~ma for my family would be appreciated. Mom's memory and function are fading away fast. She barely knows who I am anymore. And my sister, who does the lion's share of her care, is majorly stressed out and depressed. We don't have any idea what happens next.

Er. So I just threw up a little in my mouth at the realisation that being in denial about the whole leaving Cairo thing doesn't actually make it any less real. And, specifically, I have shit to sort out that I've been putting off and putting off and is now, as is the nature of piles of shit you ignore, all Big and Scary and stuff.

So I come here, quite undeserving, to entreat your generalized get-your-arse-into-gear - ma, and specific -ma with regard to the following:

Flatmate and I need to get police checks issued, to confirm that we have been good and law-abiding citizens while here in Egypt.

Apparently it took our neighbour six weeks to get hers.

I have a week. Flatmate - well, flatmate leaves tomorrow, so she essentially has a week too, assuming that I can collect her completed form at the same time as my own.

Please pray for us to whatever you hold dear. Could be a deal-breaker, jobwise.

Help!

I'm flying home to CT tonight to tie up some difficult loose ends with my divorce and was really kind of dreading the trip already.

My mom called this morning to tell me that my 93-year-old grandmother, who lives in what was my house until the separation, was admitted to the hospital last night with a severe infection from a tick bite. As we live in East Lyme (note the "Lyme") this is not a good thing. They think she's going to be okay, but her age makes everything very iffy.

I'm requesting health-ma for my Gram and get-through-the-week-ma for me, please. I don't think I've ever been so scared to get on a plane.

I don't know how much I'll be able to be online between now and then. Email or my cell are probably the best routes if you want to reach me.

Can anyone in LA put me up for the Fourth of July weekend? It looks like I need to go to Anime Expo to cover the event, but my budget is in severe pain at the moment.

Email is in my info

Greetings from gronkville.

Gram is doing *much* better. It is Lyme Disease, but the massive dose of antibiotics and the TLC from the nursing staff (my aunt works in the hospital, which doesn't hurt) has done wonders. Looks like she'll be home tomorrow if all goes well. Fingers crossed that the evil disease didn't do too much long-term damage.

Okay, time to caffeineate, shower, and face the day. Thanks everyone.

Dallas is having surgery first thing in the morning. Any nonmalignancy~ma and quick recovery~ma would be warmly appreciated.

(And Trudy coming up with another $800 ~ma would be welcome too)

Oh boy. Do I need ~ma for a smoother running event. The reunion I've been working on for the past year starts, for the most part, tomorrow.

Two days ago, the manager of the state park in VA called to say that they were taking back 15 of the best sites from my group, despite the fact that I have a contract that stipulates the group has access to the entire park. To assist them in having space for travelers who might show up in the middle of the night, I gave them 50 sites back two weeks ago.

Now they are telling me that even MORE sites are unavailable because they house 'permanent residents'. The what? No one ever mentioned such a thing. I would remember.

Plus? The money order I sent to a group that does food service for peace and humanitarian events (they are in New Orleans assisting house building crews) was stolen.

Please...best possible outcome ~ma and a pox on whomever stole the money I can't get back.

Dallas is home from the vet safe and sound. Her lungs don't show any tumors and we'll have the path results back in a wek.

Thanks for all the ~ma!

I dislocated my shoulder again last night. Any healing-ma would be appreciated.