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Spent a little time this morning playing spam cop against a Pennsylvania Republican house representative who, it turns out, not only spammed "me" (an address i used when i lived in Philly; this guy is Pittsburg based; the name associated with the email is not mine, though) but spoofed the internet service provider they were using in 2008 (when i last got a message from them).

I used to be VERY aggressive about spam, but now i mainly go after spam from actors who i think should know better. A US Representative falls in that class, as do apparently reputable companies that don't honor their unsubscribe commitments.

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I think everything in my mind that's meaningful this morning is more or less Christine related, and, while i share a great deal, this is mostly just for us or hers. The biggest thing that's more mine is adjusting my mental plans for the coming months to reflect the needs around sharing the car, scheduling appointments, and recognizing the draining effect of these preliminary months to the surgery. She's got a heavy load of Other Things that she'd planned so that the six week recovery time would be available to her: I need to support her efforts. She's been so supportive of me, making sure i had personal time to balance the work time, i tried not to take it for granted, but i've certainly grown to expect it. I'm not in the practice of thinking through how my schedule impacts hers (she's flexed with mine).

I'm staring at a cat mess on the floor that points to a health concern -- and i realize that the significance of supporting Christine is that instead of my usual expectation that she can squeeze in the vet trip when i'm not using the car, i may need to take care of it (assuming we're at a vet trip level).

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Meanwhile, work is like juggling greased pigs and angry cats.

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I accidentally bought a bottle of vitamin B-12. Can any one use it? No yeast, starch, or gluten, or gelatin.

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I've been experiencing an unpleasant level of night sweats lately. What to do? Apparently one can buy pricy pyjamas and sheets made of bamboo rayon to increase comfort. Dharma Trading company sells some bamboo fiber "blanks" and tries to find non-sweatshop produced items -- but the only adult sized item is socks. (I have the socks already: they're very soft.) I found random t-shirts that didn't approach the price of the pyjamas, but that would only address the top half of my problem.

While i was mulling, i tried sleeping on big towels. This was promising, although not entirely satisfying. Safety pins proved unsafe. Still, the general principle seemed sound. I noticed bamboo fiber bath sheets were available, but the best prices were eBay vendors who all had similar photographs and ... well, i just wasn't comfortable throwing $50 for two towels at them. Back to Dharma Trading company: i recalled they had fabric. Yup, a bamboo fiber fleece. I could get three yards of that fleece, each yard covering the same area as a bath sheet, for the price of two towels.

I finally made up my mind: i'm not sure why i was stewing on this so long, except a futile wish the sweats would go away (nope, at least three more months on the meds -- and sooner or later i'll hit menopause). I ordered the fleece from Dharma, and it arrived yesterday. I fondled it a little yesterday -- oh, it is SOFT -- and cut the yardage during a break today.

It needs to get washed before i can use it, though. There's some horrible fume causing treatment on the fabric. I just doing a little crochet blanket stitch to a raw edge was too much exposure for me.

But the edge treatment will be just fine. I can't decide about getting out the so rarely used sewing machine -- just a bunch of straight seams! -- but the crochet is ... crochet.