~ma for T.

Also, non-moping~ma for Toto.

~ma for T, coping~ma & surgery~ma for the dog Brenda, and no-mopies for Toto.

Hi Barb!

I'm releasing some long-held nonspecific~ma. I'd been asked by a friend to suggest some articles for her newspaper's travel section, but I haven't heard anything back from the section editors. boo.

On the other hand, Jessica's latest TWC post is so good, I don't really care about stinkin' newspapers.

So now that she's 'fessed up, you can guess what came next, right?

I'm not sure I want to know. ::winces::

Lucy used to throw up on a daily basis. And Puck, when he was still with us. Long-haired cat + hair balls = the gift of vomit. Sometimes pets are worse than babies.

I'm not sure I want to know. ::winces::

Trust me, I didn't want to know either. ::sigh::

But, as I might have expected, it's some variation on "He's gotten so old, m'ija and he's a changed man. Don't you think you'd consider seeing him or at least allowing the children to see him? Just once?"

For over an hour on the phone.

::sighs again::

That's low, y'know. Because seriously, she knows I'm not going to put my kids into that situation without my being there. And she's not going to stop yammering about it until I do something. And since orange jumpsuits with sideseam pockets are so not a good look for me, I'll probably cave and let it happen once. Feh.

{{{Barb}}}

Oh, dear. Poor Barb. What a crappy situation for you to be stuck in.

Lots of surgery and coping ~ma for Brenda and dog.

::hugs and gropes on everyone who popped in after I toddled off to bed::

Woo! Morning gropage. Wave to my DH and son on the way past Delray Beach, you can see my house from I-95. They are sweating it out for the rest of the month while I relax in the mountains.

Ok, hear me roar! Cool mountain air is helping me get my butt in gear. 5 days in a row now with the physical activity. Today I worked from 6:30-7:30 then went for a 3 mile walk and got back in time to shower and be in work mode again before 9. We have stairs here, which is a first since I lived in Fort Lauderdale 25 years ago, so I did 20 flights of stairs on the one day I couldn't walk because of rain. 240 stairs! It is a whole lot easier to exercise when it isn't blazing hot.

Brenda, huge amounts of ~ma headed your way.

Thanks, d.

Hallo, Barb! I recognize your LJ name from seeing it around friendslists...and suspect from context that I have read (and very very much enjoyed!) one of your books!

In my coffee-deprived haze forgot to respond to this, but yay! Thank you, meara-- I always love hearing when someone's read one of my babies, and of course, I recognize you from the LJ-verse as well.

And since orange jumpsuits with sideseam pockets are so not a good look for me

I think you could pull it off. Just another option. Also, hugs for ya.

Knee-replacement surgery ma for your pup, Brenda.

There are workers blocking the driveway. I'm going to need to leave for work soon. Ugh.