And I'd imagine Grace has special issues with GI stuff? Ugh!

ION, can someone tell objXmlJobList to go fuck itself?

No wait, don't. I can rebuild it. I have the technology....

STS-125 pictures.

Speaking of cool parents, here's a neat article by Kari Byron of Mythbusters, all about her pregnancy and associated pregnancy myths.

Poor Gracie! My cousin's twins had rotavirus at about her age and it was miserable. I'm vibing for fast, effective treatment for her (and for Noah's mouth) and all the low-stress, coping~ma I can muster up for you.

And more coping and comfort and stress relief to msbelle, and some kind of good emotional breakthrough for mac, and soon.

OK, this xkcd cracked me up:

Outreach

Really, it has more than one Buffista touchstone....

There has been a giant game of "not it" being played at my work since about January. It concerns paying for things and those things bill monthly. Currently charges are upwards of $250K and we have just started one on one meetings with the people who need to be paying their share. First meeting we have? the guy pulls, NOT IT and goes on to say that one of the big bosses needs to be pulled in. While I appreciate the desire to protect departments against charges, we have documented that his employees are directly attached to these charges. Unhelpful award goes to him.

Ugh. msbelle, that rots.

Barb, WOOT WOOT!

We still have another 20 minutes of testing. And I have one paper set almost graded. Go team me!

RE: Rotovirus: Yeah. It's not surprising. And given that she has all her nutritional needs through a G-tube, she'll be fine. They'll monitor her. Poor boo indeed. For now she's in contact isolation which isn't much fun.

Exactly 1 month left of school.

In other news, I'm trying to figure out how to vote on lots of the props. We're in dire budget straits and I have such mixed feelings. I'm not sure what the lottery modernization will really do. I'm not sure giving schools more discretionary funding is good (rather than set asides that they can only use in certain ways programmatically). I do know getting rid of the First Five Funds seems not good and that I don't think legislators should get raises when there is no budget in place.

Other CA-istas with insight?

Ugh, msbelle. Unhelpful guy needs a clubbing. And, ye gods, $250K? That's appalling.

I need more coffee, though I'm not sure why. Matilda slept in her own crib all by herself all last night, which makes twice in the last ten nights, which is easily double her record for the previous ten months. I should be wide awake and rested and chipper, not an ass-dragging zombie.

yeah, it's ridic, but kinda not really all that bothersome to me. I am way too low on the totem to be the fixer.

poor Grace.