FYI, people in my local Target didn't know anything about the Red Cross benefit emergency kit thing, so if you want one, get it online. [link]

So my mother had some sort of weird reaction to medications on Friday, went kind of delusional, had a seizure, went to the hospital, had an MRI, all her tests are good but they're re-calibrating her medications. She seems to be fine now, but. As a result of this (and sundry other medical issues), my parents are finally giving up the summer house in New Hampshire.

I seem to have volunteered to fly out in October and help empty it for sale. We've had this place since 1974, and the memories lay thick on the ground. It's going to be hard, but I can't imagine not seeing it one last time before they sell. Wish I could buy it...

I'm glad your mother's pulled through the seizures and so on. It sounds like a scary situtation. I'm glad you'll have a chance to see the summer house one more time, Consuela.

It seems that NC will be taking on some of the Gulf coast refugees. Charlotte, Raleigh, and Greensboro have all offered to take folks.

I went by Target yesterday and they had no idea what sort of disaster preparation kit thingy I was talking about. But they also said that some things were only at individual stores and that word might filter down after Labor Day if there was a nation wide push.

My day has been keeled dead by the site going down, and then discovering that I couldn't eat for an hour after my typhoid pill, and then sitting down in front of the tennis. With a stomachache.

I still need to go erranding, damn it! But I think the gym has fallen out of the picture.

That is hard, Consuela.

I just realized that I have every single move channel right now, as far as I can tell. I'm guessing it's a weekend special, so I'm trying to record everything in the world. It will still be in the DVR even after I don't get the channel anymore, right?

and then discovering that I couldn't eat for an hour after my typhoid pill,

Are you taking malaria meds too? I always enveloped them in banana or something else squishy or I'd be tasting spoons for the rest of the day. And they gave me trippy dreams...

I wasn't around for the Arrayathon, but grateful nonetheless that you sacrificed your day on the alter of b.org, ita.

Hey, I just realized there's a Joss-a-thon on Space. I thought I'd still be entertaining parents...

(scampers to TV.)

Ack, Consuela. I'm glad your mother is okay, and hope the trip in October isn't too bad.

I was going to do 10 zillion loads of laundry today, but since my complex only has 3 machines, I told myself I'd stop whenever I knew someone else wanted the machines. That happened after only 4 loads, so now I have all the essentials washed, and I get to stop, at least for now. Yay!

Suela, is there financial need for them to sell the vacation house? Would they consider putting it in trust for you and your sibs to inherit? Alternately, if you joined forces with your sibs, would you collectively be able to buy it?

signed, very sentimental about houses as some of you know