Behold Piney, our cute new puppy:

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I was in a car accident this afternoon. Not hurt (so far as I can tell), but Ripper's front end is a wreck and the initial estimate to repair is up over $4K, which aint gonna happen. The nice body shop people are looking for OEM parts.

Some vibeage, aimed at them getting the repair costs down to under $2K, would be deeply welcomed. I really don't want to have to junk my lovely car.

My father is having some routine work done on his heart tomorrow. He had heart bypass surgery over 10 years ago and they are just checking everything out.

Just asking for a little everythingisjustfine~ma for him. I'm down in San Diego now so that I can take him to the hospital and pick him up tomorrow, Mom can't drive anymore.

Could I please have some best-outcome~ma for my friend's new grandson? He's a week old now, but he was born a month early, and now he's got to have a groin hernia repaired ASAP. The doctors are (apparently) calm, but the family is quite upset, especially since little Bennett is the first of his generation. Thank you! I just wasn't going to feel right with my well-wishes for him until I called upon the Buffistas.

So it seems my long job search has (finally) come to an end. A very good firm has extended me a formal offer which I intend to accept next week. As a result, I am releasing from captivity all the job-ma I've horded over the past 14 months.

Unfortunately, this means I will be fading to charcoal, as I spend even less time lurking than I already do.

So, I bought this FM transmitter at the Apple Store, but apparently my iPod is too old and sad to make it work, or some such nonsense. Aaaaand, I didn't realize I had to return it within 14 days (I've been travelling!). Anyone willing to buy it from me? It works fine for anyone else's iPod, it seems, but mine is a few years old. Email me (mearagirl at yahoo) if you're interested!

I got that internship that I'd applied for. Thanks for all the job~ma, everybody.

I haven't mentioned this here, but I've been looking for a job for the last couple of weeks, currently being without. So I'll take that spare, successful job~ma floating about.

I've got a job with the company I interviewed with twice. It's $8K/year more than the last place that I worked, but it does involve an hour drive each way. Office casual, so I have to wear my nicer clothes.

Still? Job! I start Thursday.

Releasing Job~ma.

A good friend of mine has a brother who was diagnosed about six months ago with Lou Gehrig's disease. He's declined rapidly and isn't expected to live much longer since he can no longer swallow and has refused a feeding tube. I would greatly appreciate any ~ma and prayers you see fit to send in the direction of Madison to the Awes family. They have done an incredible job of gathering round to take care of him and I know they could use some good thoughts to come their way at this time. Thank you.