No sun!!!

Because currentlee was sick and there was no cooked food in the house, I made a last-minute decision to go to campus for Shabbat. I figured I'd crash Chabad since they have free food, and then go to gaming. I even brought the remaining rugelah with me, so we could eat it at gaming.

The plan changed a little because elfsdh and navelofwine were at services and invited me for dinner. So I went to their place.

During announcements at services, RG mentioned that of anyone wanted to lead any Saturday morning services, to contact her, since she had no one scheduled. So I volunteered to lead psukei if I got their on time, or mussaf if I was late for psukei.

Then we left for elfsdh and navelofwine's place.

We got to their place at around 6:30/6:45 and didn't start dinner until 7:30, since the other two guests were at TBS/were late. So in the meantime, we were sitting around.

I was in a lot of pain. I made 2 very stupid decisions before Shabbat. The first was not to put on muscle run cream before Shabbat since I didn't want to go to shul smelling like an old lady. The second was not to bring said cream with me since I couldn't use it on Shabbat. Apparently I was in enough pain to justify using it.

So I took drugs. 2 Aleve. Then an Advil.

Then we started dinner and there was wine, which I drank (it was a late harvest¹ and was quite shiny).

Dinner was good, though I was still in pain. Halfway through dinner I took another Advil. Mind you, the suggested dosage for Aleve is 1 pill every 8-12 hours, and you're allowed to have 2 for the first dose. I had taken one earlier, like right before Shabbat (3:30 PM I think). The suggested dose for Advil is 2 Advil. You're not supposed to combine the two. Nor should you drink alcohol. But pain! Pain!

Somehow I survived without an overdose or any discomfort from the drugs, though my pain wasn't completely gone.

At 10 I arrived at gaming. Gaming went forever. (I had another advil at some point. I was quite amusing while on drugs.) I ended up staying by JLR, since brokenwndw's sleep schedule is broken. (Perhaps you should change your LJ name to "brokenslpschdl" since your sleep schedule seems more broken than Windows is.) So I went to bed by 4:15. I figured I wouldn't make psukei, probably would not make mussaf, but could at least get up by 12 and get lunch.

I woke up at 2:30. (JLR woke up at 2) No psukei. No Mussaf. No lunch! (No lunch? Oh no!)

Luckily I wasn't very hungry. I had some chocolate, but that's it. I ended up hanging out with JLR until Shabbat ended, and not leaving the building until 5:10ish, and therefore not seeing the sun.

Come to think of it, I could have made shalshuddis and at least gotten something, but it wouldn't have been worth it since shalshuddis is usually sparse foodwise.

So then I went home, and now I'm going to make French toast for dinner. I'm finally hungry.

I came home to an e-mail from elfsdh who was making sure I was alive. I thought, "Wait, why would he think I'm not alive? Oh. The drugs. Oh. The not being at shul today." And it all made sense. So I told him I was alive.


In other news, this xkcd comic is totally me.
( Your mom's an xkcd! )

¹Q:What's a late harvest? A: Your father's fields!

No two pieces are not on fire

I made french toast. I decided to use 2 eggs, since I can get 3 slices out of one and wanted at least 4 slices, and since I didn't eat today I figured why not.

The first 4 slices were delicious and made without incident.

Then I started making 5 and 6. Flipped them over. Internetted. Realized I should take them off. They were burninated on one side but still edible. Then, after I had turned off the frying pan, the smoke detector went off. So I had to briefly open the doors to let in cold air, but then everything was fine.

And I'm back to being in some pain. Not to the point of profanity at least. I decided it's better to use the muscle cream and smell like an old lady than it is to be a painkiller addict. So if HRSFA calls something for tonight, I will be an old lady and not a druggie. Unless I'm both.

And I probably should minimize the use of my left arm. I'm not sure how to do that.