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I quit Diet Coke in August last year. I cut back half of what I drink to 1 liter a day for 4 days then another 4 days half of that. I used to drink a 2 liter bottle and another half of one along with water and gaterade. I don't remember the headaches but it was summer out and I was trying a new herb to take for in place of coffee so maybe that's why I never got headaches. I do get them now though if I don't drink enough water before I workout or work in the sun.We gave up soda pop about 5 years ago. While we still get a small six pack once in a while because some foods just demand a soda it's about a once a month thing if that.
I think soda companies add stuff to their products that we never see on the label. I used to have the same problem with Coke Classic, but managed to stop drinking it altogether anyway. I've felt a lot better after I stopped drinking it, and if it helps: there are places in the world that use coca-cola as an insecticide because it works just as well and is cheaper than the marketed stuff. Think about that for a moment. Here's the link to the story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3977351.stm
(Mainly because I couldn't believe it without evidence.)
I hope you can find someone to replace it. Are you in an apartment or a home? Mine went out last winter in Feb and it was 8 degrees. I don't have a basement so had to crawl under the house in cold water from the water heater leaking to shut off the water. Luckily Lowes had a similar model but now the government has made some changes to these water heaters which need bigger closets. I hope you can locate one that is the same size. I have a guy at work who does the plumbing contract for here-ask your maintenance group at work if they know of someone. This guy was very reasonable. Otherwise it would have cost more money. The nice thing about mine is its screw in connectors-no brazing of copper pipes. So it was really easy to replace but need muscles to get it in. I have a furniture mover-that frame with wheels-we put that on there and wheeled it into the house after wheeling the old one out. The old one still had water but the insulation was all wet in it so it weighed over what an empty one weighs.I have a friend who took a trip to a part of Norway where it's daylight almost 24 hours a day right now. He took pictures at 3:30am and 11:00pm and it was as light out as it is at 7:00pm here.
Made a lovely mistake this morning. Thought I hit snooze, when I actually turned my alarm off. At some point, some little bell went off in my head telling me I hit the wrong one. My eyes snapped open and I looked at the time. Yep, definitely turned the alarm off! - d'oh! Thankfully it was not TOO late at that point.
And our hot water heater is out. We have to have someone come over and I really can't afford this. I need a break, really. I mean, I can afford this, but then I can't afford to pay the lot fee which is due (for all intents and purposes) tomorrow. I swear, I can't wait till the end of the month when I cash in the next set of stocks that I can cash in. I take part in my company's ESPP but I have to have the stocks for a year before cashing them in, and they get bought every six months. So, at the end of June I can cash those suckers in.
Can you do a loan against your 401K? maybe you can figure something out that way. That's my reserve money if something major goes wrong. Also last year with the disaster of my roof I got a loan from prosper dot com for 6% and its 3 years. You can see if they will give you a loan. But the min to loan I think is $3000? Its a nice cushion to have and this one is repaid monthly direct deduction=I just have a big note in my check book register to not forget about that one in the middle of the month.
Money. Its such a pain!