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Eau Roma Water from Lush (lush.com)

I bought the small size (TSA allowed size) of this rose-lavender-water spritzer to take on a very long international flight with the thought that it would be refreshing for dry, tired airplane skin. Turned out to be so much more! The smell is not overwhelmingly rose or lavender but just this wonderful incredibly soothing and relaxing scent. I really can't stand being on an airplane (not the height that bothers me but the close quarters triggers claustrophobia) and this helped so much with that. Now, back home, we spritz a little on our faces just before bed and drift right off. It is wonderful stuff.

...suddenly feeling quite lucky for the friends, family, and kind colleagues I share meals with (whether I bring my own food to eat or they let me know what is in the stuff they've made). Egg allergy is looking pretty good compared to what some people apparently get to look forward to with some of these hosts!

I am violently reactive to eggs and have suffered the cross contamination thing enough times to know it is best to pass on food prepared by anyone who doesn't really get it or anyone who just doesn't care (I hate to say it, but I have witnessed too many hosts and cooks who roll their eyes like it is all in my head and they surely know better--that's not just ignorant, it's cruel).<BR>

I don't expect anyone to accommodate my dietary restrictions and plan to eat beforehand and/or bring my own little something to eat. If a host/cook asks for specifics and wants to make something I can enjoy, I'm thrilled. But mostly it would just be nice not to have the spotlight put on me and my condition put out for public discussion which has happened--it isn't fun having that called to attention and then debated. It's embarrassing but it happens and I'll never understand why. When I say "I'll pass, but thank you" and someone actually gets irked or downright angry, I just don't get it.