Would appreciate health-ma for the SO; he has a doctor`s appointment this morning for some heartbeat irregularity and mild pain.

Thanks for the -ma! EKG and everything came back clean. He has to be back for a little bloodwork later. He`s a little frustrated because essentially they told him, yup, you have mild chest pain. But he is overall relieved that it looks like nothing major is wrong.

some dog-ma requested for Betsy's dental work tomorrow.

Hi all,

My mom and her boyfriend Ray have known each other since before she met my father, who died 12 years ago.

They started dating 9/12/2001, a few months after Ray lost his wife.

Two weeks ago 80+ year old Ray was adjudged to not be cognitive enough to drive.

Last week he started having small strokes and was put in the hospital for pneumonia.

At the same time, mom has developed a bad cough and is taking a course of antibiotics to prevent Pneumonia herself.

Today Ray was unplugged, and is unresponsive. His passing is expected soon.

Please send healing~ma to my mom, both physical and emotional.

If we could get some job~ma sent Seattle way about 11AM our time, it would seriously rock. Lewis has got a phone interview with some bigwigs at a company he'd LOVE to work at.

May I request some home ~~ ma? My uncle is basically booting us out of our house so he can live in it. We have 6 weeks to move and as yet, no where to move to.

We have applied for a great condo to rent. I have just sent my credit, two letters from prior landlords, proof of salary, and a letter from us basically begging this dude to take us. He hasn't met us as we have been working with a realtor.

So, I am requesting some home ~~ ma and also a little bit of gives-us-a-break ~~ ma and doesn't want to charge us a million for a security deposit or ask for a co-signer. Hopefully we'll know something soon.

Thanks!!

Updating the power of Buffista ~ma:

For those who frequent Bitches, I related this note I found on FB from my sister on Tuesday:

WOW!I just talked to Mom and she is feeling so much better for two reasons.One, medication is working for her severe cold, and two, Ray became alert and even ate, plus, is doing some talking and joking!

So, an update on that: Not only has Ray gotten better, but Thursday they moved him to the Pioneed Home Short Term Care facility in their town, where he will be for a few weeks of therapy and recovery before being sent home for home care.

I just now talked to my mom, and the improvement and lightness in her voice is noticeable, and her incipient Pneumonia is down to a single short cough while we were talking. I could even hear Ray respond to her when she mentioned that it was me on the phone.

One again thanks to Buffistas and the great and powerful ~ma!

Continuing to be dark dark gray due to deadlines. My profile addy is good if you want to ask about anything, cause not following the board for a while.

Buffistas just got a shoutout on NPR re: TV tropes. Fast Eddie was mentioned .

You know you want it: more pictures of Ryan. [link] He spends time socialising with other babies, checks out some sand sculptures and has a Karate Kid II moment.