Welcome home, sara! I did not shed in your house! Possibly I brought some cathair from my house though. There is a metric assload of it not attached to the cats.

Best friend is having fairly major surgery today and Bob has 4 appointments of varying degrees of seriousness over today and tomorrow in advance of his reversal surgery next week. All vibes for best possible outcomes are welcome.

And, after his next surgery, I am very much hoping for a looooong time passing before any more loved ones are in the hospital for anything other than followup appts, work, or giving birth. This year has been too much.

Oh lisah! Best of luck to Bob.

I slept in! Bless be the night nurse!

Yay for sleeping!

Good luck to Bob and your friend, Lisa.

I brought my rent check and stamps into work, but no envelope. Now I can't find a non-letterhead envelope here. Oh well.

Thanks, guys. My biggest worry is that something will show up that will either postpone his reversal or worse. I'm being positive about it all but it's hard not to worry.

Fingers crossed for Bob and for Best friend!

My biggest worry is that something will show up that will either postpone his reversal or worse. I'm being positive about it all but it's hard not to worry.

I totally understand this. But the status quo would be better than a problem, which isn't reassuring, but still. I hope everything goes well, lisah.

Jesse, welcome back! I've missed you.

Thanks, Kat! I finally used the awesome Bobbsey Twins notebook you made me years ago for this trip, and it was PERFECT -- I think I have one blank page left. And many people complimented it, and were super-impressed that someone I know made it.

HA! I just found another one I had made, The Great Depression, but the cover is almost off. SAD.

I miss making things. Right now, my life is full of things I can't control.

We're leaving for Idaho on Thursday. I need some book recs... anything I must read?

My best to Bob & Best Friend, lisah.

DH got quoted by the NYT, which has made his day: [link]

Jeff Abramson, a senior analyst at the Arms Control Association, a private group in Washington, said the new policy “sets the stage for progress in space arms control — without getting into specifics.”

I am so swamped with work right now, and July is not going to be fun because we are all on overlapping vacations for most of the month.

Lots of ~ma headed to you and Bob and your BF.

Kat, I'm so glad you got to sleep in. Wonderful.

Jesse, I want to hear more about where you went in Turkey! I spent ten days there after I finished my Peace Corps service and it was the best vacation of my life. Did you visit an underground city? Walk barefoot up the hill in Pamukkale? Swim and laze on a volcanic beach? Go to a hamam? Drink lots of apple tea? Shop for carpets and kilims? Eat lots of seafood? See bellydancers and/or whirling dervishes?