psst, ita's reading mathy...
Oz is the highest-scoring person ever to fail to graduate.
Willow ,'Him'
Natter .44 Magnum: Do You Feel Chatty, Punk?
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Cass - May 12, 2006 4:34:22 pm PDT #7056 of 10002
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Jesse - May 12, 2006 4:35:38 pm PDT #7057 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
It would be easy to get a cab at Union Station (they're right out front), not sure about the redcap to help with her things, but if she's on Amtrack, they should be able to hook her up, and it's pretty far to Dulles.
Jesse - May 12, 2006 4:40:08 pm PDT #7058 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Typo, this page prices a cab from Dulles to Capitol Hill (where Union Station is) at $54. [link]
Pete, Husband of Jilli - May 12, 2006 4:40:52 pm PDT #7059 of 10002
"I've got a gun! I've got a mother-flippin' gun!" - Moss, The IT Crowd
Hugs for Jilli.
Have been painting digitally throughout the afternoon. Currently underwhelmed by twingy head. Ouch.
Typo Boy - May 12, 2006 4:43:56 pm PDT #7060 of 10002
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Yeah - just realized the Union Station is 30 miles from Dulles Va.
§ ita § - May 12, 2006 4:52:05 pm PDT #7061 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Jilli, I got the balm! And the tights! I can't tell you if the balm is a migraine trigger right now, because I'm in one, but I'll check in the morning. Thank you so much.
It's very chuffing to get a package (well, aside from normal Buffista package chuffedness) that's address TO: ITA and FROM: HOUSE O'REASON.
It's a thing. We know who we are.
And now I realise that I've been sitting on a package that was supposed to have gone out forever ago! That, and my Zappos return. I know where I'm going tomorrow afternoon.
Atropa - May 12, 2006 4:55:30 pm PDT #7062 of 10002
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Oh yay, I'm glad it got there so quickly! And I hope the balm works for you. I also hope my handwriting on the letter was legible-ish.
Pete, Husband of Jilli - May 12, 2006 5:01:53 pm PDT #7063 of 10002
"I've got a gun! I've got a mother-flippin' gun!" - Moss, The IT Crowd
Yeah, I've still got something to ship to you too, ita, as a thank you for the DVDs last year. Unfortunately, it requires a little prep time, so maybe sometime in June...
Strega - May 12, 2006 5:07:54 pm PDT #7064 of 10002
Typo Boy -- Any chance she could go through BWI instead? There's an Amtrak stop right there. (Well, not right there, but there's a shuttle to the actual airport.)
sarameg - May 12, 2006 5:19:30 pm PDT #7065 of 10002
Tom, can you recruit/pay a housitter? Cause that might work.
My parents have negotiated getting to/from BWI via mass transit. It isn't well advertised, I don't think. However, if you get it all sorted out before, it can be pretty doable. The redcaps are kind of hyperhelpful, in my experience, though. Basically, whatever you do, I'd advise arranging things beforehand.
I can attest to the fact that Burrell's kids are FREAKING ADORABLE.
So Mister Kitty news: he's good to go! Still no clue as to what caused the $1500 at-death's-door illness (seriously, the vet told me it was touch and go at a couple points. I give him points for not mentioning this to me when MK was barely able to stand, but under treatment.) But the really odd thing...his insulin dose is now 2 units, once a day. Down from 5 units, twice a day. He is responding better than ever to the insulin. I've heard that trauma/illness can do system resets, but... it's just WEIRD. I think we may go up a little as he gains weight back, but that's fine. We'll go back for a new curve in a couple months. I still have another bag of fluids I haven't popped, so that's good, in case he starts having issues in the near future.
So no clear explanations, but it looks like we dodged a bullet. I cried in relief at the vets. I love their techs and front desk people. They prodded me to laughter (what I needed, to regain my dignity) with adorkable tales of MK with them. I need to make them cookies.