Also? Signed Emeline up for summer dance classes today. Poor girl is scheduled for stuff within an inch of her life. Summer school, 2 weeks of Girl Scout day camp, 8 weeks of dance classes, and vacay at the parent's cabin.

I'm glad you're feeling better, DCJ.

Thanks, Calli.

I'm hoping I'm not under another false dawn like I was Wednesday.

I'm going in early so I can pace myself.

Between Nora and Jilli, I am thinking it's time I tried absinthe.

In less happy food news, in an effort to tame my cholesterol without going on statins I am trying to switch from half and half in my coffee to non-dairy creamer. The Silk soy creamer is harshing my coffee happy right now. Sigh. What about Mocha Mix? Is it any good?

Relatedly, I am thinking I should go the Teppy route and eat oatmeal in the mornings. My kids don't much like it, so it would mean fixing two breakfasts, which is kinda impossible during the school year, but if I could manage it a few days a week that would be good.

My kids don't much like it, so it would mean fixing two breakfasts, which is kinda impossible during the school year, but if I could manage it a few days a week that would be good.

I think you can also fix it the night before or do the slow cook method so it doesn't take time out of your morning to prepare.

I would be very sad if I had to give up my coffee half and half. Nothing else is quite the same.

Great updates, Sean!

Max gave us a bit of a scare Wednesday night. His mouth started bleeding when we gave him his evening meds. So we took him to the emeergency clinic. Where they decided not to run tests because he was stable, had just had blood work done a week earlier, and had been through so much lately that they didn't want to stress him out any more. Bright spot -- he's gained a little more weight.

Best guesses at this point are that his basic problem is an infected tooth, and that may have led to bleeding, or that he struggles so much when we give him his meds that the (soft rubber) tip of the piller scrapes the inside of his mouth. Hubs then decided that I'd been too rough in giving Max his meds, and he'd try it in a more gentle manner. Five minutes later with no success, he gave the piller back to me.

By the time we got home Wednesday night, it was so late that we both decided to stay home from work yesterday.

Max goes in Monday for more tests on the growth in his nose. We hope to find out once and for all what's been going on. And he's still on the same meds.

I think you can also fix it the night before or do the slow cook method so it doesn't take time out of your morning to prepare.

This is how I do it - steel-cut oats cook great in a slow cooker.

Trader Joe's has a quick cooking steel-cut oatmeal that takes about ten minutes.

DCJ, best wishes for a continued and speedy recovery.

There's a small slow cooker on Amazon for $15 that has good reviews, I think I'm going to get it for oatmeal and other stuff. [link] I also need to bring down my cholesterol.

Oh, Max. Stop with the bleeding and the glayvin. Also, nose~ma.

In happier cat news, I had the bright idea to feed Bella in the bathroom where she likes to hang out - it's cool and quiet. I think she's eating more! Yay, b/c 7 lb kitty does not need to lose weight.

For single servings of overnight oatmeal, the Little Dipper is exactly the right size.