Anyway, the SW is still going to be more helpful than the guy who wanted you to break open your 401K....

Seriously!

Can they figure out what's going on with your thyroid? You're long overdue for a proper diagnosis and effective treatment that'll give you your life back.

Kat, your poor sister! Although, also, wow. One single week on the transplant list is amazing. I just wish the surgery hadn't been so rough on her.

Health~ma to all who need it.

Oy. Representative opposing the bill granting family leave to federal employees, because people might take advantage of it by stocking up on kids:

Well, shit. It's one of our guys. Proof that California is not exactly the lefty madhouse it's often portrayed as. We've got madness all across the political spectrum.

Another thing about the adoption thing -- I bet it SAVES the federal government a whole lot more than four weeks salary when an orphan gets adopted or a foster child gets homed, at least in the long run.

Guess Michelle Bachman doesn't have an exclusive on Teh Stupid Crazy, though.

Wow, Kat-- definite health ~ma for your sister.

And you don't suck.

This morning I have to go to a Mother's Day brunch at Abby's school. She's wearing her pink "Princess" apron. I love my kid.

Fascinating stats about mothers from the census: [link]

Frex, 80% of women 40-44 are mothers. It was 90% 30 years ago.

I CAN NOT EVEN ADDRESS THE FAMILY LEAVE COMMENT. I WANT TO HURT THINGS.

Awwww!

I'm having trouble finding my motivation this morning, even the prospect of a quick expedition to the market to get Corn Flakes for my breakfast isn't moving me any faster than this.

Kat loads of recover-ma for your sister! It's both amazing and scary.

So my mother got her Mother's Day present. And opened it. Loved it, but now she's disappointed because, and I quote, "I thought there was going to be another box coming."

I... have no words.

Workers "could have one adoption or one foster child per year, resulting in every year you get a new foster child, every year the husband and wife if they are both federal workers would take four weeks off with pay, because they have simply taken in a new foster child," he said before the vote.

Simply?? SIMPLY???????

t head splody

Kat, lots of recovery ~ma for your sister.

Don't get me started on family leave right now, because I'm a little too close to the issue. And 4 weeks? It's a start, but not nearly enough. Assholes.

I... have no words.

"What did my father get you?"