Happy Birthday JZ! May you have a fabulous year filled with all the good things you so richly deserve.

runs away from the computer to continue celebrating Summer Vacation and the tons of apricots falling off my very own tree

Happy Birthday, JZ!

I'm so sorry that your day is being marred by this terrible stress. I'm thinking of you and your home and Hec & Emmett and EM today.

Suzi, I'm sorry about annoying!coworker.

Happy happy birthday, JZ!

Dear Powers That Be, start being VERY KIND to everyone I am fond of and their loved ones. Right now, thankyouverymuch.

If the fire jumps Hwy 89, then it's going to be bad.

Highways tend to make good firebreaks so I hope for the best in a bad situation.

Gah. Lots of ~ma for EM, and for Hec, JZ, Z family, and the poor house.

t first world problem My dot mac mail has apparently been bouncing random emails back for no reason. My poor father in particular said that he's tried to send me close to a dozen messages in the past couple of months, and they keep coming back. The really annoying thing, though, is that I get *some* of his emails, and I seem to get *most* of the rest. I have no way of knowing who else has given up writing to me because they can't take the annoying bounceback anymore. ARGH! t /first world problem

Reports this morning on the radio are that the fire hasn't jumped 89 and doesn't seem likely to. There are 1900 firefighters there and they've fortified 89 very well. It's being constantly guarded, and although two small fires have broken out on the far side of 89 in the past 18-24 hours, the fire chief emphasized that they were (a) incredibly small, and (b) fully extinguished almost instantly.

The fire's now 40+% contained, and they're feeling much more hopeful today than yesterday. Although "more hopeful" for them = "it'll definitely be completely out by the weekend after July 4." And apparently the soot and smoke and debris are going to play havoc with the lake's ecosystem.

{{JZ & Hec}} I hope the day takes a sudden turn to the calmer.

Eesh, JZ, no-wind-sudden-rainstorm-ma. So sucky that you're having to stress on your B-day.

And on that topic, Very, Very Happy B-Day, JZ!!!

Continued ~ma for Laura and Anne and their loved ones.

Laura, I wish you the safest of travels Northward, and some awesome chilling out when you get there.

Peace-ma to EM.

I seriously do not need to be out in public today.

L is now sharing details of her UTI. Please STOP. Just....no.

Sounds like L is the one who shouldn't be allowed in public. TMI much, Share-y McShareton? Not-stabinating-people-who-are-clearly-begging-for-it-ma to Suzi.

Oh, yeah, Mellow Greetings, Everyone.

she's one of those tiny people with a huge presence that fills up a room

Like Kristin Hersh! ~ma to EM. Also ~ma to JZ's family home.