A Bit of A Smorgasblog

The cocoa, it is getting ever so slightly sweeter (as the Manolo, he might say), because the baby, he is sleeping a bit better now that we (excuse me I meant "I") have committed to not jumping up and feeding him every time he cries in the middle of the night. But I feel compelled to whine nonetheless that I did get my first migraine in months last night at approximately 3am. I noticed it because I'd just been woken up by listening to the baby fussing on the monitor, and then once I'd noticed it, it was difficult to ignore the feeling of a red-hot spike being shoved through my eyeball. Luckily some Excedrin Migraine and a swollen backlog of sleep deprivation enabled me to get back to sleep again (once I'd blundered into the baby's room and fed him, just for good measure, since I was already awake anyway). I have no idea what brought it on. I just hope hope hope it doesn't come back again anytime soon. I have enough body issues to worry about, do you hear me, you capricious Universe?

On another note, look what I did with my evening a couple nights ago: Juliart. (Does that picture look familiar? Heh.) Clearly I need to go take a bunch of digipix of my paintings to add to the gallery, since there's practically nothing there right now. (Because, you know, I don't have enough projects on my plate. Yeah, yeah. And speaking of which, I started another couple of paintings when my friend Daphne and I had an Art Day date a few weekends ago, but I have yet to find the motivation or the time to finish them.)

On yet another, totally unrelated note: this article about how scientists think they might be able to use crocodile blood to help fight HIV is just another example of how 1) truth is way, way, way more interesting and stranger than fiction; and 2) how nature really might have all the answers, if we would just pay closer attention (oh yeah and stop wiping out other species). I love this story. The idea is so logical and just makes so much sense, but who knows if it'll work. Smart people are working on it. I feel reassured.