Drain-O

President Obama and his speech and his Yo-Yo Ma and his Elizabeth Alexander and his wife and her ugly daytime outfit and his wife and her gorgeous night-time outfit and the prayers and the singing and ARETHA'S HAT and the balls and Beyoncé singing "At Last" while President and Mrs. Obama danced at what felt like the nation's wedding ...

Well, I'm tired out. Drained. By Obama.

Also, I thought President Obama would want me to clear out all the Christmas decorations (of which we have not a few) in honor of his inauguration, so I did, and now I'm checking out the efficacy of Exedrin for Back Pain, which coincidentally enough, I saw advertised on ABC tonight while I was watching Inauguration festivities.

You know, if this were Variety and I needed one of those snappy headlines that conveys everything to the insider but nothing to people outside the show business community, I would say

Brain-O, back pain-o, and drain-o.

Things I am sick of: a top 10 list

10. Twinsets. The thing is, I don't know what to wear instead.
9. Tea. It doesn't have enough caffeine. I've switched back to coffee. Hear that buzzing noise? It's me.
8. Celebrities. Even the ones without children.
7. Driving myself and/or my kids all over creation. For your information, Wednesday, chez Buxom, is the new Seventh Circle of Dante's Inferno.
6. Dinner dishes that take longer to do than the meal took to eat and cook. Broiler pan, I'm look at you.
5. Laundry.
4. The feeling that I have no control over my schedule. It's back-to-school/Halloween/Thanksgiving/Christmas and the next thing I know, it's the middle of January, I'm 15 pounds heavier, and I'm kicking myself that I'm not ready for the Valentines Day/Spring Break/Easter onslaught.
3. "Helping" my "kids" with their "homework."
2. Hearing bad news about the economy.

and the top ten thing that Poppy is sick of?

1. The 2008 Presidential election