curious. You'd think they'd melt in the summer time, what with all that fur and all.

Cats are like black holes for warmth. Particularly part-Siamese (seriously, the breed was developed in Thailand, cold is not fun for them) cats who were born and raised in the desert, and who have subsequently moved to Minnesota.

This is why I don't call in sick when I'm not. Karma always comes back to bite me in the ass, in this case literally. I called in sick yesterday. I wasn't really, I had just been up late, then drove a friend home who'd lost her grandfather. We stayed in my car for over an hour talking and crying and laughing about her grandpap and my dad. Didn't get home until after 2AM. I was drained, knew I'd be exhausted the next day, and I'd done an event this weekend, so I sent my boss an email.

This morning, I woke up with stomach cramps, but not the menstrual kind. Now, I feel queasy and my stomach seems determined to empty itself at a rapid rate. Ugh. Karma's a bitch.

That sucks, Vortex. I hope your stomach decides to behave itself soon.

Karma's a bitch.

Karma shouldn't be so big a bitch that helping a friend out means she turns your stomach inside out. I hope you feel better soon, Vortex.

~ma for the friend who has been more like family to you, bonny.

~ma to those who need it.

I have been ignoring most of my real work and calling daycare centers about tours/open houses/wait lists. It gives me agita.

I don't think karma applies if you were doing a good deed. May you would have been sicker if you hadn't stayed home? Anyway, I hope your intestines behave soon.

Bonny, I know you want him with you always, but I hope you can find peace with whatever happens. Think how very lucky you are to have had him this long.

Hanging out with the boys here at home- they seem to be doing pretty well.

Yesterday, I worked from home due to the snow and not wanting to make K-Bug drive on the ice and slush.

Today, the car battery was dead this morning so I got to work late (thanks for the quick response AAA).

So far no one here has complained. I still feel like a bad employee.

Vortex, if comforting your friend was deserving of bad karma, even if you called in fake sick to do it, then I'm a unicorn that flies and shits money.

Bonny, I know you want him with you always, but I hope you can find peace with whatever happens. Think how very lucky you are to have had him this long.

I'm impressed by my own panic. I live firmly in the 'everything happens as it should' school of thought, but in the middle of typing my ma request post, I started shaking and crying...overcome with the idea of the anchor in my universe shifting so dramatically.

The truth is, I'd much rather he go than suffer. When I saw him last week, he still seemed so strong, but there was an air of deflation around him and I started to worry. When I got the news from Niki, it was as if that hunch was confirmed and it is time to armor up and be ready. I just didn't feel ready enough, if that makes sense.

I'm borrowing a car and going up this afternoon as soon as I finish with my clients to help Niki get ready for Gordon's son to visit tomorrow.

I'm sad for her, if this is it, but quite selfiishly, I'm sad that when Gordon goes, Niki will move to CA to be with her daughters who have children.

I have been so blessed with them. They are such a signficant part of my life, and that will never change of course. But...