Sounds like you had a great evening, Kathy! Yay!

P-C, excellent. I don't know if she want to move quite that far, but I have sent it to her. Thank you so much.

Cass, of course you may! Can we have a REAL honeymoon, just like I described? My husband will come, but he just wants the coffee and the plasma screen. And, of course, high-speed internet.

I had a couple of really great "OMG, my body is smaller!" moments, first when I fit in the theatre seat with no problems whatsoever. Second was at Xoco, when the hostess said that we could sit at the counter with the high seats if we wanted to, and she looked straight at me with a question in her eyes as to whether I wanted to do that. I said no problem, and there wasn't any at all--I was able to slide onto the seat with no hesitation, and sat comfortably!!!

So glad I can do normal things like that again.

That's wonderful, Kathy--both about the normal stuff and the play.

Many interesting things today--congratulations, Tom!--and three magnificent ones: the Sugar columm--that was truly amazing. I sniffled through quite a bit of it. The abortion provider blog post was awesome. She's an amazing woman, and I'm very grateful for her. And the Antarctica photos are incredible.

Good work, y'all!

FTW has two meanings for me, depending on use: Fuck the World, man, everything sucks. Or For the Win, 'cause everything is great!

Kathy, I totally want to see pix! You doing so great, and I am so pleased you keep feeling better and better about your bad self.

Congrats, Kathy! And sounds like a fun evening!

How about some E and a two hour long stereo massage on the beach (of your hotel, which has a balcony, Blue Mountain coffee and a plasma screen) followed by slounging in a hot tub with access to an unlimited Kindle account, on a prototype waterproof Kindle, while a team of maids deep cleans your house?

Oooh. I would like this, please.

Yay Kathy!!

I like Erin's vices. More, please.

Yay for people seeing my show!! As you may have guessed, I'll be performing all weekend - tonight & tomorrow on stage, Sunday bartending.

Maybe the Denver F2F attendees can try to approximate as much of this experience as possible! Dunno about the deep clean and the waterproof Kindle, but we could manage most everything else, I think!

Getting excited about the F2F! Who's thinking about going this year?

Oh, I wish I could! We were talking about that at dinner. But, with school, and with airfare going up in price and me already booked into a trip to see my sis in April and then my brother (for his wedding) in August, I can't take the time or money, unfortunately.

Erin, did you see my pictures from earlier in February? This was me a week after surgery (with my mom)--I'd forgotten to have a true Before Pic taken in October (oops!). And this was me on Super Bowl Sunday. I'm down another 22 pounds from that pic as of today.

Edited to recalculate: I'm actually down 17 pounds, not 22--sorry!

Many interesting things today--congratulations, Tom!--and three magnificent ones: the Sugar columm--that was truly amazing. I sniffled through quite a bit of it.

Seconded.

Liese, the ballet thing sounds adorable! I sometimes wish Grace were more into princess ballet things, but honestly, I'm happy she walks on her own. Hell. I'm happy she breathes on her own. My bar is pretty low.

Me, too. I probably could eat less cheese, but I'm not sure that's a life worth living.

I actually told a coworker, "Cheese is worth Lipitor."

I started my day a work with "I need a drink." so after work, we went to The Counter with kids and my friend C and had milkshakes, fries, a salad and a beer. Noah had the best grilled cheese sandwich ever. A nice evening.