~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.

Hi, Barb! I've seen you on the LJ (where I am lili_beth). Welcome to our humble thread. ::puts out cookies and porn::

Teacher ~ma for T.

brenda, knee ~ma for your girl, and cope ~ma for you.