Kit I think you had a crappy macaron. The ones I had, the cream was very very flavorful. Still overpriced though. I think they’re expensive because they’re so hard to make and because almond flour is expensive.
Green did your temp go up today? Idk if you said and I missed it or if you haven’t said yet.
J that’s awesome that he’s getting a reversal just to help you out!
Purple glad you got in BD last night! It only takes one, you’re totally in for a shot.
Gigs your bump looks about the same as last pregnancy. I think you’re developing at the right pace. Yay for Lev talking!
Jez is the “mummy mummy” getting annoying yet?
I agree with your assessment of macaroon vs macaron yumminess levels. I like both, but macarons are quite the treat. I think that has been the general consensus except for Kit who perhaps had a crappy macaron, perhaps just doesn’t like them
Does everyone tend to know the difference between the words in the UK? It may be a North American thing that people confuse them. I thought they were both called macaroons until a few years ago, or at least I thought they were pronounced the same way, I think I knew the spelling difference before the pronunciation difference.
AFM I have my car back! Diagnostic device said cylinder misfire, tech recommended starting with checking wiring, and he was right. They said there was some wiring messed up, they replaced it plus did some maintenance stuff like an oil change since I’ll be going to college, and my car is back to normal! Yay! Drove it back home and to the grocery store, it’s all good and behaving well, no more shaking or lights popping up.
Now I can get stuff done haha, I gotta go into the nearest city for my drug test (required for clinical for nursing school) and I gotta go up to my college and sign stuff with HR and pick up my scrubs etc. Right now I gotta focus on finishing my Harry Potter book, I’m 3/4 through. It’s due the 21st and I can’t renew it cuz I already did once and I’m leaving for college anyway, but I should finish it easily. Whenever I actually sit down to read it I make huge progress, I read about 1/4 of it last night. My slowness is mostly lack of actually sitting down to read. I also have to focus on completing my online clinical orientation. Unfortunately it’s just lots of reading policies and then taking post-tests.
I’m remembering back to the oral allergy syndrome thing, was it Gigs who identified it as that? My birch pollen allergy? I can’t remember if I responded to that. But yeah it’s totally OAS. I’ve never been to an allergist, but I’m fairly confident in my diagnosis. I sometimes forget that I react to apples haha, I just ate one and my mouth and throat got itchy and my chin was itchy from where the juice got on it. The reaction happens while I’m still eating it if I take more than like 2 minutes to eat it lol. I feel like apples are a more recent allergen development for me, only the past couple years I’ve had reactions, and they’re not severe enough for me to think much of it until I’m having the reaction. I’ve also had sugar snap peas and kiwi cause my mouth to get itchy. I still eat apples, kiwis, and sugar snap peas in moderation.
But with peaches, considering my whole face was red and itchy for at least an hour despite Benadryl that one time at work (idk if there were hives but a kid asked why my face was so red haha), I don’t eat them raw anymore. Peaches and nectarines are the worst for me, they’re the only 2 that have made my whole face red and itchy. I worry the reaction could become more severe, so I only eat peaches canned or frozen or baked, they don’t give me trouble unless they’re fresh, and nectarines don’t usually come as anything but fresh, so unfortunately I haven’t had a nectarine in years (even though they used to be my favorite fruit as a kid, so juicy!)