I just can't get Beverly and family out of my thoughts. I do hope she is able to get some rest and that the doctors are making progress. On edge waiting for an update. I don't want to call her because I hope she is resting.

This.

{{P-C}} Lots of good advice. I'm glad you have this place to vent.

And this.

Laura speaks for me today.

Beverly, I've been thinking about you, all day. I'm glad you checked in. I hope the news gets better and better.

Nicole!! Waves! Hey, insent.

P-C - you are not a mind reader. You will never be a mind reader. I wish there were some easy way around that, but there isn't. Just hang in there.

Oh, and $25 for a four year old? Yow.

So that does seem like a hell of a lot? I'm not just cheap?

$25 giftcard to like Toys R Us or the like wouldn't seem so bad. You'd spend that on a toy.

But cash, well, cash for 4 year olds rubs me the wrong way, anyhow.

Of course Beverly checks in as I'm typing. Of course.

Thinking about you, hon, and wishing the distance between us would just disappear so I could give you the longest hug known to man. Or woman.

::waves to Suz and scurries off to check various email accounts::

Yeah, somehow a $25 Toys R Us card equals toys, but $25 cash is more than a kid needs. Why that is different...not sure.

And by this I'm not saying you should have stopped and converted it to a gift card before going to your Aunt's cause then there would be the inevitable discussion of why you chose gift card A over gift card B and a whole new headache....

Pssst, Nicole - aol.

But cash, well, cash for 4 year olds rubs me the wrong way, anyhow.

Yeah, it felt icky to me too, but it was pretty much my only option at that point. It's really for the mother to buy the kid something nice, anyway. But giving cash is very Indian. Especially if it's an envelope! Also, you don't give multiples of ten; you always tack on an extra dollar for good luck. Because zeroes are evil.

Because zeroes are evil.

They're the white women of digits.