Steph, I'm so glad your Father is alright. I'm so sorry you were food-poisoned by gluna fish.

I don't think it was food poisoning -- I think it was just stress.

I'm so bone-crushingly exhausted today.

Thanks, everyone, for your good thoughts for my Dad, and your tolerance of my bratty whiny meltdown. I need to come up with better ways to deal with such massive stress.

Stress always makes me throw up too.

Stress always makes me throw up too.

Me three. {{{Steph}}}

Steph, that was not a bratty, whiny meltdown. It was more than one person should have to deal with alone, and I hope that you have a peaceful day today. Good thoughts heading your father's way.

Lilty, I'm so sorry to hear about your cousin's SiL. All the best to them.

I have too many meetings the next couple of days. They conflict with my coffee intake schedule, so I don't know how I'm going to stay awake. Stoopid meeting rooms where I can't bring my cuppa...

Stoopid meeting rooms where I can't bring my cuppa...

Wha? What kind of evil place are you in?

What kind of evil place are you in?

A library.

Wha? What kind of evil place are you in?

No doubt!

{{{Steph}}} I'm sorry you're exhausted, but it's completely understandable!

I got an XBOX yesterday. We are enjoying it muchly. (And before people are wondering if I've fallen off my rocker and spending money crazily, I should clarify that it's my little brother's old XBOX that he gave to me. I am going to give him a little money for it, but not a lot, and I'm making payments).

Just caught up - hugs and -ma to Teppy and Lilty and families. I'm glad Steph's dad just had a scare, though an ill-timed one (like there's ever a good time).

Now to see if I can salvage what's left of my long weekend (yeah, I know, but I didn't have any fun during the rest of it, really, except for the new HP, and I hate wasting vacation days on nothing; I just couldn't quite drag my carcass into work this morning so I took the day anyway). Maybe a movie.

The big old suitcase computer is out of my house. There is a clear space in my house that did not exist before. I believe I may have found a place to stand on which to move the world.

Seriously, though, she's comfortable most of the time. It only seems to bug her when she's already bugged by something else.

Emmett didn't have much trouble teething either, and it came a bit early. I wonder if that makes it easier. He sprouted his bottom two front teeth, then his top two front teeth for a nice, rabbity declension.

Though as I've mentioned before, at the time I resented the disappearance of his very big gummy baby smile. Then again, I didn't like it when he lost his front baby teeth either so apparently I don't like change. Is this news?

Disappointed I don't have new pictures of Ple as a 50s femme fatale as that is my favorite style decade, and Ple is one of my favorite models.