I feel like the least accomplished. My parents would probably say I'm just behind the youngest sister. Youngest sister has a steady job in the field she likes and is thinking about getting her masters. I have a fairly neat job in a random field and mom keeps pushing me to get a masters or go to law school. Middle sister is doing something she loves and is really good at and getting awards for, but has a PT job to pay rent.

I try not to rate myself against my siblings (often) but it's hard when my brother who's 22 and 2 years younger is getting married this year (on my birthday, no less), and has a great job making almost twice as much as me. I'm a little jealous because as the oldest sibling I've always felt like I had to be the example and here I am getting blown away. In one perspective it can be seen as a failure on my part.

I need some advice. The head of our department's mother died Tuesday. The department is small and so we work in close proximity. The funeral is tomorrow and I'm trying to decide if I should go. The 4 other people in my office have socialized with my boss and they've met her mother. I'm worried that if I'm the only one who doesn't show up it will reflect badly on me, but I don't know her mother, she's barely in the office and I need advice.

Too late.

Whoops. Well, tea tree oil is not exactly fast acting - general rule for using it on fungal infections is twice a day for a month.

Incidentally, a 2 oz. bottle of it is $5ish at Walmart, which is probably half or a quarter what it costs most places.

Meanwhile, I thought I'd share this: [link]

Oh, dear lord! I MUST have it for Owen. Crap. My recent knitting trials have been disasterous.

askye, you should probably go as a sign of respect in such a small office.

24, I think. Generational cohort? Hmmmm, I say 2 plus/minus. I could be talked into 5.

Then I'm not. She need not fear my job scooping sneakiness.

I'll be 36 next Friday, and I have a prospect of maybe starting a career by the time I'm 38. If all goes well.

My older brother has knocked around doing different things for a long time, the latest of which was working at a florist. A couple of years ago the guy he worked for decided he was really truly this time he means it retiring and my brother bought the business.

My mom once said that she wasn't going to worry about her kids' careers, because people like John Muir and Ansel Adams pretty much seemed like bums well into their 30s, and they turned out okay. Saying that where I could hear her might not have been such a good idea, but the basic concept is pretty sound.

I don't know her mother, she's barely in the office and I need advice.

Well, in this case, you wouldn't be attending because of the mother, you'd be there because of your boss. Is there a wake you could go to today? If so, I think that would be appropriate. If not, I would go to the funeral.

I'm worried that if I'm the only one who doesn't show up it will reflect badly on me, but I don't know her mother, she's barely in the office and I need advice.

askye, I'd say you should go, if it isn't too much trouble. Your attendance at a funeral can be a show of support for those who are grieving; it doesn't have to be a personal goodbye.

because people like John Muir and Ansel Adams pretty much seemed like bums

Very specialized Yosemite Bums, though.

a yeast infection can occur anywhere skin routinely touches skin & gets moist.

I thought it was nature's way of saying Welcome to Florida.

Yes, askye, you should go.