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Well, sleeping for somewhere between ten and twelve hours certainly did improve my attitude towards life. For instance, I now am more or less happy to be awake. But there is something that I really truly have to pound into my head somehow. See, I keep forgetting to take my allergy pills. After all, it's not like I have allergy symptoms, so I forget and then randomly I'll scratch myself or lean against something or whatever, and then I look like a big goddammed freak who's been whipped repeatedly. Anyone have any ideas on this? To make me remember to do it, that is. I mean, I know the consequences, but I tend to forget how annoying it is when it's not happening.

Apparently the whole "being nice to people" class (note: not the actual name of the class) has indeed sunk in. Either that or the person I have the most issues with has realized that most of the time I'm just humoring them, and they should just let me get on with things. But I am more calm and collected when I argue with him, and he apparently finds it hard to argue easily with someone taking that kind of stance.

Now the real rant... I don't like onions. I'm not sure why this is so hard for people to accept. Add that to the fact that people in my family are often allergic to them. When I eat them, my digestion does sometimes get weird, but the fact is that I don't like them anyway, so this isn't really a hardship. So when I say I don't want them, it'd really be nice if that was just heeded. Mind you, I work in catering. Theoretically, I can have whatever I want, but it's hard to convince them that no, really, I really REALLY don't want onions. At all. Not even one. And that I don't care about why they think onions are good or good for you. Every single day I have to argue with someone over this (except for when I have sushi) and I hate it. I hate eating. I especially hate eating here, and maybe *that* in itself is the reason I've lost weight. Does this constitute a hostile work environment? If I went into anaphylactic shock, I could probably sue, but beyond that? How do I get people to just accept it?

A point to note about onions... if I go to someone's house and they've made food with onions in it, I do try to be polite, eat some and not whine. I really do. But I won't eat much, and I likely won't be completely enthusiastic about it. Thanks.

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Is it too late to just start telling people you're allergic to onions?

Oh, as for remembering to take the pills... I'm pretty bad about remembering to take pills, as well, but I find that it helps if I have a set time that I take them every day. Like, I take my Prilosec and morning dose of Wellbutrin after I get dressed in the morning, every day, and that helps me remember.

I do tell them that!!! They just act like it's no big deal... "Oh, some won't hurt you..." Bastards.

And for some reason that sort of routine works well for all the other pills I take but not for this. Maybe it's because I try to space them out so I'm not taking everything at once. I should just take the Allegra right before bed or something. I don't take anything else then. Also, strictly speaking I don't need to take it every day, more like every other day, unless I'm really stressed out, in which case I do need it every day. Hmmn. Still, before bed would probably work best.

Maybe you should collect some articles on people who've died from anaphylactic reactions and distribute them.

As far as taking the pills, I take mine first thing in the morning and pretty much just tell myself, "Okay. Took one Monday morning. That means skip Tuesday, skip Wednesday, take one Thursday morning. For some reason, that helps me remember better than just saying, take every third day." Maybe you could write it on your bathroom mirror. Ugly, but you'd see it.

A point to note about onions... if I go to someone's house and they've made food with onions in it, I do try to be polite, eat some and not whine. I really do. But I won't eat much, and I likely won't be completely enthusiastic about it. Thanks.

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You will need to remind me of this when/if you come to dinner, since left to my own devices i dump onions in stuff. I also will need to know whether this extends to garlic and shallots.

As teapot_farm can tell you, I DO respect food preferences; I gave her no basil whatsoever, even though it's a favorite of mine. :) However, reminding me is good, since I am not yet at the point where I keep a card file with people's food stuff in it. I do like to make things people like to eat, though!

Thanks!

I like garlic, but I'm not really a fan of shallots. I'm so provincial! Um, anyway, yes, next time I come I will of course remind you. :) You're a sweetie!