What a day. Bad start: Posted to an utterly crappy Metafilter thread on the middle east early today, but I was rushed and disgusted, so I didn’t include any links to back up my comment. Only two personal attacks this time. I understand why people don’t use their real names online, it’s one thing to have a pseudonym insulted, another thing entirely to have your real name used. I didn’t think what I said was that inflammatory or exaggerated, but I guess I’ve just read too many disturbing things. I did go looking for supporting links, but reading the Saudi Arabian and Syrian national papers tends to send my mood into the toilet, especially when searching for articles containing words like “jew” or “american”.

Lila had four shots this morning, which is just no fun to watch and left her feeling lousy all day. Several bags of frozen milk smelled bad so I was scrambling to defrost more while Lila was screaming from some unknown combination of hunger and residual effects of the inoculations. On top of all that, our building’s masonry is being repaired, which means there are men outside the window (on the 9th floor) with jackhammers. That hammering resonates all the way through our apartment, loud enough that I have to shout to be heard over it. Phone calls were overlapping, and I never managed to find time to eat anything. My nerves were completely frayed before noon and my first set of clothes had already been thrown up upon.

Thankfully two glasses of wine with dinner smoothed over all of that.