~ma to The Girl's father, Seska.

Nora, I get in Friday around midnight. It's killing me not to be there already. I'm so jealous of the fb posts that are popping up. How long will L be in town? I don't think I signed up to volunteer Saturday, though I might go in for a bit anyway.

Also, I am massively, disproportionately bitter that they changed the boil to tonight from Sunday. GRUMP.

I can't temember if I sent any ~ma for The Girl's father, so ~ma to him.

I actually have plenty of high protein snacks at home, including Trader Joe's nuts. The bigger problem for me is remembering to eat before I am omg starving and remembering to take something with me when I am going to be out so that I don't start making bad choices. I currently have a kashi bar in my purse and I had greek yogurt and fruit for breakfast.

Speedy recovery ~ma to The Girl's father, Seska.

Burrell, I really loved that Emily Dickinson poem you posted. I haven't read much Dickinson, but after visiting her home in Amherst a couple of years ago, I'm much more interested in her poetry and I'd like to read more of it.

In terms of the sentiment, that poem is atypical of Dickinson, but the meter and tone is very much hers.

L is in town till Monday, but is not working on Saturday. We can probably hang out on Sunday though!

Also, I am massively, disproportionately bitter that they changed the boil to tonight from Sunday. GRUMP.

Yeah, that was a fustercluck of epic proportions.

Wait, I meant, she's in town until Tuesday, and is working on Monday.

Ooh, Nora, quick question about NOLA environs. The Bayou St. John area-- would it be referred to by the neighborhood name or ward number?

Neighborhood name. That's the norm for most neighborhoods, except for the Lower Ninth (the Upper Ninth is called Bywater) and the Seventh Ward. (ETA to fix my error)

I originally thought that Bayou St. John was a sub-nabe of Mid-City but I looked it up on our website (npnnola.com) and it is indeed broken out separately. NPN did a lot of work in identifying neighborhoods v. sub-neighborhoods/neighborhood associations so that's where I turn for validation on that. Also 'cause that's where I work.

I originally thought that Bayou St. John was a sub-nabe of Mid-City but I looked it up on our website (npnnola.com) and it is indeed broken out separately. NPN did a lot of work in identifying neighborhoods v. sub-neighborhoods/neighborhood associations so that's where I turn for validation on that. Also 'cause that's where I work.

You're a goddess! I was getting the gist that neighborhood name was mostly the norm, but of course, had seen a few differences, like with Lower Ninth, so I wanted to make sure I as using the appropriate nomenclature because nothing will throw a reader out more than a detail like that.

Also bookmarking site.

Of course there is Holy Cross, which is a neighborhood within the Lower Ninth Ward parameters and called by the neighborhood name, which is the kind of thing that will confuse anyone...

Basically, Holy Cross (though over the Industrial Canal and in the Lower Ninth) has historically been white/higher income (even had its own private boys school there till the storm) and must be separated from the Lower Ninth poor and black denizens. (cue eye roll).