matt's mom is in septic shock. the odds are not in her favor

In slightly less distressing news, my flight home to the States is today at 2.30 central time. I'd appreciate any stray thoughts of travel-ma while I'm going home to finish my last semester of college.

I need to ask for some interview ~ma. Or in this case some second-interview~ma.

I applied for one position with a written interview, but got called in for a f2f interview Monday for a different position. when I got there on Monday, I was given to a third person to interview for a third position. Now I just got a call for a second f2f interview, but for the second position on Thursday at 3 pm CST.

Update: Matt's mom seems to be holding her own. Tires very easily, but still 100% with us.

whee. Matt's mom should be going home in a week , barring relapses

I just got a text message from Cashmere:

Olivia Rose was born at 12: 02 pm. 8lbs 1oz. 20in. We're all doing fine. Spread the word. Thnx! Lisa

Welcome to the world, Olivia Rose!!!

I may be going dark for a little while since a) my computer is in need of repairs (the power connector won't deliver a charge) and b) I can't access the board--or my email--from work.

I had an interview today that I think went pretty well, but I won't hear until Monday. Any job~ma you can send my way will be greatly appreciated.

Trudy just called me to say that her grandmother died while they were in transit.

They had been planning to go to her aunt's funeral in Pittsburgh, but got the call that her grandmother was dying, and took a flight to Louisville, instead. So, it's not been the best week ever.

I'm sure she'll be by eventually to give more details, but would appreciate people keeping her and her family in your thoughts.

Last night at 2 am we were futzing around at Mom's house. Since we had a nine hour train trip to Aunt Mimi's funeral ahead of us we were in no big rush to get to sleep. The phone rang and it was my Aunt Dona. My Grandmother, who had struggled with Altzheimers for several years now, had gone into a rapid decline. A few weeks ago they had done an intake with hospice for when things got worse and, bless them, hospice showed up about twenty minutes after Dona called at midnight. The nurse told us Gramma was "in a state of dying" and that's what we should tell the airline.

Mom was still on the phone when I went onto Orbitz and found a flight that was leaving at 6:00 AM. We cancelled Amtrak, got in the car, and booked the flight on our cell phones on the way to the LaGuardia.

My Aunt Dona met us at the Louisville airport at 11:00 and told us Gramma had died a few hours before.

My Aunt Mimi was an adamant woman. We all laugh but none of us are kidding when we say that after her death on Friday she told her sister Esther that it was time for her to go too and off they went. We came as quickly as humanly possible, but Mimi never WAS patient once she was on the move.

Coretta Scott King, Wendy Wasserstein, Betty Friedan, my Aunt Mimi, and my Gramma Esther left us this week. Maybe Alito was more than they could take. Maybe they felt that it was time for the rest of us to get to work.