Lots going on in Beep Me, and here I am to add to the newsiness of it all.

So I've finished up my job in manchester and after a brief but wonderful holiday in Dublin, I'm in New York City, having made it safely across the Atlantic and into the absolutely gorgeous weather of the east coast. I'm going to be in NYC until Friday, so if I haven't heard from you or if you haven't heard from me and are in town, I would love to see you! My profile address is good.

On Friday I'm heading out to TN, and then I'll be making the rounds of North Carolina, KY, OH, and maybe Chicago; and then two glorious weeks in the PNW with our favorite 'ffistas.

If you're along any of these places I would love to see you, so drop me a line. And wish me luck--more than a holiday, this is me trying to get my student loans and visa sorted out for York, so, you know, ~ma in my general direction is always appreciated.

Requesting cat~ma for about 7:30 (Eastern time) this evening.

I've been talking a lot in Natter (and to a lesser extent in Bitches) about our cat Teddy's health problems. Briefly, he's been diagnosed with chronic kidney failure. Last Monday, we were told he had only days left. But on Tuesday, a different vet suggested trying antibiotics (and a vitamin B shot). He's turned around since then -- become much livelier, gained weight, and so on.

He has an appointment at 7:30 for blood work. Spare ~ma would be appreciated.

I've just been offered a job in Cork, in the south of Ireland, doing what I want to do. Yay! Everyone come visit Cork now!

Yet I shall be keeping a wee bit of -ma, just the same, as we need to find the Boy Next Door a job down there too.

Teddy's blood has been drawn. The vet is sending it out for full tests, but they did a few of the key tests in-house while we waited.

He isn't out of the woods yet, but things are looking much better. We're no longer talking in terms of days.

Creatinine is down from 6.5 to 4.4 in barely a week. Normal levels go up to 2.5, so his levels are still high, but that's a big improvement.

Red blood cell count improved from 15 to 17. This is an improvement but still in the anemic range. We have a big tube of Nutrical as a vitamin-and-iron supplement.

Proteins are at 8.3. I think that's up a little.

We won't have detailed results until Friday. But things look good, even though he lost a quarter pound since yesterday.

Thanks for the ~ma. I'll release some but hang onto enough to keep him improving.

Potential Transplant~ma would be appreciated. Mom got a call and she is #3 on the list for a pair of kidney's that just came available. If either/both of the first two either don't match or are not able to get to the center, then she is next.

Well, two other folks are getting a new kidney tonight/tomorrow.

This transplant thing is rough. I'm happy for them, but bummed for mom.

DCistas!

I have one or two extra tickets to the Buffy Singalong in DC ($12 each). They're for Friday night July 20th--which Holli and I just realized is the same night of all the Harry Potter madness, so fair warning. I figure I'll just read HP on Saturday.

Email me (yahoo, mearagirl) if you want to come along!

Spare ~ma to be sent to the heartland, please. Just got a call from a placement service for a potential job. Not much money and, as it's temp for now, probably minimal to no bennies, but...WORK! Some $$!

So, if youse guys please...

Somervillains,

I fly into Boston late Wednesday night. Not sure what my plans are yet--events in CT are complicated to say the least and I'm still trying to work them out--but I may be around Thursday. If you might be free for lunch or dinner, hop over to F2F and let me know so I can start to formulate a plan.

Sidenote: vwbug, insent.

I need some please let it not be cancer~ma for my dad.