My nephew Reece is on his way home after 87 days in the NICU! Thanks for all the ~ma!

~ma for my mom, please.

She fell and bumped her head - bleed in brain, serious but not critical, no loss of function, they are watching her in ICU, neurosurgeon on stand-by if needed. She also broke her left wrist and right hand. My sister is with her. I'll go up tomorrow. Talked to her (Mom), and she sounds remarkably good, considering.

So my mom had to go into surgery this morning at 6a, because her speech started slurring and there was some weakness. She just got out; the surgeon said he accomplished everything he was aiming to and that it went well; they were able to drain, cauterize, and close (instead of having to leave the skull open). Now it's wait and see whether there's any brain damage, issue, compromise. Whatever the words are.

Pretty sure I am, at the moment, coasting on relief that she made it through surgery and not borrowing trouble since no one will know effects of the bleed/surgery until she's awake.

Thanks for all of your well-wishes and ~ma, and I'm carrying those posts forward to recovery mode now. ~ma posts don't expire.

All,

I would appreciate any 'ma you could send my way from about 8a-2pm PT on Monday. I have a job "interview" and I would like things to go well, to impress people.

I also would like my partner to find a job he likes in the area and that negotiations will go well.

Good news to update with -- my mother is doing great post-surgery. Nurses and doctors (and her family!) are thrilled with how she's doing. She's passing all of her neuro tests with flying colors, talking, physically responsive (as much as humanly possible with a broken left arm and broken right hand). Mostly she's sleeping, of course, which is as it should be. Tomorrow they'll be getting her up out of bed.

Her two grandsons and their wives came to visit today, which was awesome and she loved, of course. All signs are just amazingly good.

Thanks for the ~ma, all.

All,

thank you for the 'ma. I'm going to release it for now. Visit is done. I am worn out. My luggage is somewhere unknown, but I had a great visit.

I announced this in Bitches and then it didn't seem like a good time to post it in Beep Me, but: I got a job! And I have a couple lines on side jobs to up my income a bit, since new job is going to start me out really low. I'm excited, though a bit sad that my downtime is over. Ah well.

My first geeky book review video is up! Yep, you can see me flail and squee in the office where I do all my communicatorin' with y'all.

And maybe you'll get het up to read something I recommend. Different genres covered. Feel free to share the vid anywhere! (Just don't mention B.org. Y'all are my Fortress of Solitude...well, you get what I mean.)

Feedback welcome; I'm a vid noob. [link]

Thanks for the 'ma people. Apparently I have a job offer. I just met with the person who is my would-be new boss and they are coming after me.

I need (desperately) some sanity 'ma. If I leave, people at my current work are going to be awful for a period of time. If I don't leave, I think I'm going to regret this decisions for the rest of my life.

Wow. I didn't know how I felt about it until I typed it out in black and white! More in Natter.