Curly brackets right backatcha, Sean, you and S. And y'all know I use non-fancy parentheses as a rule, so breaking out the curly brackets is a big deal for me.

Sincerely, I hope everything works out well and S is healthy again very soon.

JZ, how are you doing today? Keeping occupied and the boredom at bay? A former boss of mine spent the last 10 weeks of her first pregnancy not only on bedrest but on her left side. She was allowed to come downstairs once in the morning to lie on the couch, and to go to the bathroom. She wasn't allowed to walk to the mailbox, or to get her own drinks and snacks from the kitchen. I visited as often as I could, and was impressed at how well she kept the cranky at bay.

Her little girl was perfect, and a joy, as was her younger sister, with whom the bedrest routine was not required.

So no boredom vibes to you!

Cashmere, all possible jobma vibes to you. He'd be a stupidhead not to hire you.

Raq--I suppose this is why they call it the diplomatic service, huh? Because I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to refrain from expressing my opinion of such shenannigans. As well as, oh, lots of other government shenannigans and asshattery. Thank goodness we have actually diplomatic people like you in the dip corps, and not dips like me.

I need to get off the computer and consume more coffee and possibly put on clothes.

Job~ma, Cash. Fingers crossed.

My laundry is in the washer! And I didn't have to leave the house! I'm in heaven!

Oh yeah. Doing laundry at home is a heavenly thing.

{{Beverly}} Small steps, but steps in the right direction. Continued vibes.

Got enough ~ma here for S too of course. Send my best wishes Sean.

Job~ma Cashmere!

More coffee for me too. Imma slug today. DH is continuing the demolition of the chimney. A huge chunk just crashed down in the bathroom causing much dust and a big boom. Wiped out the little plastic trash bin in the bathroom. Bit of a hole in the wall. Oh well. Chimney must go.

Also, is Erin still around? Hec is on his way out to sit in a café and write, but he's all chuffed that you'd like to use Doom Doom Doom as a tagline.

In return, could I use your line about me on bedrest lounging about like a fecund Cleopatra, please?

Oh, certainly! And I have to change my tag now.

ION, I have taken my car and the Noise of Doooom into the shop, and swung by the eyeglasses place to get m,y new glasses! I got an eye exam and two pair for $70. These are the first new glasses I have had in 11 years, and they're supercute. They're tha same glasses -- small square frames with 4 little "diamonds" on each earpiece where the earpiece meet the eye frame thingie. One is an amber/tortoiseshell color and one is a dark red.

I'm so jazzed! I love them, and they are light...and best of all, this means I won't have to put my contacts in before school each morning at FuckI'mAwake o' clock. (My old glasses broke in February.)

Noise of Doooom

So needs to be ND's tagline.

Hi all. Been moving all week. Moving big stuff today. Ouchy. ~Ma to all that needs it and love to even those who don't.

Moving Sucks. It's one of my least favorite things, along with laundry, grasshopper in the car, and close up shots of injections.

that was just the first pic that came up when I googled to show y'all my booty.

I need a link!!

No, not that booty.

Damn. I’ll have to live with my memories

God, you people!)

But you love us and we love you

So what do we have in common with this new couple? Well, not much. We all speak some English, and three of us have security clearances of some level or another and work in the same building. They live in a completely different neighborhood, have no kids, he's 52, she's 26. We're the perfect age to not relate to either of them.

Heh. Sounds like no one would have much in common with this couple.

I need to get off the computer and consume more coffee and possibly put on clothes.

Alright! More nekkid!

That was worth saying twice.

Gah. Hate grasshoppers in the car.

Timelies!

{{Bev}}

~ma to S and mellow to Sean.

Yay for dinner parties and laundry in the house. Boo to moving and small children who have forgotten how to sleep at night.

That last was mine.