Skipping many posts, as I still have no internet at home (but, in related news, a new high score on Bejewled).

So much -ma to Kristin! And general -ma to those as needs it.

Now I'm off, before Mallory decides to unplug the public embassy computer, or have a meltdown...but first, a funny story about his doctor visit today.

They were really busy, so there was a long wait between the checkup and the shots. I had run out of other options and was letting Mallory open and close the supply drawers in the exam room (but not touch anything in them!), which was amusing him greatly. Then the nurse came in to note something in his file and said, "Oh here, I can give him one of these to play with" and pulled a tongue-depresser thingy out of the drawer. It immediately went into Mal's mouth, of course...and was also a bit longer than a tongue depresser and had a branched end, like the end of a femur. She said, "Now you can tell him when he's older that he used to suck on pap smear sticks!"

(And here I could've sworn they were made out of spiky metal and broken glass).

YAY for video ipods! I hope you had a good day.

Ooo! I missed wishing Plei a happy birthday!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PLEI!

CaBil we may be able to accommodate you, but I need specific dates. Profile addy good.

ION I just arrived in CT and have gotten a grand total of about 45 minutes of catnap. Gronk. Now to pick up the rental car and drive the 45 minutes to Mom's place for a bit more sleep and then the hospital. Wheeee.

((Kristin))

Kristin, I'm glad you arrived safely. Many hugs and sleepy vibes to you, sweetie.

Crumbs, ChiKat! What everyone else said!

Yay for Video iPods!They rock!

(And by rock I mean 'can contain fanvids'.)

Aww. How sad, Fay. And I know how much fun they all were, and you had in Cairo! And I'm so glad I got to have a little of the fun! Are K and C still going to be there, or are they moving too?

Both going to be here next year, but they aren't on the best of terms these days. It was rather a messy breakup, and K needed to carve out his own C-free identity in Cairo. Which has involved lots of random sex and drugs, I think.

Are any of your friends joining you in Thailand?

No!

Friend From Upstairs (who left at 3am this morning - she and I stayed over at Friend Around The Corner's until 2am, watching crappy movies and then falling asleep and stuff) will be in Korea. Which is closer Egypt or the UK, but still not exactly phone up and pop around close.

Damn. It.

Well, I could go back to bed, but I'm too boggled to do that.

One of my coworkers called a few minutes ago to tell me there was a fire at work and we've all got the day off. They showed the building on the news and it's not a pile of ash, so I'm guessing it's going to take a couple days to clean things up and then we'll be back to work. Still, I'm boggling just a little.

Oh my Sail, that is disconcerting. I hope there wasn't any real damage.

Sail, I hope everything's okay.

I am again in the rare position of being one of the morning posters. That hasn't happened since I moved.

My plane landed at 6AM EST. After getting luggage and rental car and driving the 50 miles down here, I finally arrived at my mom's house and flopped onto her guest bed in my old room. Considering my brain is telling me that it's 5AM, the clock here is telling me 8, and I got a grand total of 40 minutes of catnap on the red eye, I'm amazingly cogent. I think that the second I actually close my eyes, though, I'm going to be toast.

Mom's about to head back to the hospital, but we agreed that I'll be a better visitor once I've slept and showered and eaten, so I'm going to wait until this afternoon to go myself. I feel vaguely guilty about this decision nonetheless.

I have no idea how often I'll be online this next week, but I'll do my best to keep you posted on my gram and me. Thank the gods for this computer phone.

Thanks for your support.