Hi @JaneOnceMore, I'm very glad to see you back. You've been missed! I'm sorry to read that you've been struggling with your bipolar disorder lately. I certainly wish to lend you some support. I know others do, too. Thanks for the positive wishes in regards to my upcoming new home. It's officially ours, but the renovations are still happening. We hope to be in at the end of March, though even then, more will be done on the house's exterior. We'll need to have curtains up right away . By the way, have you let your hair grow back? I remember you said you shaved it a while back. Why I ask is that a while back I had a shaved undercut of my hair. It was the first time ever done on me, and shocked me a little. In the end, I don't like it, so it's growing back. It's at an odd stage, though. It's rather curly, so it doesn't lay straight.

I was in a lot of pain last night because of my back. So much so that I skipped my Czech class, my husband gave me a long back rub with arnica, I took an Ativan, and even ended up sleeping on the sofa downstairs. The bed where we are is horrible. Luckily, I woke up feeling far less pain, but I still need to rest it more. I've already likely done too much today. It's hard to "keep me down", so to speak. I made a homemade chicken noodle soup (including the homemade chicken broth) and tabbouleh. We just unloaded a lot of groceries. My back is starting to hurt more now.

I bought myself a teeny bouquet of ***** willows. Feels like spring! [Add on: What should I have typed? "Kittywillows?"]