I didn't go to the convention. I was up all night using the bathroom; I peed every 30 minutes. I think I have a UTI, but no doctor is open until tomorrow.

Thanks to technology, however, I can still deliver my speech. I emailed it to a fellow Green- Rainbow friend and they'll read it aloud for me. Later, they'll call me when it's time for the business meeting in case people have questions, I'll be on speakerphone. Via technology! I'll let you know how it goes.

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I'm sick to my stomach and missing a reading with Leslea Newman that I really wanted to go to, but you can't always have what you want and I've been tired for the past couple of days. I'm sure I'll see Leslea another time. Although, it does seem every time she gives a reading in the area I'm sick or otherwise occupied. However, I decided it was more important to go to the Jobs with Justice thing and the Florence poets than to push myself and go to this reading. Had it been next week, when Allison Betchdel was going to be there I would have pushed myself a little harder because I adore that woman. It's weird when you get to interact with people who you think "when I finally grow up, I want to be just like you".

In good news, which thankfully there was some today, my new chair can get repaired because apparently my insurance company discovered some flaw in a batch of chairs that were sent to Western Mass. One of which, scarily belonged to a kid, according to my repairman. They say it should take two weeks. I'm banking on four because I know these people. It should be back by Christmas at least and I can continue writing the book which I had to abandon while it was being fixed.

I really hope I feel better tomorrow. My assistant thinks I got food poisoning. I'm not sure though because wouldn't I have gotten sick last night? I guess I'll never be able to tell.

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I didn't do anything today, accept sleep. I was going to go to the "No on Prop 8" rally near my town. But my body said no. I went back to bed to avoid fainting. I slept from 11 until 3:45. When I got up it was only because my PCA was leaving and I don't like not to be in wheelchair when no one is here. There's no way emergency services could rescue me in time if something happened to me if I were in my bed.

I'm still tired. Maybe I'm coming down with something. I hope not!

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I'm sick again. I'm definitely going to the doctor tomorrow, because something's up. I've never been this tired in my life. Ugh! I have so much work to do. This can't be happening to me right now.

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I went to the doctor's. They took 8 tubes of blood (ouch!). I was tested for 14 different things (most of which I could deal with; one of which, lime disease, I really don't want). The results will back on Wednesday or, at latest Thursday. I don't care what's wrong with me; I just want it fixed. I couldn't get to the bank today, although I tried and I had to miss a speaking engagement for the first time in my life, at least I called ahead.

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I'm up and it's early, but I can feel the sleepiness at the edge of my awakeness. And I'm just like "already?" I checked all my blogging sites already. I made about 50 cents and happily well crossed the 1,000 view goal here. I hope after some breakfast, I'll get some more energy. But I don't know.

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