Archive for August, 2007
Work Politics.. Advice?
I seriously need advice about what to do with this situation I’m in. It’s boring and all workishly politicized but I really don’t know what to do.
Here’s the quick summary – I work for the helpdesk at UMMC. I work the second shift, 4 PM – 12:30 AM. The rest of the helpdesk is housed at an office in Columbia, since there is a normal daytime staff of techs that can be paged to run around the hospital. I work in the hospital because there are (were.. but i’ll get to that) no techs working second shift. It’s my job to go out on any emergency calls that I can’t fix over the phone. Anything I can’t fix, I can escalate to the necessary on-call person.
My “desk” (it’s really just a huge countertop where I have one tiny corner) is in the room where all of the day shift techs sit. I have a tottaly different setup than they do because I do a differnt job. On the other hand, they all get drawers to put their stuff in, and Pocket PCs.. um, just because (I’ve never seen any of them use theirs.. they are all docked in their cradles on this “desk”).
I want to move my stuff into the little side room next to this one (same door, same key.. but no techs sit in there). The room just became empty because of two staff members who went to other teams, and that room is now slated to be used for imaging PCs.
The ITG Desktop techs have one room that serves at their image room. Due to recent staff changes and decisions by management, the image room has moved into the side room that is within the tech room itself. This room is approximately the same size as the former image room. The desk space in the new image room is at least four times the length of usable work area.
I propose to move the second shift helpdesk work area into the room that has become the new image room. This will separate the helpdesk second shift staff and weekend staff from the desktop team, resulting in several benefits for both teams.
Helpdesk second shift begins at 4 PM. At that hour, there are still members of the desktop team working, and there are often a few others lingering after their shift. In some cases there have also been members of other teams, such as LAN or NCC who are on-site working on an issue who use the tech room as their base. The room is frequently loud and busy and it is difficult to take calls with the amount of activity going on. The side room has a door that can be closed if necessary to give helpdesk staff a more suitable atmosphere in which to take calls. The majority of helpdesk second shift calls come in the first few hours of the shift, between 4 and 7 PM. These are also the hours when people tend to stick around in the tech room.
The helpdesk work area is used by ITG staff from other teams who are using the tech room as their base, despite the fact that there are two PCs in side room that are not assigned to any employees. This sometimes results in a delay in the helpdesk staffs ability to begin their shift. It is common for the helpdesk PC to have another user logged in, or to have cables removed for use on other equipment.
The work stations in the tech room for desktop staff all consist of a single PC with a single monitor. Each staff member also has a set of drawers to keep personal or work related items in, such as a toolkit or extra software. The helpdesk work station consists of two monitors, one telephone, and one PC. This station takes up twice the space of the desktop staffs’ stations, and yet is only allotted the same amount of desk area. This makes for a very cramped work space. There is also no set of drawers at the helpdesk work station so any other items (notepad, toolkit, pagers, software, pens and pencils, etc.) are scattered around an already crowded desk. Day shift helpdesk staff have their own desk with a set of drawers, three monitors, two PCs, and ample space for their belongings. Moving the second shift helpdesk to the side room will bring the work area up to a level that is equally appointed to that of the day shift helpdesk.
The space that is freed by this move can be utilized by the desktop team to place a spare PC for visiting staff who need a work area for the day. There will be no loss of space needed for imaging in the side room. The helpdesk work area will only take up a quarter of the desk space in the image room. The effective work area for imaging will still be three times the amount of space that it had in the room where it was formerly done. One set of drawers can be allotted for the helpdesk, leaving two more sets of drawers, two shelves, and one supply closet for the desktop staff.
The things that concern me with this request are:
The new team that was created has the job of working on all clinical hardware. That means if a PC at a nurses station breaks I don’t have to go up to that machine and fix it. I can page them and they will fix it. They have 24 hour coverage on this team. I’m worried that my proposal will make the managers think “oh she doesn’t even need to be at the hospital anymore now that we have *this* team.. let’s put her back at the office in Columbia for the night shift.” I don’t want to have to drive to Columbia, part of why I love this shift is that I am such a short drive from home.
The desktop techs and manager might think I’m being snotty or elitest because I don’t want to work in the same room with them. This doesn’t matter much to me because their opinions don’t effect my ability to do my job. It just makes for a better work environment when you get along with the people around you. There are also some people that I could see trying to sabbatoge me or just mess with the stuff on my desk or my PC because they didn’t like what I did, or what I got from what I did. Yes, something that can be dealt with if and when it comes up but I’m trying to weigh the need for this move against the potential backlash it will produce.
So should I send the request to my boss? I have never been one to be demanding at work because I never felt worthy. I feel now like I’m a valuable asset to this team and my request is not unreasonable. Help! Feel free to give me advice on how to reword the letter if you’ve got any ideas.
No commentsOi! Reggie Tagged Me
A. List seven habits/quirks/facts about yourself.
B. Tag seven people to do the same.
C. Do not tag the person who tagged you or say that you tag “whoever wants to do it.”
1. I hate smalltalk, especially with people that I’m not close to. When people at work try to ask me about, or tell me about the weekend I just nod and smile and wait for it to be over. Along the same lines I REALLY hate it when people I don’t know say “how are you?” because the only acceptable answer is something pleasant, and I rarely feel pleasant.
2. I ran a marathon in 2004. It took me 5 hours, 22 minutes, and 11 seconds. I was in a lot of pain afterwards but it was so worth it.
3. I have been to Disney World 7 times.
4. I can touch my nose with my tongue. Also, in the weird mouth facts list is my “freak mouth.” You know that big hollow spot under your tongue? Mine isn’t hollow. My dentist told me is just some extra bones that popped up under my tongue. It’s weird. Sorry I don’t have a picture..
5. I’m a very light sleeper and almost any sound will wake me up. I usually have to wear earplugs when I sleep. I also can’t use an alarm that makes beeping or ringing noises because it makes me cranky when I wake up. I have to use the radio to wake up.. and I can hear it through the earplugs.
6. My father sent me to fat camp the summer before I went to high school. Not a “Dad I want to go to this camp” sort of thing but a “daughter, I enrolled you in this camp for the summer and you are going” sort of thing. Soooo many sessions will be spent on this subject with my therapist.
7. Even though I don’t like the way I look, I cant pass a reflective surface without looking at myself.
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Proverbial Rock v Hard Place
It’s a terrible place to be and I hate it. Ok, who wouldn’t? What makes it worse is that it’s something that is so simple for so many people. The subject, food.
The simple answer to my problem is “just stop doing it.” Eat what I know makes my body happy, not my mouth or my mind. In the long run, I know that I will be thankfull. It’s that moment of choice, of temptation, when you think about how good something is going to taste, that I can not get past. I don’t know enough about food addiction to say that’s my problem. All I know is that food is so damn tasty. I eat for a lot of reasons but when it comes down to it and I’m standing at the fridge trying to decide what to have, my primary thought is “what looks good” or “what do I feel like eating?” I’m certainly not thinking “what has the most fiber” or “will the protein in that keep me full until my next meal?”
The word DIET has such negative connotations these days but all it really means is the food you eat. My diet consists of whatever is in the kitchen, and whatever I can afford when I’m at work. My diet needs to change. So now I’m at the point where I have made the realization, I have figured out what needs to be done, and it needs to be executed. I can’t tell you how many times I have come to this point (at least 5 times a week). I have tried every mantra, every motivational tool, everything I know to do to try and keep myself on track. I am very bad at moderating so I can’t even say “Oh Ice Cream! I can just have a small scoop.” When I moderate, it turns into making excuses. The excusses lead to falling off the wagon, which then leads to giving up. This is a common thought process for me in all aspects of my life and even though I’m totally aware of it, all the medications and therapy have yet to change it.
Where does that leave me? Overweight, tired, frustrated.. so many things. I just want to go through one day where food is not an issue. I want to be healthy and I want to fit in my clothes. I want to look in the mirror and and be happy with what I see.
No commentsHelp with this hat
Me and
Can anyone tell me what the fabric is that Wolfstone uses for the mens sleeveless and shot sleeve kilt shirts? It looks like a burlap type weave but has the feel of something soft like cotton jersey knit. (the shirt on Lumpy in this pic)
A Weird 5 Questions Meme Thing
1. Leave me a casual comment of no particular significance, like a lyric to your current favorite song, your favorite kind of sandwich, or maybe your favorite game. Any remark, meaningless or not.
2. I will respond by asking you five personal questions so I can get to know you better.
3. Update your LJ with the answers to the questions.
4. Include this explanation and offer to ask someone else in your own post.
5. When others respond with a desultory comment, you will ask them five questions.
1) What is your favorite adult beverage?
Oh dear there are so many to choose from! Good beer is good, Young’s Double Chocolate Stout is a current favorite. Wine is good, liquor is good, malt liquor is good because its like soda only you get drunk! I think I would have to say hard cider because you really can’t go wrong with it.
2) At the moment, what is your favorite game?
Wow, you and the tough questions.. remind me to never let smart people ask me questions 
Ok ummm.. I play so many games. Right now my favorite game is actually one of
3) If money were no object, where in the world would you live?
On my own island somewhere tropical. I would have supplies brought in by boat or helicopter once a month. I would also have my own fiber optic line run so that I could have uber fast internet. Imagine the parties I could have! Er, but all my friends would need to have boats to come over.
4) Are you as excited about Faire as I am? I’m so exicted….
I am SOOOOO excited. I was down there today cleaning up the Potomac Leather booth and all I could think was that I wanted to have a seat at the White Heart and hear some music.
5) What do you really think of my boobs? Honest opinion….
Honest opinion: they are exquisite. Perfect on you; perfect size and shape. Big is not always good because it usually means saggy. You do not have this problem. I’d think you were 17 if all I saw was your naked torso.
A Rrefresher for Those Just Joining the Fray
As it comes closer to fair, we all know that the little weasel, I mean fox, I mean weasel… er.. Steve is “showing his ass” as he tends to do this time of year. I went back to my blog (before I conformed to the world of LJ) and read my entries from the time period surrounding the foMDRF/MDRFfof wars, as I’ll call it. I reread my entry from the day after the skirt/whore incident. Maybe I just wanted to remind myself why it all happened the way it did.
I thought it might be helpful for people who have not been along for the whole ride to have a glimpse of what some of the history was. One thread in particular had a lot of commenting, at least a lot by my standards. I think his personality really shines through in his comments. You judge for yourself.
September 21, 2005
Friends?
Most folks who know me know about the foMDRF/MDRFfof split that took place on opening weekend. If not, here’s the short short story. BlackFox decided to shut down the foMDRF site on that Friday. Lumpy made a new board for people to post (MDRFfof). BlackFox changed his mind and made a new foMDRF board. BF’s new board had some membership rules: must post once every 30 days, must get approval, must fill out 20 questions, must submit pictures. The board was essentially members only but there was no policy regarding who could join. Many people signed up for both boards, some for just one or just the other. Both boards had posting activity of their own nature going on.. just normal chit chat stuff, like what kind of food they like at faire and where to get stuff to wear. I never joined the newly remade foMDRF boards because 1. I assumed I would not be approved for membership both because of my friendship with Lumpy and due to the disagreements BF and I have had in the past and 2. I was upset that every post I’d written was now gone and I’d have to start all over. The reunion would be bittersweet and I would rather just start fresh. Many people I knew were on the fof boards so I just posted there. (from here on they will be called fof for the boards Lumpy made and BF for the boards BlackFox made)
I was filled in on some of the more interesting threads on the BF boards since the folks I hang around are still members there. Recently, several of the BF members have posted to the fof boards, noting that they were banned for one reason or another. Some of them did not give specific reasons. I wasn’t involved in those boards so I can’t say whether or not there was good cause for banning, but these folks did seem genuinely shocked that after expressing their opinions on some topic they were banned or their posts were deleted. Yeah I have my own opinions about that but I don’t really care to get involved in the politics of he said she said.
Well now I hear that there are new rules once again. I want to stress that when you have friends who are on the BF boards that these things just come up in conversation and are not big secrets that only members should be privy to. It’s particularly odd to me that this rule is posted in the message boards where you have to already be a member to read, but that’s beside the point.
The new rule (as far as I can tell from my conversation, please clarify if possible):
No new accounts allowed with hotmail or gmail email addresses. Email has to be verified that you are a real person and such. There is also a rule about being disruptive. I think it’s basically that if you cause trouble you will be banned. If anyone can clarify that a bit or give me more specifics that would be good. As I said, this is just what I got from a conversation.
So far as I can tell the rules to join and remain a member are this: non gmail/hotmail email, generic non trouble causing posts, post once every thirty days, submit picture, answer twenty questions.
I already have the twenty questions and picture from before. I have a real email address. I can post something innocuous every thirty days: “yeah I really like my sandlar boots.”
My proposal: to join the boards and see what happens. If the BF boards are in fact a place for any rennie to go, as long as they can play by the rules, I should be able to join. If not, then there is clearly a “I don’t like you and you can’t join” aspect to it.
I have my own prediction about what will happen but I’d like to let this test be the true measure of how accurate these rules are.
Is it silly to do this? Yes. Am I going to prove anything? Probably not. The only person that could be proved wrong is someone who wouldn’t listen to the rationale of it all anyway.
Is the foMDRF TRULY a place for anyone to join? Or is there an underlying qualification of alliance that you have to meet.
I guess we’ll see
I’m off to apply for an account now
Posted by Prax at September 21, 2005 09:55 PM |
Comments
Pretty wild that I approved you to join before reading this. I haven’t popped into your journal for a while but when you joined tonight it peaqued my curiosity.
Some of the rules you have right, others are not so right. The 20 questions/photo thing is NOT a rule for membership. Posting once every 30 days is NOT a rule for membership.
Disruption of the boards WILL get you banned. Disruption is not necessarilly a negative post, but one that incites negative reactions!
In over a year of these boards, there have never been disruptions like there have been since Lumpy set up his boards. I guess it’s just coincidence.
ALL of these disruptors had either gmail or hotmail accounts which, as everyone knows, are anonymous accounts. Because of the disruptors, no longer will folks with gmail or hotmail accounts be allowed to join us.
Here’s the bottom line, unlike how the board was run before, it’s my board. I’m the administrator, go look for yourself. It’s my art that makes up the site and it’s my ideas and constant input that keeps things fresh. Other members of the FoMDRF also add their new ideas and things get melted together pleasantly. FoMDRF was my child in 2002 and it still is. I therefore have final say. . . everyone knows that.
Discussion is fine but griping is not. A valid complaint is fine but whining is not. Who decides what’s what? ME. I’m the giver and the taker on the board. It’s a board about MDRF, not a Live Journal or Blog. Over 130 folks are back online with me and a lot of them are new and they all know who runs the show.
If someone doesn’t like the way things are, they’re free to leave. No one has to join, no one has to stay and there’s no cost involved, so everyone’s happy.
I’m glad you rejoined us and I think you’ll like the new organization. I’ve put out my hand and the olive branch to Lumpy who’s refused to take it so it’s no longer my problem.
Steve
Posted by: The Black Fox at September 22, 2005 01:07 AM
Have to say that I’m surprised both from the response and also from the accptance (although I still have not received the email with my activation code). This may not be the place for an open dialogue, only because other people probably don’t care, but you contradict yourself and I wonder what you have to say about that. You say the boards are your work and your ideas keep it fresh, you say you have 130 members. Would your site be anything without those 130 people? You advertise the board as a community for people with an interest in faire but it seems from the outside to be Steve’s board where people can talk about what Steve wants them to talk about.
I’ll just have to wait and see what kinds of things are going on over there and see what I say that gets erased or what gets me banned. No I’m not *trying* to get banned but I will be me and I will say what I think about subjects when they come up. Yes, I’m curious where that line is drawn (and why, but that’s impossible to find out).
Lumpy does what he does for his own reasons. They are his and I can’t speak for him. I love his message boards and the welcome feeling we have there. It may not be big or fancy but it’s our home.
Anyway, I could go on and on… I’ll just have to wait and see.
Oh one more question. Why was I photo shopped out of the group photo? I’d love to hear the answer to that one. It was the Sunday immediatly following the board reorganization – you can’t say it’s because I wasn’t a member (lots of people didnt sign up until later)
So… care to address that?
Posted by: Prax at September 22, 2005 07:46 AM
I didn’t contradict myself at all. It’s an open board for folks to discuss faire. I guide the topics to keep it on track. You’re confusing administration with dictatorship. As you mature, you’ll realize there’s a big difference.
Posted by: The Black Fox at September 22, 2005 08:04 AM
I notice you didn’t address the fact that you photoshoped me out of the group photo. Care to answer that one?
Posted by: Prax at September 22, 2005 10:34 AM
I received word that both you and Lumpy did not want to be in the photo, I thought I was doing a helpful thing. I guess no good deed goes unpunished. I’ll see if I can find the original photo and replace it just for you.
Posted by: The Black Fox at September 22, 2005 11:45 AM
Well you sure didn’t get that word from me. Who did that information come from? You asked us to come out for the photo and it was a shock and surprise when I found the photo posted online and I was missing. No need to do me any favors by replacing it. I don’t care if I’m in it or not, it’s the fact that I was erased. You seem to have no sense of propriety when it comes to things like that. You do what you want just because you feel like it and to hell with everyone else. I have asked you more than once to take my real name off the website and the pictures I’m in, but it’s still there… and yet… you get second hand information that I didn’t want to be in the picture and *poof* I’m gone instantly.
Something else for you to clear up. You said in your first comment: “The 20 questions/photo thing is NOT a rule for membership. Posting once every 30 days is NOT a rule for membership.”
and yet, in the email titled Have no fear…OUR FRIENDS WILL BE HERE. you said, and I quote: “I’ll be approving who joins the group and everyone will need to provide the answers to the Black Fox’s 20 Questions and a photo (A lot of you I have both from already, so don’t worry about it). Folks will also have to post at least once every thirty days to stay an active member and must let us know in what capacity they serve the festival”
I am going to end this comment by saying, for the record, that I do not like you, Steve. I will not pose for group pictures, and I don’t want to participate in group events. My presence on the boards is my choice.
Posted by: Prax at September 22, 2005 01:45 PM
Mature folks change their positions when met with rational opinions of others, whether agreeable or not. Many of the members agreed with you that several of the “rules for membership” weren’t needed. I was swayed by the majority and did what was best for the group, and the “rules” changed. This is called Democracy.
Please point out where your name appears at the website and I’ll immediately remove it, I don’t remember ever receiving such a request from you.
I have many issues with you as well so just remain friendly on the boards is all I ask.
Posted by: The Black Fox at September 22, 2005 02:27 PM
My name is on your homepage.mac.com photo site from last year with captions like this one “Prax (Me) hugs Lumpy (Him)” (but with our real names in the parens)I sent the request via email and PM on the old boards. I made it a point at the pre faire dinner and in a thread prior to faire that I don’t want to use my real name. The internet is a weird place and I would rather keep my name off it, likewise with faire. I would like to be the one to decide who knows my real name and who does not.
I’m going to refrain from starting a discussion about maturity. Anyone reading this already has an opinion about each of us, and saying “nuh uh I’m way more grown up than you!” proves nothing. I don’t feel the need to repeatedly reaffirm who or what I am either by saying it directly or by calling others names.
Lastly, I will remain neutral on the boards. I won’t pretend I like you for conversation or appearance sake. I have no problem contributing without attacking or praising anyone. This is called decorum.
Fake people piss me off about as much as people who don’t listen.
Posted by: Prax at September 22, 2005 04:08 PM
BF, telling someone that they will understand when they mature is both condescending and rude. Perhaps you and I have different definitions of maturity, but I’ve got to say that Lumpy and Prax have shown more maturity with the group they’re spearheading than the “social club” (your words, not mine) that you’ve somehow managed to convince people into joining. You are right, however, that it is YOUR social group and you can run it however you feel.
Slamming the other group by calling yours “the only official friends of MDRF” however, in my eyes, demonstrates a kindergarten level maturity. By the way, “official” denotes approved and authorized… which I’m nearly positive that faire management has not granted – you might want to rethink that little detail.
It’s no secret that I have not, nor will I ever, join either group – I don’t need a pin or membership card for people to know that I belong to faire and I don’t need to be a part of a group to call those individuals inside of it “friends”.
Posted by: The White Dragon at September 23, 2005 09:58 AM
Wow Keith, that’s the same old song and dance! Hey, someone get Aerosmith on the phone, I have a hit song title for ‘em!
At least you’re consitent! LOL
Posted by: The Black Fox at September 23, 2005 11:53 AM
*sigh* Whatever, Steve. Whatever.
Good to know that you can actually hold an intelligent conversation there. I was actually expecting a “neener-neener” from you on that last response.
By the way, how’s that police officer friend of yours? What was his name again? Charles, I believe it was. [insert the sound of rolling eyes here] I’ll make sure I say hello to him this weekend.
Posted by: The White Dragon at September 23, 2005 02:15 PM
**Note inserted by Prax at repost in 2007 – the comments about the police office are in regards to a chat session online, during the season, in which it is alleged that Steve posed as officer Charles and made comments of a self righteously lawful nature, such as, it’s against the law to bring flasks into the grounds of MDRF and he had his eye on this person or some other person***
Last police officer I had for a buddy was. . .eeesh 1992. . . so I’m scratching my head about any charles. . . but um. . . OK. . I have no idea what that means!
I do have a brother in law named chuck. . .works at the detention center near Salisbury (actually brother in law of Cyn’s). Do you mean him? He’s a good guy, but I don’t think he’s ever come to faire.
. . . and having intelligent conversations is not a big deal, I can teach you how if need be. I enjoy helping people.
I’m sure that someone’s journal is the place to talk about it. Feel free to email me or talk to me at faire! Talking face-to-face is a much more human way of communication instead of hiding behind a keyboard.
I got out of the LJ response business because it’s inane, so this will be the last response here because it’s not appropriate nor fair to Prax’s LJ, again something useful to learn!
You’re welcome for the lessons in civility.
Posted by: The Black Fox at September 23, 2005 04:15 PM
I’m not approving any more comments that contain insults. Like I said, I like having an OPEN DIALOGUE. This is turning into what I have come to recognize as a typical conversation with BF. You (I, anyone) points out a fact to BF, and he responds with a counterattack and degrading or insulting remark.
Facts are good, opinions are good…
Petty remarks, insults, name calling.. all they do is prove that a person has no logical response, and has a need to feel better about themselves by belittling others. This is especialy rediciulous when the insulting remarks are totaly false.
No, it’s not funny.
No, you don’t know everything.
and No, people are not as stupid as they think you are.
and finally.. No, this is not an LJ. I do not use the LJ service. I do not have a friends list and I can not link to LJ’s through a user name icon. This is a movable type weblog.
Posted by: Prax at September 23, 2005 06:01 PM
Start the 2 Week Countdown!
Only fourteen days until MDRF opening day. We went and got our fairevers today, and made sure that the combo locks on the booths would open for us. The one thing that I could not stop thinking as we walked around? “IT’S FREAKIN HOT!” I don’t know how we do it every year, getting all garbed up in that heat and then consuming alcohol so that we’re even hotter (but at least we don’t care as much).
It was in the mid 80 degree range today, but humid. I guess that’s why we mostly just sit a lot, then move to the next pub, then repeat.
Sanvean – I gota get back that last pair of hairsticks from you next time I see you. Finally, my hair will go into the sticks. The gloom cookies are my favorites (and your favorites, because they are just too cute for words). No more credit cards for me to go crazy shopping anymore 
bOObies!
God Bless the BBC. I’m watching this documentary called “My Big Breasts and Me.” It follows the lives of three girls with big boobs and the things they have to go through and deal with from having large breasts. The best thing is that since its BBC(3), There are LOTS of boobies on this documentary. They also go so far as to show what size the ladies are, showing them from every angle, moving them around, bouncing them… yeah.. its a GOOD documentary.
What has this done for my night? It has given me an insatiable desire to be surrounded by boobs. Anyone want to help me out with this? You don’t have to do much, just come over and let me look at them or use them for a pillow *grin*
Calling all boobies!!!!! Come over to my house!!!
No commentsDiphenhydramine HCA? WTF?
First, a short back story. I work in a hospital and for the last week we have been integrating a new system into our primary med charting application. It’s called CPMOE, Computerized Prescription Medical Order Entry. In the most simple terms, it means that nurses and doctors can’t just dispense drugs willy nilly (not that they do, but that would require way more explination thatn I care to type).
The majority of calls I’ve had this week had to do with things like “I tried to place an order for fentenal transdermal patch 10mg per kg per hour but I only have the option to dispense one mg per hour.”
The long and short of things is that I’ve learned a lot about medication, dosages, and things like “pain management profiles” then I’d ever thought I’d care to know.
Tonight, I’m having issues with a stuffy nose because I ran the vacuume all day and there seems to be dog fur and dust EVERYWHERE. I went up to the bathroom to try and get my earrings back in, it hurt a lot, and it’s night time so I took a Tylenol PM. Then I took a Benedryl for the itchy nose dog fur dust thing. …..*blink*….*blink*…
I take a closer look at the bottles and realize that…*blink*…*blink*… the main ingredients in the pills are THE SAME.
Alright, to be fair the Tylenol PM has acetaminophen in it too but thats not what this is about.
Look at the labels of Tylenol PM and Benedryl.. you’ll find
Benedryl: active ingredient Diphenhydraming HCA 25mg
Tylenol PM: active ingredients acetaminophen and Diphenhydramine HCA 25mg
So one is to help you sleep without pain and the other one is for “allergies” ????????? It even states on the Benedryl bottle that it is an antihistamine. Where in the ingredient list is there something that could even remotely alleviate a histamine induced reaction??
Oh I know, If you fall into a deep sleep you’ll stop sneezing and itching and feeling miserable… but does Benedryl really think THey can be fair by selling their product as an allerty aliveator wien in fact all it will do is make you fall asleep and make you think that
Sick of FAT
It should be obvious to everyone that my perception of fat and everyone else’s is different. I am fat.If you look at a BMI chart, I am obese.I am so sick of being this way. I don’t want to be “skinny” I just want to be “normal”. Every time I look at this pictureI cry because it feels like forever ago that I was comfortable enough with my body to wear that. Something needs to happen, I just wish I wasn’t the one that had to do it. Working on weight loss is the single suckiest thing on this earth (equal only to the gain and loss of money).
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