Awake

colds, taking pictures, etc.

I've had a cold, and I'm a bad patient.  I'm a bad patient, not because I whine and complain much more than the next person, but because I have no patience for being sick.  I want to be able to go about my day as I normally would, and it infuriates me that some overactive mucus membranes are able to "ruin everything," like eating, sleeping, hearing soft voices, etc.  In my impatience with the common cold I've resorted to all sorts of home remedies over the past few days: tea with honey and lemon, apple cider

(mis)information

Lately I've been plagued by a question that's doubtlessly frivolous in these serious times: is mineral oil bad for skin?  This gripping question arose because in the spirit of frugality and using what I have, I've been working my way through the half-used bottles of lotions and potions that have been sitting in my bathroom cabinet for, in some cases, years, and which I therefore bought before I became suspicious of certain common ingredients like parabens (used as preservatives), the safety of which have since been called into question.  Mineral oil is another such ingredient - and it just so happens that I've recently been trying to use up a bottle of Johnson's baby oil (in other words, mineral oil + fragrance).

Frozen

February first, at last, and light out past five o' clock.  Let's see what tonight's ice storm will bring...