It's perfectly acceptable to have offered something and for that to be the extent of the offer.

And sheesh, Kat, scary stuff about your dad. It's a bad night for dads apparently. The SO's dad is back in the hospital having super high blood pressure. They've got him stabilized, but still scary. And my sis was under the same storms as msbelle and dj, but it seems like they're okay so far too.

And my student's brother just died. No details yet on how, but he was a young man, so there's no reason that will be a good reason. Lots of my kids knew him, so there's a bunch of mourning right now.

Stressful night.

And because I can't say it on facebook since it's going nuts right now, NHL: GOING TO OVERTIME ELIMINATION GAME WHOO!

before and after using google street view of Joplin. 1 picture.

wow.

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~ma for all the dads, and all the people still facing storms! Scary. My sister's heart condition is relatively minor and easily controlled, and it scares the fuck out of me anyway.

before and after using google street view of Joplin. 1 picture.

My mom's pretty sad that it wiped away her childhood home. But it's just nostalgia for her as opposed to a primary shelter of whoever owned it now.

Oh, that's sad nonetheless, Theresa.

NHL: Really, San Jose? You have the goalie without a stick in the last few minutes of the first OT and you don't manage to get a shot off?

WatchNPosting hockey by myself! Cannot believe we're going to double OT! I had plans for what I was going to do after the game!

WatchNPosting hockey by myself!

Where's K when you need her?

Sending much ~ma to the dads. Good heart vibes--can I send good heart vibes?

I have a kid still calling for me. Oy. Long night already.

Seriously! I cannot believe the end of that game. It was crazy!

Go to sleep, kid!

Hockey: Noooooo! My friend Elizabeth will be so sad.

I've been meaning to share two Emmett stories, one baseball, one Krav.

Krav: So they're doing a stress drill, with one person on the ground in a defensive posture (elbows up protecting head, knees up) and eight others are beating that person with punching pads. Then they collapse down on that person who needs to fight their way out. Teacher decides that they should ratchet up the stress levels with verbal abuse.

At first nobody says anything, but my 14 y.o. knows where to start on the guy on the ground.

[Side note: guy on the ground looks pretty much exactly like Gary - aka, 21 - on Venture Brothers.]

Emmett: "You suck!" ::whacks with pad::
LooksLikeGary: "Uhh...."
Emmett: "Your toes are hairy!" ::whack!::
Emmett: "What's with your stupid ponytail?!"
LooksLikeGary: "I like Steven Segal!"
Instructor: "?! Then Steven Segal your way out of this!"
LooksLikeGary: "I don't even know what that means!"
Emmett: ::whack!:: "Make shitty movies until you can crawl away!"

Baseball:

So Emmett's joined a summer team and they have a tournament this weekend. They got their jerseys after last practice.

Emmett: "So...why does it say 'Genesis' on the front of the jerseys?"
Coach: "Uh. Well, we put in the order and told them the team's name wasn't decided yet so just to say 'Albany'.
Emmett: "So...why does it say 'Genesis'?
Coach: "Well, there was a mixup. They asked us what font to use and we told them to use Genesis font for the front. And they said, 'You want us to use Genesis on the front?' And we said, 'Yeah, Genesis on the front.'"
Me: "You're lucky your team's name isn't The Albany Comic Sans."
Matthew (Emmett's teammate): "We could've been the Albany Arial Black."