JESSICA!

WHAT??!?!?!?

Thanks, guys. I'm frustrated with myself, but not beating myself up as I sometimes would. I'm also a little frustrated because I thought I had plans with a friend after my final, but she made plans with other people, 'cause she thought my final was earlier. I'm not mad; I just could have used the company.

WHAT??!?!?!?

BEHIND YOU!

AHHHH!!!

t stakes vampire

That was close..

{{{vw}}}

In more Annabel communication news, I've got the All-Star Game on in the background. They were introducing the teams, and when they said "Ichiro Suzuki from the Seattle Mariners," Annabel said "Yay?" in the same questioning tone she used with "Done?" earlier today. I wasn't quite as quick on the draw in praising her appropriate response, since by the time I'd cycled through, "Hey, that sounded like a 'yay', and she didn't make a sound when anyone else was introduced, which means she recognizes 'Ichiro' and/or 'Mariners' as something the people in her world cheer for," they'd already introduced the next player.

But still, I thought it was cool.

Annabel said "Yay?" in the same questioning tone she used with "Done?" earlier today.

Susan's raising a valley girl!

askye, much ~ma to your mother and aunt. And grandmother, for that matter. My paternal grandmother had Altzheimers and eventually had to go into a nursing home. Unless there's someone around who can care for a person who is in that sort of situation 24/7--and by "care" I mean physically pick them up when they fall down, track all medications, feed, and wash them--a care facility of some sort is pretty much necessary. And they aren't all awful. My grandmother's seemed pretty nice, from what I can remember. My great aunt also spent some of her later years in one that seemed nice. There's a care facility in Durham that several parents of friends and friends of my parents either have been in or are on waiting lists to get into, and it's rather lovely--trails and a music room and such.

I'm feeling much better. Dave showed up early so my bath was cut short, but I have had Chinese takeout and and watching the All Stars game and things are better.

Much ~ma to askye and her whole family. My family went through this with my step-grandmother, and I really do think that making sure that your grandmother is taken care of when she can no longer take care of herself is the kindest thing you can do for her.

I can't make myself look at the scary retouched photos.

{{{vw}}} You did what you could in a bad situation. That's all that matters imo.

"Hey, that sounded like a 'yay', and she didn't make a sound when anyone else was introduced, which means she recognizes 'Ichiro' and/or 'Mariners' as something the people in her world cheer for," they'd already introduced the next player.

Go, Annabel! She sounds like a highly intellegent little girl to me.

Susan's raising a valley girl!

Either that, or she's thinking, "Why do we cheer for the Mariners? They've been losing all my life."