OMGWTF denephew.

Garbled family phone-tree has it that Casper the Amazing Wonder Niece has got a brother, as of stupid o'clock this morning.

Also, possibly, he may not have ended up with the name Edward Copernicus, to my comical sorrow relief.

Since flea made at laest one phone call herself, and reported that the second time was (relatively speaking) a snap, I expect that she is fine and resting much more comfortably now that she has rid herself of her in-built beach ball.

From birth to death - some kind thoughts and ~ma for a painless passing, please. My sister's senior cat (not psycho attack cat) has a tumor on her pancreas and has less than a week. Wish her a peaceful end - she's been greatly loved for her 16 years. And if cats have an afterlife, may she find no less than she's had in my sister's care.

mr. flea and I are happy to announce the birth of Peter Hawkins mr. flea's lastname, this morning at 5:14 am. He is well, 8 lbs 10 oz and 20.5 inches, long darkish hair that will surely fall out, and making little monkey noises; I am well and *so* annoyed that there is wifi only in the cafeteria. I had the fastest and easiest delivery in the history of ever (45 minutes from hospital arrival to birth). Eve is with her former nanny and will be coming by shortly. We should be home tomorrow mid-day; expect pictures then.

Blessings to all, and I still want to have a word with the gods on what they think is a good idea for character building.

I have a new job. The company that has contracted with my call center to do their tech support is pulling everything back in house--and I'm one of the people they're pulling with the work. I don't know if I'll be doing tech support or be a team leader or what, but at the very least I'm looking at a $2-an-hour raise.

We're not out of the woods, but at least they've handed us a lantern to light the way.

And Hubby is beginning to contemplate the words, "I feel pretty good."

I'm still very much in the market for a dull life for a while.

We've signed (in blood) on the dotted line, closed on our house, and joined the landed gentry. I can now rejoin the happy ranks of people who can talk about stuff other than real estate!

NCistas: you'd better be at the housewarming. Date TBD. Will evite.

After a month of looking and a week of waiting, ND and I found out this morning that we got the house in Pasadena! (Not to buy...we wish! Just renting, but hopefully for a good long while.)

Thanks for all that good Buffista ~ma! Our move in date is August 1st. We estimate we'll actually be moved in by the 15th.

SO EXCITED!

Thanks for the good wishes, everyone. I should have a baby more often, if it brings out Fiona and Rio and causes ita to get completely COMM-y.

We're home. I am tired, because they won't let you sleep in hospitals, but otherwise feeling good. Peter is much less puffy and Winston-y. Casper is riding the wild emotional roller-coaster of big sibling-hood, and kind of breaking my heart.

Pictures, still in Winston-face, start here: [link]

My sister, who used to post as Rah-Rah back in the days of the Atlantic Canadian Monday Madness thread, is GETTING MARRIED!

This afternoon, she and her girlfriend will be getting married, with our mother officiating (she's not a minister, but will be playing one for the day and has the government certificate to prove it).

My other sister (who posts occasionally as Helena Handbasket) and I will be singing a couple of songs - one from the Powerpuff Girls and one from Fellowship of the Ring. What can I say? We had to make sure the wedding had at least a minimum geekiness level.

Just wanted to share the happy. Now I'd better go make that sushi for the reception.

Got some news on our friend B - the kid that had menigitis. His fever is finally below 100 and he is showing some movement in his hands. - please send out some ma~~ that things continue in this direction

So, DH has an interview at the same company deb's DH just got a job at...I think some job ma ~~ around five o'clock board time would be nice