Just heard from my mom that her father is dying.

Mom went from sounding more or less okay around noon to sounding very sad and lost. She's flying up to MA Monday.

This is my last surviving grandparent. I haven't seen him in about 12 years, so right now, this all feels very remote and theoretical. Except for mom being sad and about to walk into a mess of family drama.

Please ping me in e-mail TODAY if you think you might come to Cleveland during Deb's visit for the gallery show and/or the author talk and would like a hotel room. I need to give the hotel an estimate on number of rooms. Dates are 13th-15th--you don't have to stay for all of them. Library talk is the evening of the 13th and the gallery show is the evening of the 15th. Room prices are around $60.00 per night per room. I'd like to keep them that low but I need to contact them asap to do it.

Teacup Guy and I are engaged! The universe wanted to be sure we would never forget the night, so we spent it waiting for AAA to come and look at TCG's dead car and then snuggled up in the tow truck on a seat built for one. We're home now. No date yet for the wedding.

Hi everyone. After one of the most difficult months of my life, whose challenges included trying to get my student loans through despite university incompetence and clerical errors, and getting arrested for driving on a suspended license, I have finally managed to get everything in order and will be departing for England on Saturday, with a visa and everything. School starts October 9, and I still have to find a place to live and a part-time job, so things aren't quite over with now. But things are finally good, so any vibes for easy travels would be well appreciated.

Could y'all direct some of that Buffista-vibe-thing my way? The rumors of potential layoffs has already come true for some here, including my boss's boss, and there is going to be a meeting to "discuss the changes" next Monday, the first day of my vacation (of course!). So, any keep-my-job~ma you could send my way would be greatly appreciated!!

A little interview~ma for DH would be appreciated today. He's interviewing for a new (and lucrative) position at another company.

More ma ~ma requested. Just as I was leaving for work, mom got a call from the transplant center. It looks like they have a kidney for her...they told her to drive to the hospital in Sacramento.

So, some matching ~ma and hopefully some transplant~ma would not go amiss.

Y'all are powerfull in your ~ma-ness.

my dad had a procedure called HiFu in july after he was diagnosed with prostate cancer. he wanted to go this route because it seemed to have less complications than the other procedures/surgeries that are available.

basically, he's had problem after problem. he's going in(again! this will be the second time he's had this particular procedure done) today to have laser surgery to remove scar tissue that is blocking his bladder/urethra. he will have to be catheterized again for at least two more weeks.

he's essentially had a catheter in since the procedure and it's not exactly pleasant. so i'm asking for some of that infamous buffista ~ma to be directed his way so this is the LAST time he has to go through this and he can finally get on his way to recovering.

Hey, Hive Mind!

Any of our diabetics or nurses around?

Please call me at xxxx. I have a question and we can't reach Mom's nurse. Thanks.