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Caite, thank you for that lovely post!

My anti-depression diet is going well. For the first day or so I felt happier and perkier on it; then I got really blue and my symptoms got worse; I would burst into tears quite often, had horrible jitters (I was going through the roof with any loud noise), suffered from sleeplessness, etc. Rachel and Cher finally figured out that I was probably overdoing it, so I cut back on the supplements I was taking and now I'm doing lots better. I think I was taking too much and it was trying to cleanse way too quickly, thus overloading my system. Crazy, yo. I don't really understand medical stuff. It's such an imprecise science! But I'm happier and more laid-back these days, and Cher can turn on the loud fan in the kitchen without me jumping a mile and a half, so that's good. And I don't have the restless, longing, frustrated feeling that's been plaguing me for months, so...cross your fingers and hopefully all that moody stuff can be blamed on toxins in my body, which I'm getting rid of!

Ahhh, let's talk about Fahrenheit! By the way, have you read Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, the novel from whence Michael Moore's film title is derived? (Oooh, that sentence came out screwy!) I read it for the Battle of the Books (remember that contest?) when I was 13. I thought it sucked, but in retrospect, I guess I'm glad I read it. I've now seen Moore's film twice. So, what are your thoughts? Have any of the rest of you seen it?

How did your mom get her mono diagnosis? It must be a relief to finally have an answer! How does one go about a cure? Ahhh, and tell me about this McMurtry Happy Valley you're setting up!!!! I want to know all the details! You mean, you're dividing housework, or...?

Congratulations on your promotion! It sounds like an excellent job for you. I wish I could come wandering into the cafe some afternoon and taste your baking. Steve got my computer working a bit, so I was able to turn it on this evening and do about an hour and a half of editing. My boss isn't answering my e-mails -- maybe she's on vacation, or, more likely, buried under an unanswerably mountainous inbox? -- but it felt good to get another review edited and sent off to her. I really like my job. Heh. Cher's begun to do more editing work now that her health is improving, and it's interesting to be working for the same publication and whatnot, side by side. I get paid less than half of what she does for about the same work, curse it, but that's life and ageism and you can't fight everything at once. The article she just edited turned out to be written by the guy who accepts reviews for publication and forwards them to me for editing. We discovered that he's a really lousy writer, which explained some of the weirdnesses I sometimes find in the reviews -- where, presumably, he's done a touch of editing and probably confused things further! I guess I shouldn't be dissing him so badly, but it's very frustrating to think that he's just making my job harder when he does any preliminary editing before sending the reviews my way.

Yes, I am really indeedy thinking presidental thoughts! Of course, it's only dream, but I'm really quite serious about this political thing. I wrote to you about it in my letter -- did it arrive yet? Would you vote for me? Do you think there's any chance I could get elected to political office? Any office?

Eh, gotta go. It's definitely bedtime, but Cher and Steve are having a Discussion (traslation: argument) in the kitchen, and it seems kind of calous to abandon them and go to bed, if they could use some mediation help or something.... Drat.

Hugs to all of you!

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