Thank you to Heather and FF for their well wishes and advice.  I looked up furniculosis on the internet ... and ewww.  No it wasn't that that I had, thankfully, although anyone who has suffered from that I sincerely send my best wishes.  My face has resumed its natural look, which is thankfully, better than what it looked like in its eruption phase but I am guessing it is in most part due to the cessation of the anti-combos.

Slappa ... the whole sister thing is kinda wierd but I suppose only those of us in the situation know what its like to miss someone right in front of you.  Sorry about the novels I keep leaving you, I don't know how to harp on in short story format. LOL.

Anyway, last night was my mother in laws 50th birthday, it was quite good.  Coming from a fairly reserved and observant family situation myself, to go to a themed party and actually see people in hired costumes making total twats of themselves was fascinating to say the least.  My brother in law is due back from the states this week and even though he's only been gone for about 5 months I've really missed him, he is the most RSB (Rip shit or bust) guy I know and he's pure entertainment when in full swing but he is a fantastic guy.  He was part of a contingent of house movers from his company that went to New Orleans to assist in the transportation of new homes into the area after Katrina.  One thing he has said is that what we see on the tv broadcasts and the update doco's on the situation is crap.  So many people are still homeless, they are turning some of the more affordable areas into places where the normal residents can no longer afford to live and only some parts of New Orleans have been made habitable, and again, not for those that need it most.  Now I'm not one for preaching the needs of those that hold their hands out the farthest, but shit thats just plain ridiculous.  He also said that the teams he was working with were bringing in so many houses that they ended up on lots waiting for their assigned addresses, the problem was that many of those hired to lay the foundations for these homes were dragging their feet as they were paid labourers and got paid for their time, so the longer they took, the more they got paid.  After a month of transporting houses they ended up being temporarily reassigned to another company in Iowa until the backlog was cleared.  He can't wait to get home as he misses us all and he's sick of the smell.

To be continued ...