Lash away, no doubt all medical matters big and small are a bit easier to handle when you have great insurance and no financial concerns or need to work.

I'm sorry that you have to endure this while having to deal with all the usual life challenges on top of it. I sincerely hope the red blood cells snap to it and start multiplying. Strength and energy thoughts headed your way, whether I am on the board to mention it or not.

Hey, if you can't share with imaginary Internet friends, who can you share with?

Which is to say, please feel free to bitch or moan or celebrate or anything here, Ginger. I like hearing how everyone is, even if thats "horribly sucky and I need love and hugs". Because better to provide those virtually than not know you need them. Etc.

Roomie and I drove down to the outlet mall south of Portland for tax free shopping. It was a complete madhouse. Omg the parking. But we persevered, and shopped our butts odd, and then got to meet Erin Obscure for a food truck dinner! So Portland! :)

Tomorrow, more actual Portland stuff, less crazy outlets.

Ginger, you're always in my thoughts.

Connie, I'm so sorry. It's wonderful that she had a good last few days. Sympathies to you and your family.

Yeah, Ginger, I think of you often. And you can talk about it all you need to here, but you also don't have to feel like you have to. We want to support you, but only in a way that, you know, actually supports you.

I made cookies tonight. I decided to try something different, and sprinkled some cinnamon on top before putting them in the oven. They smelled good coming out of the oven. But, not as much flavor boost as I was hoping. Does cinnamon go bland or something? It's an old shaker of it.

Ginger,

I think about you often as well. Do let us know if/how we can help? If you need Trader Joe's (or books or movies or tv) bootlegging, etc we can do that. I'd be happy to.

Thanks for the clarification. I cannot stand her at all so I did not follow her health struggles closely. Her condescension is more than I can bare.

Yeah, Ginger, I think of you often. And you can talk about it all you need to here, but you also don't have to feel like you have to. We want to support you, but only in a way that, you know, actually supports you.

What Liese said.

Theo, so sorry for your loss, but I'm glad it seems like she lived her life well. Continued peace to you.

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Ginger, thanks for updating. I hope you really enjoy your book event.

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shopped our butts odd

My new favorite typo.

Both butts looked normal, not odd at all....:)

{Ginger}

It'll be Hebrew New Year's soon. Which means that once again, someone will need to remind me in what sort of reality I live in, that in which the wealthy, uber-right winged and racist part with history of domestic violence of my family (which I'm Oh So Lucky to have the family's New Year's dinner with!) considered to be the normative side of the family.

(I'm looking forward to a new year. This one mostly sucked, and in various levels of suckiness. I'm just not looking forward to spend the first night of it with people who truly live by the faith that oppression and violence is OK, as long as it doesn't happen to them).

(Edit: as always, grammar.)