Looks like I won't be making it this afternoon.

What I thought all week was a mild bladder infection let me know loud and clear at 2:30 this morning that it is a kidney stone. Had one (and only one) of them 21 years ago.

So...the good drugs that also kept me awake since 2:30 will get me through today at work. No, staying home from work is not an option -- we're majorly understaffed as it is, and, thanks to the drugs, I'm functional. (But, believe me, there's no FUN in "functional"!)

Yeah, I know, I could flush the damned thing out with Smuttynose Robust Porter but by that time I think I'll be too tired to do anything but drive home and take the good drugs that DON'T keep me awake.

I just hope I can stay awake, functional and more or less pain and pressure-free until then.

Linn