Two in a row? Weird.

The Gumball is turning 1! We're doing a cake smash on Zoom on June 6th at 12:30 Hawaii time. I've invited many of you on FB, but if you aren't on FB or were inadvertently omitted, hit me up for the info.

ETA: Y'all are amazing. We've made goal and then some, all desperately needed. THANK YOU, Buffistas.

Some of you may have seen this on Facebook... I have a direct giving request! I'm reaching out with a request to help Carlene, a friend of mine in Austin with limited means - she's bipolar and completely reliant on Social Security, and SNAP. Her 20 year old daughter Roberta just died of Covid-19 in Dallas, and Carlene has no resources to travel to Dallas and take care of a simple cremation fee. I'm looking to raise $1500 for Carlene before she heads to Dallas tomorrow morning. (We're up to $950 already!)

You can PayPal (paypal.me/NoraMcGunnigle), CashApp ($NoraMcGunnigle), or Venmo (@Nora-McGunnigle). (Just note "for Carlene" in the comments.)

Even $5 or $10 helps, as does sharing this post with anyone who is interested in directly helping Black women in need.

Please! Donate if you can and share the ask. As we know Covid-19 affects the Black community disproportionately, and this young lady with her life ahead of her succumbed because she had no options but to work in the public sphere. Help a grieving mother if you can.

Thanks in advance!

Hi friends,

I have an update from our dear Miss Amyth. You may recall that she had surgery a few weeks back due to an infection in her hip. Unfortunately, she is now facing the infection in both hips and is undergoing emergency surgery this weekend. Then they have to find an antibiotic that the bacteria isn't resistant to and they are running out of options there. She's trying to stay hopeful and has asked for the palliative care team to be added to her team to help with the pain. Looks like she'll be in the hospital for a while.

[Update: her various doctors and specialists in oncology, infectious diseases, and orthopedics have differing views on what next steps should be. So, and MRI is in the offing, Amy thinks most likely in the middle of the night. They *have* found antibiotics to combat the bacteria, but with a terrible side-effect of suppressing bone marrow production. In the words of Roseanne Roseannadanna, it's always something.]

If you'd like to send her a card, and you don't have her address, please feel free to email me. I think she could use all of the messages of love possible right now.

I'm going to be a grandma!! Bobby and Tate gave their dads sonogram pictures to surprise them for Father's Day. The future grandmas knew earlier because you can't hide this stuff from moms.

To the best of my knowledge, Connie's family have chosen not to publish an obituary for her. She was a keen genealogist, and as this would have vexed her on behalf of later researchers - well.

Today is my birthday! Some of my beloved Buffistas hosting a Zoom this afternoon in celebration, and you're all so welcome to join us -- up and going now!

Topic: SA Bday!

Time: Jul 19, 2020 01:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting

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Meeting ID: 885 4370 5325

+SABday

Today is my birthday! Some of my beloved Buffistas hosting a Zoom this afternoon in celebration, and you're all so welcome to join us -- up and going now!

Topic: SA Bday!

Time: Jul 19, 2020 01:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

ETA: Thank you everyone who could make it.

If any Buffista sprog are bored today—my library has a live feed of an animal rescuer. Lots of cool exotic animal rescues.

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Going on right now.

Could I please get some health~ma? Been in the ER since this morning with abdominal pain. Blood sugar is also high. I'm more than a little freaked out.