Condolences to you and your family, Trudy.

I totally appreciate any woowooness you're sending, erin_o, being woowoo-inclined myself! It sounds like a beautiful exercise and I might try some similar things. (Currently reading several NLP-related books and working on my confidence and self-esteem. When I'm medicated, I can suddenly do that!) I need to sort out finding a yoga or pilates class soon. I need to sort out a lot of things, though...

Askye, I'm glad you have that hitch in the works sorted out, even if it is leading to a less comfortable life for the moment. And yay for the cats being ok.

billytea, those are great pics of the penguins, but I would like photographic evidence of Ryan imitating their walk. Actually, I would like video evidence, but figure that is too much to hope for.

erin_o, that sounds like a lovely experience, except for the weirdness with Malachi. Poor cat.

bonny, I hope you got some rest eventually.

IOmememeN, I don't quite get why I am just now getting a bill for the co-pay for the doctor who saw me in the hospital, when the insurance got the statement, and paid their portion at the end of January. I feel even less in control of my medical bills now. And as Daniel said months ago, are they going to prescribe tranquilizers for when I get the bills?

On a much happier, sweeter note, yesterday after a particularly frustrating session with my therapist, I was having lots of angry thoughts on those topics while at work. While I succeeded in not letting that leak overtly into interactions with the folks I was working with, when I was out driving with one guy who has autism, a couple of times when I was deepest into a brown study, he tapped my arm to bring me out of it. And when we got back to the house, he gave me a hug. Spontaneously. He has let me hug him, and responded by touching one hand to my shoulder in the past.

This, and other instances that show a keen sensitivity, not just from this one person, but from others as well, make me loathe the way persons with autism are characterized on TV.

askye, I hope you get your stuff soon, and I'm glad the kitties are doing well.

WindSparrow, medical bills are teh suck. But how lovely that someone was there to keep you present.

Seska, have you looked into Dialectical Behavioral Training? It's been helpful for me and my sis and other Buffistas. Good balance of woo woo and highly practical, based on mindfulness.

Sweet suffering jeebus screaming crispies on a cracker, my friend is texting me that former org just laid off two people from their NOLA office, which is a small office with a lot of work. Not good. Glad I was in the first wave of layoffs.

On a related note - something about that place felt creepy and familiar, and I finally figured it out. Remember the creepy warren in Watership Down? Where everything was great on the surface, but poison underneath? Yeah, just like that.

penguins!

people to help!

furiture!

I am pretending to be awake

condolences and much ~ma to Trudy and family.

smonster, in a perfect world, someone would buy our house in Salem, we'd buy either the house we live in and rent the rental unit to you, or we'd get a much bigger place where you could crash. But, first week of June is still a bit of a ways off, who knows!?

I'm giving a talk at combinatorics seminar today. I haven't given a talk about my own research in almost a year now. I'm mostly just hoping that I don't say anything obviously wrong.

All condolences to Trudy and family.

So sorry, Trudy. Condolences and love to your whole family.

All I know about Combinatorics is that Amita studied it...you'll do way better than I.