to put everything on and take pix.
From geek to girl. Can you handle this?
The saving grace is that the cell phone holder on the side of the purse is just the right size to fit my Leatherman! Accessibility is the key!