((Connie))

Heaps of health-ma to Emmett.

((((Connie)))) It sounds like a good, neutral but kind letter. I hope it turns out to be exactly what your mother needs to feel at peace.

ION, bleargh. I'm 99% certain that I am sick. Weak, achy, queasy, drippy nose and the whole nine yards. I feel like I should stick it out today, though; there's such a ginormous pile of crap to be done, and as long as I'm just sitting quietly and typing I'm not overtaxing myself or infecting anyone.

Plus, I have a doctor's appt. at 4:30 -- mostly to meet and talk about other, girly-stuff, matters, but I feel like I should stay until the appt. The doctor might be able to prescribe something, and even if she doesn't, I can at least get the other business squared away without hopping on the rescheduling merry-go-round. The appt. for today was such a fluke -- usually they're booked a good 2-3 months in advance, and I will never ever get an appointment this early again. I feel disinclined to squander it.

Emmett looked so small and wan and flinchy lying on the couch this morning it made me crack into little pieces. I want him happy and pain-free, dammit! And if the universe can spare any -ma from that task, a little bit in my direction wouldn't go amiss.

Yay for at-long-last-crashing Annabel!

News in my office today. Big!Boss and Wife had been on vacation for the past month (in Arizona), and were due to get back in Cincinnati this past weekend.

Apparently Big!Boss is VERY sick with a rare strain of strep, and he's in a hospital in St. Louis. The information we got was relayed through Daughter, who flew out there over the weekend (and is still there). So I don't know if this is a doctor's assessment or if it's Daughter's opinion, but apparently he's in serious condition.

And, again, if it's Daughter's assessment, I have no idea what qualifies as "serious" for her.

But in any case, he's in the hospital with a strep infection. Big!Boss never even takes time off when he has a cold, so if he's in the hospital, I imagine it IS pretty serious (which is the consensus in the office as well). Hopefully he got to the hospital in time so he doesn't get worse or develop complications. He's very healthy for a man in his early 70s, but then again, he's in his early 70s -- which is generally not as hale and hearty as someone in their 20s.

Daughter is going to be back tomorrow with a full update. Freaky.

The appt. for today was such a fluke -- usually they're booked a good 2-3 months in advance, and I will never ever get an appointment this early again. I feel disinclined to squander it.

Do not squander the appointment.

Appointments can be SUCH a PITA to get.

You don't have a nicce check-list you can go down, vw? I had one for every academic program I've ever been in.

Everyone needs to get a lot healthier, stat.

Wow, Teppy. That sounds kind of scary. My cousin had to be hopsitalized with some sort of strep pneumonia. He was probably 40ish at the time. He was terribly ill. It took him a long time to recover. I hope your boss's illness was caught more quickly.

JZ, I'd keep that appointment. Maybe you could take some Tylenol and have some orange juice. You might feel a little better.

You don't have a nicce check-list you can go down, vw?

Kind of, but it's confusing as all hell. I think I got it kind of figured out. Now I just have to figure out which classes count as both toward a major requirement and a distribution requirement.

When I was at the doctor for the sinus thing I made an appt for a physical -- top to bottom & girly stuff-- April was the first available. I know physicals have to be a PITA for doctors to schedule and do, but I can't remember the last time I had a physical so I figure it's time.

Strep can be really scary. I hope it's not one of the drug-resistant strains.

That is scary, Teppy.