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I am extremely disappointed

After hoping that the codeine prescribed yesterday by my GP would stop the symptoms of autonomic neuropathy, I was bitterly disappointed this morning to (1) still have the one problem, and (2) add to it projectile vomiting from the other end. I am really weak at the moment (although as of this writing all the symptoms seem to have abated, of course!) so I've cancelled my trips to Marblehead, DC, and New York, including my 35th college reunion. Yes, I know I could probably buy a cheap ticket to New York but, really, my heart's not in it now. I saw HWMBO off this afternoon as he is going to Marblehead to see an old friend of his from Singapore who has travelled from San Francisco to Boston to see him. He is probably getting on the plane right about now.

I feel very lonely without him.

I get a namecheck in the hometown rag

I read the Marblehead Reporter each week online. One of the highlights is Dawn Bucket's column "Up For Air". It's too long to explain why "Dawn Bucket" is a good Marblehead nickname, so we'll gloss over that.

A few weeks ago Dawn mentioned that she was looking for a bumper sticker to put on the cars of egregious cellphone yappers-while-driving. I emailed her and suggested something. Well, I won the prize for the week. Now if I were only on the way to Marblehead to collect. I don't get namechecked there often, but my brother's been namechecked in the Reporter several times. We're not quite even.