They say they don't put MSG into my orange chicken...but if they don't, why am I sporting a nasty headache now. You know, like one that I tend to get after eating MSG?

Damn my ex-husband twice. He had a sensitivity to MSG, so when we were married, we began avoiding it like the plague. Wouldn't you know that, in doing so, I have become immensely sensitive to it myself. I think I'll raid ursulagoddess and bsingle's fridge for a Squirt and take some motrin. (How did they know that's one of my favorite sodas pops carbonated beverages?)

I do have good news. Long ago, when we began considering living in two separate households, my husband and I went to a marital counselor for some practical advice. He said that, if possible, this arrangement works best when the absent spouse is home as much as possible to reconnect with the un-absent (inabsent? non-waywardly?) spouse and child(ren) (or they should be able to come see us). I have been praying (in the semi-religious way that only agnostics do) that I would have no conflicts on Fridays. So far, so good. I have two classes that are, as yet, unscheduled, however. Keep your fingers crossed that my Fridays stay free. This will make my life so much happier.

I'm starting to feel bipolar or like I have MPD, though. When I'm not in Fargo, it doesn't seem weird to not have a small child running around, and I talk to Mike on the phone a lot. (Web cams are in the plans so that I can talk to the previously mentioned small child.) When I'm at home, I feel like I was never in Minneapolis, and it's something vague and far away. I suppose that means (so far) that it's good. If I'm not horribly missing them during the week and being home doesn't feel "out of place", then that indicates we're staying connected.

Of course, we're only two weeks into this fiasco. I can only imagine what a nightmare it would be if I had decided to go someplace else for school.