Happy Bloomsday!

Happy Birthday, askye!

I have a new tattoo. We're leaving for the bachelorette party in about a half an hour. I'm already tired.

Happy birthday, Askye! Good luck with the bra hunt.

Happy day-after-birth, Dylan! In the months to come, remember to be kind to your parents, as they are the ones who will have the car keys when you are a teenager.

When I told him her name, he lit up and said, "Did you name her after the book?" Then he said that he and his wife had named their son Atticus.

I totally want to marry that whole family.

though it sounds like, with the going out and helping, you yourself are already part of the ~ma.

Thanks. I just got home (after a little stop with a treat of a yummy taco salad). I was over there for four hours, while her husband ran errands. She sobbed for three of them. I finally got her a little calmed down, convinced her to take something for anxiety (as well as the pain), and she conked out for a nap for the last hour, while I did all their dishes from Thursday on. This is going to be a long haul, I’m afraid, and they don’t have many resources. Although, I’m not sure how much of this I’m going to be able to do. Honestly, I don’t know how Emily used to deal with me. Three hours of worst-case-scenarioing and sobbing was about as much as I could take. I’m actually in tears myself now. Blech.

Happy Birthday, askye!!!!

Awwww, Toto is so cute.

Happy Birthday, Askye!!!

Much ~ma for both you and your friend, vw. Perhaps if you pace yourself, you can continue to help. But make sure to take good care of yourself! I'm glad you got yourself a treat.

Yeah, I'm gonna try.

I think I offered to take her to physical therapy. In Framingham. Three times a week. Without a car. Fortunately, that doesn't start for a few weeks, so maybe a better plan can be thought of that doesn't involve me spending $30 on a zipcar each time.

Oh, vw. She goes to your church, right? Surely there's someone there with a car who could help out.

Surely there's someone there with a car who could help out.

You'd think, but not so much. We live quite a ways away from our church, so any of that type of coordinating is going to be really difficult.

One-car family, I'm assuming? She could see if the physical-therapy place has a shuttle arrangement or something. I'd say back out of it as soon as possible, to avoid unpleasantness later -- say you have the time and energy to devote to helping her, but you were forgetting that you don't have the money. Your eagerness to help got the better of you.