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.

I don't know. I just know that he needs a referral to the synergis clinic (synergis, I believe, is the name of the vaccine).

Thing I would really love? cupcake.

I'd really love for my cat to not foam at the mouth. (The flagyl has to be put in a suspension because they don't make pills small enough to dose an 8.9 lb cat. And apparently? It's bitter, hence the foaming. Uhg.)

I just know that he needs a referral to the synergis clinic

This would make sense. When Ellie had RSV, they told me that there is a vaccine but they only give it to preemies and other IC babies because it costs something like $1000 per shot.

eta: I would really like a cupcake too. Yum!!

Do I just stick some sparkles and some feathers in my hair to top off Moulin Noir?

Yup. Mebbe a "beauty mark"? Mine will probably be a cobwebby thingy.