Many sympathies, Gloomcookie and family. Choosing an officiant (or any participant) at a memorial service can be tricky in unexpected ways. For years, my Grandma Z made it very clear that she wanted me (her oldest grandchild, and the only one with anything even remotely resembling voice training) to sing her favorite hymn at her funeral. But when she died (I was 17), I was too broken up to do so. And it still took the entire family the full three days between her death and her funeral to talk me out of it.

oh meara, I'm sorry about the job. While it would be nice to get you back in THIS Washington, I can understand your wanting to stay in Seattle.

And GC, my sympathies to you and GF. My only suggestion for the memorial service is to get someone who had some knowlege of her father (my father's funeral we had someone who couldn't pronounce his first name).

On a lighter note, I just discovered (another) downside to middle age. I was sitting here, trying to read the computer screen and suddenly realized I was wearing the wrong glasses. sigh.

Oh, GC, honey. My condolences to you and GF and her family. Much love to you all.

Are there any groups/organizations that he was involved with? Lions Club? Masons? A theater? Golf Course? Often these places have a congregating room that might be nice.

This was what I was going to suggest…

I wish I lived in a state like that.

You and me both! I can’t believe that MA gets so freaked out when there’s snow. I mean, there’s ALWAYS snow. It’s more certain than the Patriots winning the Super Bowl.

So, I slept like crap. Finally realized at 4 a.m. that I’d been tossing and turning and adding clothes and taking off clothes for a couple of hours. Maybe something was wrong. Got up and took my temp: 102! I don’t remember the last time I had that high of a temp. Craziness! Thanks to Tylenol, it’s back to normal and I feel a little better, but blech.

No throw up on the shoes. Actually got a couple of hours of "sleep". The construction noise is STILL going on, DH just walked over to see what is happening - water main busted.

The ding-dang-dog actually stopped barking after I did my investigatory walk at o'dark thirty in the morning.

Can't work from home today - need paperwork that is at the office. Gonna check in on stuff from here, take my shower, and then head in.

Gronk?

Gronk!

Working from home today due to snowpocalypse.

Good news is I'm likely to leave early.

Which, yea, but at the same time...why the fuck did I have to come in in the first place?

Oh, yeah...if I don't, I don't get paid.

Fuck.

I'm so sorry, GC.

Giardia, Sparky?! That's wild. Where do they think Sass got it?

We're having snow, freezing rain, and ice here today. A trifecta of suck.

For the first day in a while, we just have cold-no-rain. I even see blue skies - SHOCKING.

Now to get the energy to get in my car, drive to the office, hunt for a parking place, and then work. bleh.

Where do they think Sass got it?

Goodness knows. She's a puppy so she's not very good at the "leave it" command. (My mother would interrupt to point out that it is me and my DH who are not very good with the "leave it" command and remind me of the overarching rule: Don't blame the dog.)

My only real experience with Giardia is knowing a hang glider pilot who crashed in the hills and had to hike out who picked it up from drinking stream water. He nearly died. So, good to know that it's very treatable if you actually get it treated.