Thanks for the sympathy guys. Funeral is today. We're meeting up after.

We've had a very productive morning here, but the housework is still not done. I hate how that happens.

ION, Happy Birthday to Sox's Iris!

I just found out Clint Black did a cover of Monty Python's The Galaxy Song a couple of years ago.

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Argh. My mother is driving me nuts. I've got to see a few different specialist doctors for various stuff. Whenever one of them does something she doesn't like, she tries to convince me that I should find a new doctor. (None of this has been any horrible stuff -- things like one of them isn't testing my cholesterol as often as she thinks he should -- he's testing it twice a year, and she thinks it should be tested four times a year.) If I listened to her, I'd probably never see any doctor more than twice. I think continuity of care is more important than seeing every doctor in the city until I find the perfect one.

(Also, I admitted to her that I forgot to get my cholesterol meds refilled, so there were about two weeks when I wasn't taking them until I finally remembered to go to the pharmacy, and she's now treating me as if I totally cannot take care of myself or follow doctors' instructions at all.)

Happy Birthday to Iris!

Happy Birthday, Iris!

Shir, I saw things were getting hairy in Gaza. I hope your sister's ok

Sis is currently home, and going back to the ugly and hairy tomorrow (no offense to Gaza Strip dwellers). She'll start an overlap for her new commanding role. New commanding role means less sleep and less home for her, but she's got it without going to special training for it - so, mucho respect there. Thanks for asking.

I missed a show I wanted to go to, terribly hungry, just got back from the parents and have almost 500 new posts in Natter, and other errands to take care of. So ~ma all around, but I gotta balance some shit before addressing specific ~mas.

Also, which one of you hid my portable CD player? 'Cause that's not nice.

I'd call the vet, cats not eating for over 24 hours can be bad they lose weight too fast.

I sympathies with you over yourmom,Hil. Hate to say it but most of us with chronic conditions have times when we neglect ourselves.

I'm sure there was more , but my retention rate is low -- spent yesterday tileing kitchen. Today will be spent washing, sealing ,possibly grouting floor.

and happy birthday Iris and a happy birthday one day late to ChiKat

Happy Birthday to Iris!

{{Bitches}}

Sorry your mom is giving you a hard time, Hil. In our family it is the opposite. We give my mom a hard time about not getting proper medical care. And she lies about it!! My sister went to her house to mail her some stuff she left in NY and found medication she had purchased for mom that she never opened and totally lied about taking. Grrr.

Math is making my brain hurt. I am trying to help Brendon with Trig, but we can't get past the preliminary stuff because I can't remember, or find explanation for, the simple stuff. Help! We have simplified the very complex equation down to x² - 2x = 3 in about 20 steps, which we can see with the eyeballs means that x=3, but there is a mathy way to get there for an in between step (or 10) and I can't figure it out. Wah!

Yes, on the list is finding a math tutor because it has been 20 years since we did this stuff and we fail as parents in assisting at this point.

I missed ChiKat's birthday! I hope it was a wonderful day.