I'm in the ER because of heavy bleeding for a week. I'll probably be admitted and getting a blood transfusion. Hemoglobin 7.5, if you're into stats! I could use some of that fine Buffista health~ma.

My mom is having surgery tomorrow morning (4-ish board time; 7 a.m. Eastern time) to repair an aortic aneurysm and replace a heart valve. She's ridiculously, robustly healthy for a 70-year-old woman (she's pissed that the 12-week recovery period means that she won't be able to [1] teach yoga several times a day, [2] camp, and [3] hike), so she should do just fine. But it's still scary to have a parent get cracked open and her heart tinkered with.

So any good heart-ma for my mom would be very welcome.

Surgery is all done -- mom did very well! She won't be in the ICU for 60-90 minutes, and even then she'll be asleep. But everything is good! Thanks for the heart-ma!

Well, kiddoes, it is on. The divorce went final at the end of last month. The SO's move date coincided with the day I got the paperwork back. He is now back in Indianapolis, touring full time and doing landscaping to fill in between dates (so if you know folks needing green help, send em his way!) After a couple of false starts I am now underway to Nashville where I'll be interning with a music publisher, and working remotely for a music industry networking organization, plus some side hustle. Well, it's all side hustle, really, because I'm there chasing the songwriting dream after all these years of fucking jawing about it, I'm finally doing it,

Oh, and also, the publisher's wife is a realtor, so they are renting me a little two bedroom house! What that means to you is, I will have a guest room! So come visit me because I will be freaking out over solo living for the first time in my life. But, you know, not yet, because I'm not actually there yet, it'll take me three days driving, plus I have no furniture other than my mother in law's rocking chair and an exercise ball. But soon! (In practical terms I won't actually be there for realsies until June 23rd because I'm playing a few more gigs with my Arizona band and coming back to close on the house,) But after that! Come hang out!

Hey, all. Haven't been around a lot, but could use some -ma I don't want to share on FB.

D's stepmother died in April, and his father adored her deeply. Crazy in love after all these years. He's been a heavy social drinker for years, but has been drunk since J died.

And he's actively suicidal. They took him to the ER for suicidal ideation and he was admitted for a 4 day detox. They released him yesterday and last night he had a grand mal seizure. Had another one at the ER, and actually flatlined. He doesn't know what year it is now, his kids names, etc. He has no desire to get sober or to live at all.

D lost his stepdad two years ago, his stepmom in April and now, his dad's situation is very perilous, so any good thoughts would be very appreciated.

Thanks, all.

If anybody in the Boston area has a mobility scooter or power chair that they're not using, a friend of mine is looking into getting one but insurance won't cover it. If you've got one, and you'd be willing to sell it for relatively cheap, please let me know! Profile address is good.

If anyone would like to give a good home to my first gen Kindle Paperwhite, which is about five years old and works fine, though slow to download, I'm happy to offer it for the cost of shipping. I finally decided to upgrade to the latest.

UODATE: The Kindle has been claimed.

Hey gang, an old friend of mine is in the hospital with pneumonia and COPD with a side order of possibly failing kidneys. If you have any spare health~ma lying around, it would be appreciated.

Asking for a lot of ~ma for a coworker. She is due any day with her 6th child, she and her family are still in the process of moving to a new house, and today her husband was involved in a serious car accident. he may have fallen asleep at the wheel, he crossed the center line and hit another car head-on. The other driver died. He was airlifted to the University of Iowa hospitals.

So, things are going to be shitty for her for quite awhile.

any ~ma would be appreciated.