Today has been ludicrous on a number of levels. Including emergency drugstore appointment and prescription for me, but fuck my life. My mother is recovering nicely and she's starting to believe the (true) nice things we're saying about her. I think she's the most popular person in the hospital. They had to bring in extra furniture.

Unrelatedly, my sister is trying to get me to mark anthropology papers for her. My father asked to see one, and gave it back after one sentence. Problem is, I can fail this chick with no actual knowledge of the Kayapo. It's that bad. I feel so bad, I refuse to mark up the paper.

Thanks again for the support, guys. Thanks always.

oh msbelle, much love to you

much love to you too. ita. I am amused at the idea that you travel all the way to Jamaica to mark papers. Had I only known! I have papers you could mark right here in LA.

Much love, ita. I’m so glad you’re there with your family.

much love to you too. ita. I am amused at the idea that you travel all the way to Jamaica to mark papers. Had I only known! I have papers you could mark right here in LA.

HA! I was so thinking this! As ever, I have papers to grade.

Tom, I am so sorry you have to deal with the suck of your childhood but I so admire your strength and bravery in doing so.

Hil,

FYI - the new season of "Work of Art" on Bravo has a contestant on there from Malaysia who was born Deaf.

Elk are out again tonight. Further off so I can hear them but not see them. Didn't help that I knocked down firewood trying to carry my stool out to the deck. I left the Flip running out there. Will check again later.

Elk! I want elk in my yard. The closest I get to wildlife is the occasional skunk smell on a pre-dawn run, or the turkeys when I visit my folks out in Contra Costa.

ita, it sounds like you're getting the full family experience, and I love that your mom is so popular. Glad to hear she's recovering well.

My cousin's daughter made us a wonderful (and totally unhealthy) jambalaya for dinner. NOM.

We have skunks too. For a while I thought there were some living under the deck. And we have mice and squirrels and regular rabbits and giant killer jackrabbits and foxes and coyotes and mule deer and antelope and ELK!

Oh yeah, and my nephew and his wife finally had their baby. I think she was, like, two weeks past her due date. She was supposed to be induced last night and the hospital had no bed for her. If the baby girl had held out another ten minutes, she'd have shared my sister-in-law's birthday.

So it's a happy night.

Ugh. Day started bad (crazy nightmares about murdering someone and then freaking about getting caught), got ok (work, work, more work), got good (dinner with relatives--but ones I like and wish I could spend more time with!), and then bad again (possible drama with Atlanta girl). Sigh.

But tomorrow I meet up with Nonian and give her Trader joes goodies!