Oh, lisa, it's always difficult for the people who are in the taking-care role, both technically and emotionally - I hope you have a chance for taking care of yourself, as well.

He got home from the hospital yesterday and is doing really well!

That's really good to read.

You have to follow his tradition now, right? Oy.

You've summed it up perfectly in one word. He's lucky that he's so nice, or it would have been a real burden.

He's lucky that he's so nice, or it would have been a real burden.

Aw. I'm sure it's still a burden, though!

I'm sure it's still a burden, though!

It really is only a week. And he's nice all year round, so I still think it's a good deal.

(Orthodox Jews always joke regarding this sort of marriages, between people from different traditions - it's really worthy to marry a Dutch guy, for example, because they're waiting only for 1 single hour between eating meat and dairy, as opposed to the 3 or even 6 that other traditions are waiting. And, of course, for an Ashkenazi girl to marry a Sepharady, like your co-worker, for Pessakh.)

Buffista librarians: a must-apply job!

Oooh! I'm sending that one to my MiL.

You didn't steal anything...that makes you better than my relatives Nilly.

Okay, I've signed up on Library Thing as BarbaraCaridadFerrer and sent my email to them asking to be verified as an actual author.

Happy Birthday, libkitty!

Good luck, Callaluna!

Question: is "sum" a verb? If so, what was wrong with "add" or "totals"? This is why English has eighty bajillion words.

Question: is "sum" a verb?

"Let me explain. No, there is too much. Let me sum up."

Yeah, I don't mean in the Inigo way. I mean as in "We summed 2 and 2 to get 4."

And yes, I know it is actually a word. I just think it's stupid.