The Teacup family is expanding! Our little teacup (ltc) is due mid-August! We're beyond excited. I'm only posting here for now until I can get in touch with all of my relatives, so please no comments on other social media until I post there.

X-posty with FB:

As of this Friday, I will no longer be an employee of that company that makes Orphan Black and Doctor Who. After almost 11 years here, I am moving on to manage content operations for that company that sells books you can listen to and advertises on many podcasts.

I could use all of the "take my house back please"~ma that you have. My deed-in-lieu application is going in for approvals today, and I will have an answer in three to five business days. Please, please, let them say yes. Otherwise, I'm screwed.

For those not on FB, I learned after an MRI this week that I will not be able to run the marathon I've been training for since November. I'm pretty bummed. But it's not a stress fracture, which they'd feared; it's just really bad bursitis. That means some time of complete rest (no running, no elliptical, limited walking), but I will make a complete recovery and start training for several more half marathons this year. My next one is in May. I plan to try again for the LA Marathon next year. Thanks for your support and for those who donated to my run. The dogs at Westside so appreciate it. I hope you'll consider supporting my second attempt next year.

I am humbly asking for click-votes for the Washington City Paper "Best of" list for 2015.

In 2013, I realized that they did not have a Best Life Coach category, which seemed odd since there is a category for best place to buy fur handcuffs. (not kidding)

So, I worked with their very cool staff for two years and here it is!

I sincerely want to reach as many people as I can and would be so grateful for any and every email address you can spare.

The best news is, they do NOT spam and any email address will do.

Click here to vote.

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Many, many thanks...this is my version of asking for ~ma for a new job!

Have been, as the kids so cleverly say, future endeavored. Taking the rest of the week off before I start hunting.

Some Buffista ~ma this afternoon and evening would be appreciated. My business is auditioning tonight to pick up a new long term contract. It would be managing the audio duties for another business unit with a client I already work for. We are providing equipment and mix support for a band tonight to prove that we know what we are doing and can give the client a good mix.

If we have any Buffistas in San Jose, or who have connections in San Jose, can you guys shoot me a message at the profile address? I'm trying to help a friend and her husband out with their apartment hunt in that area.

Looking for some research help, particularly on fecal transplants as connected to mental health treatment. Librarians and clinical study folks, can you help me find studies and research and parse the good science from the woo woo? My sister is in crisis again and we are exploring all modalities. I have volunteered to look into poop. There's a website called Power of Poop with links to abstracts, but not full articles. I know right now in the U.S. it's only approved as an experimental treatment for C. Diff, but I'm trying to see what might be on the horizon.

eta other promising treatments are also good. ECT was tried years ago and proved ineffective.

Relatedly, any mental health~ma and coping~ma you can send towards NC would be greatly appreciated.