So ... the "quit my job" phase is going really well, and the "start rebuilding my muscles" phase is in full swing. Next: reducing my meds. A few weeks ago I started taking one less cimetidine a day. Today I am going to take a 180 fenofexadine instead of two 120s (which is "off table" or something, basically going beyond what is recommended but in a safe zone). Last night I didn't take one until 10PM and I wasn't really even itchy - which is pretty much how things were going in Utrecht as well. A few weeks ago the six o clock hour announced itself by my feet starting to swell up almost like they were run by a clock. The last few days: I didn't notice. Maybe a bit of that was that I wasn't waking up itching at 6 AM to take my medicine, so I wasn't running through it by 6 PM. However, this feels really promising. I'm going to see if I can make it through the whole day on the single dose of antihistamines and see how it goes. I am actually a bit worried about how all of this is affecting my liver, so if I can reduce it without having itching fits, I'd really like to.

Also later today: second run in Couch to 5K fourth week program. This one is really hard as it's 16 total minutes of running: but with Jason running next to me, I made it through just fine on Monday. Well, to be honest, the last three minutes were hard work, but he cheered me along and I made it.

Bonus: caught the egg I wasn't able to breed three days ago in the "abandoned" pile (click please): Yay!