Hey gang, we found out late Monday that they've fast-tracked the surgery to install my dad's feeding tube, and he goes in to the hospital Friday morning. Any health~ma for that day would be appreciated—it's supposed to be a simple outpatient procedure, but with an octogenarian disabled patient any surgery risks complications.

At least I'll be able to kid him about being a cyborg afterwards.

Best luck with your dad's procedure, Matt.

For those wondering about the radio silence regarding our dream house, I've been trying to keep my personal crazy off the board. It's a long story, but the short version is that the listing agent is SUPER BEYOND SKETCHY. There's a previous offer that isn't working but SSA (super sketchy agent, whose name might be Tino) has been dragging his feet getting the owner out of, but persistence (and a little patented sneakiness and our own awesome agent) means we aren't out of the running yet. The owners actually want to sell to us, so there's hope. Keep thinking positive thoughts for us. I'll let you know once it's resolved.

If anyone has an iPad Air 2 what died, or has a cracked touch screen but works, I might be interested. Let me know.I might be able to salvage the LCD from it to repair Andi's.

Hospital just called, they think my mom is dying. Headed there now. Neighbor isn't home. Friends will meet me there.

Just before 11, Mom slipped away. I promised her I'd be okay, but I'm not sure what that looks like yet.

If anyone is interested in an invitation to join a online trivia league, please contact me for a referral! I've just completed my first season and so can only refer one person right now, so the first person to reach out will get the slot.

Learned League is a lot of fun, and I'd love to share it with at least one Buffista. Seasons are 25 days long and run 3 times a year. During a season, you will go head-to-head with each member of your rundle, answering 6 questions every work day, and assigning point values to your opponent (who will be doing the same for you). You move up or down in your rundle based on your win/lose/tie score.

The only rules that really matter are: don't forfeit (don't join if you can't commit to playing a full season) and don't cheat (answers have to come from your head, no looking things up on the internet or asking friends!)

I am in a preliminary freak right now.

I have JUST gotten well after a shitty year and spent a lot of money on professional development that I know will pull me out of the financial hole I have fallen into since the election changed my client base dramatically.

Today, I was served with an eviction notice stating that my landlord wants the property for 'personal reasons'. The truth is, a Trader Joe's is opening down the block tomorrow and his crappy little business is going to go toes up.

He is essentially trying to cheat me out of the tenant's rights that would convey when he tries to sell the building.

I have no idea what I am going to do and I cannot reach my attorney to know if there IS anything I can do.

Damn. It.

I was just getting to the point where I could relax.

PLEASE: Any outcome-better-than-imagined ~ma would be dearly appreciated.

My uncle who had been in hospice care passed away last evening. Thank you all so much for your help when that was happening. I'd like to request ~ma for my mom and my aunt.

An old friend of the family who recently broke his neck(!) is undergoing surgery today to have a kidney removed. Any health~ma and in particular got-all-the-cancer~ma would be greatly appreciated.

Man, I'm getting tired of hospitals.

I did it.

As of today, I am a Consulting Hypnotist and super psyched to begin offering services.

And, crazy thing happened...

Prior to this afternoon, I would have told you that I was not at all certain that regression therapy was a legit thing.

But, through a weird confluence of events, I was chosen to demo that unit of our study.

I had no idea what to expect but, I'll be damned if I did not have a pretty mind-blowing experience.

Up until now, I've never even come close to treating people with childhood trauma like mine. It has just never appealed to me. And, while I'm not 100% certain it will become a focus for my practice, this the first time I've ever experienced a treatment that could actually work.

I am actually amazed.

So, not only did I do well (I'm trying not to let it bother me that I was edged out of the top spot by a 3 point margin on the exam) but I met some great people, had a transformative experience and found a new tool that will turn my practice around.

It's pretty wonderful.

dcp, Windsparrow and Shir, thank you SO much for your faith in me. I will do you proud.

(pictures later when I'm not so wiped.)

PPS: The exam happened roughly 10 minutes after the regression, during which there was a lot of crying and such (and not just by me). When I turned over the test paper, it was clear that pretty much everything I studied had fallen out of my head. Thankfully I got it back shortly, but that is what I am blaming the 97 on. (/petty)