My neighbor just called to tell me that Sarah, my neighbor with the Lyme disease was just taken to the hospital. She can't walk, and she keeps twitching. Strange disease.

Gods, Jesse, I'm so sorry. ~ma to your uncle and his family as they deal with their terrible loss.

Allyson, that's awful. Lyme Disease is so insidious. Catch it quick, totally curable. If it's not caught, though, it can morph into almost anything. I've seen it cause everything from mild arthritis to severe neurological impairment, and there doesn't seem to be a way to predict who will get what effect. shiver Another reason that I'm glad I don't live in Lyme tick central anymore. I hope that your neighbor recovers soon.

Doom doom doom doom....

The Future Is Drying Up

Doom doom doom (for those in Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada and California) doom....

Over the past few decades, the driest states in the United States have become some of our fastest-growing; meanwhile, an ongoing drought has brought the flow of the Colorado to its lowest levels since measurements at Lee’s Ferry began 85 years ago. At the Senate hearing, Udall stated that the Colorado River basin is already two degrees warmer than it was in 1976 and that it is foolhardy to imagine that the next 50 years will resemble the last 50. Lake Mead, the enormous reservoir in Arizona and Nevada that supplies nearly all the water for Las Vegas, is half-empty, and statistical models indicate that it will never be full again. “As we move forward,” Udall told his audience, “all water-management actions based on ‘normal’ as defined by the 20th century will increasingly turn out to be bad bets.”

Jesse, that is scary... I'm glad your family is safe.

Flea, he was supposed to get his 6 month set last month but they fucked up. Instead he's getting them in two weeks. sigh. He's also doing synergis clinic for RSV.

There was a fabulous short apocalypticish story in Desert Exposure, which is a SW regional paper?mag? (periodical, anyway.) It was post Water Wars and there was a giant pipe that all the water was diverted into to prevent evaporation (I think it was all being sent to SoCal, but I don't recall exactly) and people would risk life and limb to steal water from it. It had Tamarisk in the title, I think.

NM and Texas have gone all the way to the Supreme Court over water. Wells on the east mesa of my hometown are starting to go dry (or rather, lose prime, which means they need to drill even deeper) as development continues to explode. It's going to get very ugly, and it isn't that far off.

We may peak water way before we peak oil.

Ugh. Day with much thinking. Also Monday. And with teaching tonight. I need to learn the word no.

The article I linked to is long but fascinating. It's weird to think that in many ways, life will be getting worse for a good length of time....

And with teaching tonight. I need to learn the word no.

Saying 'no' can be quite complicated. But the first rule is, "Don't say 'yes.'"

Ack! Costume time approaches!

Do I just stick some sparkles and some feathers in my hair to top off Moulin Noir? I figure I'll wear my knee length black skirt with built in petticoats over a pink and white double-layer of net petticoats, my dark red underbust corset and a sheer silky top over a black strapless bra. I will also have on a dark purple garter belt holding up fishnets and some sort of boy shorts which I will flash at any opportunity.

With suitably macabre (or just smeared) makeup, what else am I missing?

I was looking through Cute Overload and found this cute cat cartoon -- How The Cat Wakes You Up in the Morning. [link]

It made me laugh and maybe it will make some other cat lover's laugh too.

He's also doing synergis clinic for RSV.

What does this mean? I thought RSV was just a shot. (btw, I can't recommend this enough - Ellie had RSV at 18 months, she wasn't immuno-compromised, and it was still very scary.)

fwiw, I'd get him the flu shot if his dr. doesn't recommend against it. After I saw ELlie get her first cold, I took her straight to get the flu shot.