Ola Chicago Buffistas!

I'm posting from the Apple store here in Chi. Bunch of us are going out tonight to the Country Calendar Show at Fitzgerald's. Please feel free to join us! Show starts at 9:00 - we'll probably be there before hand. So far I've talked tommyrot, brenda, knut into coming.

We're also planning on meeting in Wicker Park tomorrow before the Quimby's event at 7:30.

Last night Knut and I went to see Kelly Hogan at The Hideout. We had a blast. Fun! Yay!

Matt's home - sleeping in the big chair. I must wake him in a bit so I can go get his pain killer. The doctor was really pleased- got more of the nerve than he thought he would be able to -- he said" I'm not going to say I'm proud of myself - but I'm proud of myself". I like his doctor. Funniest thing - matt was semi awake durring the surgery and kept trying to look at what they were doing.

Cancel or shift the ~ma. I just got an email.

"I spoke with ____ this morning and they're going another route with their hiring procedure. I would still like to keep you in mind for future projects that come my way if you don't mind."

Frell.

I need some apartment ~ma. I've got an application in for one place that I really want to get. It's a 2 BD with a garage and it's only $950 and it's in a good area in Burbank and I really really need to get this done like NOW! So any spare ~ma that can come my way regarding apartments would be very good.

Some bureaucra-ma please. I'm trying to go thru all the paper-work, red tape, and rigamarole to get back into school, which my company will pay for, but I want to start at the beginning of the year, so hoops must be jumped through quickly.

Emma update:

This morning Emma had a fever of 100.6. A few hours later her temp was down to 100.4. Not enough. Emma has been moved to NICU.

That's not as horrible as it sounds. Providence/St. Joseph's doesn't have a "nursery" per se so all babies that need to be "watched" go to NICU. She is being given intravenous broad-spectrum antibiotics as a pre-emptive measure against possible infection.

As of an hour ago her temp had dropped to 98.9. She looks to be on the mend, but we will most likely not get her home until Sunday at the earliest.

Send the ~ma.

Thessaly writes writes, on livejournal:

...I'm accepted to New England College's graduate program in poetry, with a nice chunk of scholarship money to start my forage for funding. I'll probably start classes in July. It's a low-residency program, so I'll still be here, just overwhelmed.

Anyone with any ideas for where to find another $22,000, please chime in.

WOO AND HOO!!!

Considering the above post, it may be a good time to mention that thessaly has office gargoyles and her latest poetry book, Banjo Variations availible at here .

Princess Miracleborn I update:

Emma's fever...or, as it may be, non-fever (epic ranting tale to come later...watch your newsstands, kids!) has abated muchly from the get-go of her NICU stay. Doctor intends to release her tomorrow. NICU Neo-natal doc has head firmly lodged up Neo-natal doc's ASS as does one or two NICU nurses. (Epic ranting tale COMING SOON! Just in time for Xmas!) So listen for yippees, hurrahs and loud sighs of "Fucking A!" relief come tomorrow between 10 am and 1 pm PDT.

Thanks for the fever-ma. If I could beg some Bureaucratic Sanity-ma, that'd be spifferifous.

We are home.

We've had her home for 4 hours or so and she ain't bleeding!!!

Thanks for all the -ma and love and flowers and GIANT PANDA!!!

What a long, strange trip it's been.