I've sweated through writing a resume - with Sox's excellent help - and sent it to a couple of people. I've gotten some tentative response, but nothing concrete. I am trying to build a portfolio to send and show. Oy, I never thought I'd have to do this stuff!

Some more job~ma would be much appreciated.

After a little over a week in Hospice care, my Mom died Friday morning without ever waking. She was comfortable, well cared-for, she wasn't in pain, or frightened. Her funeral was Sunday afternoon, and there were a few friends and neighbors who remembered her who came. This was not a sad occasion. She lived her life as she wished, and she was tired and ready to let it go.

After the funeral, H and I left StY to mind the cats and the house and came to spend a week together at the beach, which is where I'm writing this. I need some time, and some rest, and I think I can find that here. We're all really fine, just tired and grateful that it ended so peacefully for her.

My next-younger cousin passed away suddenly last night, far too early in life. We don't know the cause yet, but his dad died in his 30s too, so the family is thinking heart issues are likely at this point. Any prayers for his branch of the family would be greatly appreciated, as they've already suffered more tragedies than one family should have to.

we are headinng back to the emergency vet.looks like it is time for us to let percy go.

I realize I have not given an update in a while.

S finally came home from the hospital last night, eleven weeks to the day after she went in. She spent almost three months, a quarter of the year, in the hospital.

Now we can finally get on with trying to figure out what happens now. It's likely S will be moving to Texas in January, to be with her family and be around more people who can help care for her. It's also possible (though unknown how likely) that she'll receive a liver transplant between now and then, as she's jumped up quite a few places on the transplant list.

We don't really know what's going to happen, who is moving where or anything like that, but now we're in a place where we can figure all that out.

Wish us a peaceful and smooth transition, and please send any ~ma you can spare that the next time S goes in to the hospital, it is to get a new liver, and that her body doesn't reject it. The way the last several months have gone, I don't have much hope that she'll survive any more emergency health problems. She came very, very close to not surviving this one.

Some extra, unspecified~ma between now and Friday evening would be greatly appreciated. Hopefully I can explain on Saturday.

Releasing that powerful Buffista ~Ma back into the wild. Remember, I asked for it was nothing ~ma? Well it was nothing. Thank you all.

I'll take some of that "it is nothing" goodness. Tomorrow aroung 11:30 eastern time.

Thanks

And if there's any left by early afternoon, I'd like some for Teddy. He's undergoing an endoscopy.

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