Congrats, sj. That must feel so nice.

My big accomplishment of today is shifting how I store my shoes and getting them organized. Unfortunately the process didn't really net any shoes to go away. I found room for them all, nice and neat. Going to have to get strict with myself sooner or later and do some serious culling.

Yesterday was a 12 hour + day. Got home about 1:45am. Got to work at 9am. It's just after lunch, and I'm damn close to out of spoons. This week is really going to suck. Ugg.

I came home to no home phone service and no Internet service. Have I mentioned lately how much I hate Charter?

My internet is way too unreliable to trust my home phone to it, but I guess most people figure it's less important than cell?

I'm too old-fashioned not to want something I don't have to power in order to communicate, but where is my phone book?

Ugh Laura, what a mess, but thank goodness you were there to intervene on behalf of the mom and her daughter. Much continuing ~ma to them both, and you and your brother.

Plus spare spoons and anxiety~ma all around. Sounds like it's been a bit of a Monday.

I still have all my teeth, so that's a win. Dentist said probably a lot of the discomfort I'm having is from my sinuses, because nothing looked amiss. Except for a couple of back teeth which are apparently a training ground for periodontal disease and need root planing and scaling, which does not look fun.

But now my mouth is sore from all the poking around. Shepherd's pie for dinner, definitely.

Your crazy and my crazy should get together and go bowling.

I want in!

Can there be tiaras?

Work-related rant ahoy! Why is it that my colleagues in India and China can N-E-V-E-R make it to a meeting on time? I have to make these calls in the evening, which? Pain in the ass, yo! The least you could do is arrive on time! And if you can't make the time I schedule? TELL ME!!!! I'd rather change it to a(n even) later time than sit on hold for 15-20 minutes (for a call that was originally scheduled for 30 minutes) getting more and more pissed off. OMG come on people!

It's been a loooong time since I saw any bowling in tiaras, you betcha. Maybe that time has come around again.

Laura, you are a fine advocate in a family dispute, and if anything ever comes up, I want you on my side. Getting the Grandma train derailed and the mom and little girl together is a wonderful thing. You done good--and may they and your brother all have a little peace, now. Also? Bobby did great as on site kid herder. He's obviously been training in your footsteps.

GC, I'm sorry about the rudeness and the late. Can you notify them the meeting is scheduled for 20 minutes ahead of the time you want to be in that meeting and then show up on your time? That would seem logical to me, but maybe I'm just being vindictive and non-cooperative.

I have no news. None. So, all the energy I'd spend on worry and angst for my own plight I now release to the Bitches, use it as you most want or need.

Teppy, I'm glad the gathering turned out more or less hug-free, and I hope both you and Tim had a good time. Good news on the teeth sitch, too. Though I'm beginning to wonder if one can have one's sinuses removed, like tonsils. Oy, the pain and pressure, and the nearly-inevitable annual infection. Which, if it isn't diagnosed and I live through it, never really happened and doesn't count, right?

There is leftover kielbasa and lentil stew for supper, and it's calling me.