In contrast to freaky controlling Christians: A Quiverfull dad becomes a woman. Happily ever after, too.

Oh, duh. Yes, I'm not entirely awake--albuterol totally makes me jittery, so yes, that's more likely. I figured inhaled steroid was possible, if not completely common. I mean, on the "different folks/strokes" (wherein sudafed makes me weird and jittery, and benadryl does nothing to put me to sleep)

I am so far behind I know I'm going to miss a few people:

Congratulations, Andi and Daniel! Class act all around.

Welcome to the world, Rose! It's a name with many connotations (all good in my mind) and I am sure you will embody them all. While you rule us, along with all the other Buffista sprog.

Congrats on the new home, sj! I understand your frustration with an older house. Having to have stuff upgraded is a pain in the kiester.

Yay for smooth healing, Laura! I hope you're back to kayaking soon. I don't know if your old one was recaptured, but I'm sure you'll be out on the water again, regardless.

Maria, I hope the autopsy results provide some closure. It won't mitigate the pain, but it's one less thing to wonder about.

Liese, I hope your students start showing more mature judgment soon so you can catch a break! They don't know how good they have it, with someone like you to provide guidance for them.

Lots of hugs and hairpats to everyone I missed in there. Keep on keeping on!

NoiseDesign, that article kinda boggles the mind. I mean, I get wanting to protect your daughter and all. But... I guess the things that boggled me most was the female pastor thing, and the tracking software. Everything else screams "I don't trust my daughter". Ugg.

OK, back to work. Too much going on. Will be much happier by Tuesday (assuming Sunday & Monday go well). And tonight is a late night.

Albuterol always makes me feel kind of shaky. Oral steroids make me feel like I'm on speed, but inhaled ones don't have as much of that effect.

In contrast to freaky controlling Christians: A Quiverfull dad becomes a woman. Happily ever after, too.

That's WONDERFUL.

I'm reading and wishing ~ma and congrats to everyone, but I am overloaded this week and can barely brain enough to write a coherent sentence. sdkljfs

The congenital heart defect (hole in his heart-VSD) that was repaired with open heart surgery when he was four made him more susceptible to sudden cardiac death.

That's scary. I have an intraventricular septal defect. Never needed surgery, but still.

On the lighter side, a co-worker (NOT ME!) had a demonstration of the law of unintended consequences in action.

We're in a new office; it has a LEED rating - Silver, I believe - and one of the energy-saving measures is that the lights are activated by motion sensors. Walk into an office or area and the lights click on. Leave for a certain amount of time and they click off. Well, turns out that if you go into one of the restrooms for a little, shall we say, quiet contemplation, the lights go out. Leaving you in the dark. With no windows, no light at all. Until you emerge from the stall and move in the sensor's range.

That's scary. I have an intraventricular septal defect. Never needed surgery, but still.

It is scary. My nephew has had two open heart surgeries because of a birth defect. He's doing fine now, but I worry about him all the time.

My office installed those motion sensor lights in the restrooms. After several complaints and one poor woman freaking the freak out, they removed them.