I took DH to the airport this morning. He's already booked an appointment for referal to a cardiologist on Tuesday -- he seems very healthy and has mostly admirable health habits, but almost all the men in his family have died young of heart attacks so he's worried. On top of being just devastated at the loss of his brother, of course.
I'm doing ok, tired and not 100% on the wagon (Anagram, save me a corner of the bumper, huh?) but getting lots of exercise and making plans for a new assault on the next 25 or so pounds. Thinking I could definitely be in Onederland for Christmas, and wouldn't I love to be back there!
Ceara, were you going away again? I hope you didn't strain a muscle holding up the Palace by yourself!
Punkinseed, congrats on the 2.2 fluffy ones gone
I'm with you on that MO (don't even want to say the words) thing. When I got insurance a couple of years ago, though, the nurse did a lot of tests and actually said that I was in good shape, a lot better bet than many thin people. Although I know I'd be better still if I wasn't hauling so much avoir dupois.
Kaylets, re QOD -- what springs to mind for me is overcorrection, for example when someone says "Come have dinner with my sister and I" rather than "my sister and me." In school we learned that the easy way to see if it's right or not is to take the other person out of the equation: Not many people would say "Come have dinner with I" (or, of course, the converse, "Me went to dinner") but a lot of people break the rule as soon as they're talking about someone else as well as themselves.
I think it bothers me in particular because DH does it all the time and is such a stickler otherwise. Plus he HATES to be corrected, so I just let it go usually. Although I do jump in when he tries to correct someone else and is wrong about the usage. You can bet he appreciates that
Anagram, hope the computer issue is a breeze! I always feel the same way -- I'll often put up with some irritating glitch for months rather than call the help desk. Mind you, I've spent many hours with the help desk sometimes without getting anything you could call "help."
Re: MIL -- she's just incredibly pragmatic and never emotional. My husband said he's never seen her cry in his life, not even when her husband died. She was a little saddened but it was as if it had been some acquaintance that she was slightly fond of or that it had happened 20 years ago. She was so much the same as ever, even right after it happened, that I thought she'd forgotten about it. Reading little bits out of the newspaper, making jokes. But then she'd make some offhand reference to his death.
Her daughter always says that she pictures her mom kind of surfing, just skimming over the surface of life and not ever feeling deeply about anything. Even DH says that there's a detachment and self-centeredness about her and he thinks he's a little like her himself.
Oh, I should be working. I'm trying to get out of the office today for the weekend. Sooooo... off I go. Love to all...
-- I think I'll list them later, mostly as a venting exercise. But maybe I'll just link to them instead of putting them smack-dab in a message and coercing people to read through 
Ah, we'll just have to pick up the pieces and move on. 
And you never manage as well at those times and generally just tire yourself more. So -- rest, Love. Recover -- remember that you actually have things to recover from and treat your royal self gently!