How is it that you have my cat in Baltimore when he is flopped over showing his belly in NC as we speak?

Schrodinger.

Is Loki's belly the abs of justice?

Abs of sloth. I don't think there's a comic superhero for that.

Like aloud. Her growing communication skills rock my world.

YES! Aw man, makes me miss missing this TG even more. I mean, I get msbelle and mac and fam and Australia, but...I love my annual N&G visits too! Why can't I have all of it?

Like aloud.

The who with the what now?!?!? That's so exciting! I had no idea.

Grace brought home a book called In the Dark Dark Wood which she can made that she can read.

That rocks so hard. Go Grace!

That's so excellent for Grace!

There's not a vaccine, I don't think.

I got one when I was a kid. It's why I tested positive the last couple times they did the skin test, and then I have to have my lungs x-rayed to prove that I'm not actually TB Mary.

Okay, time to send that email I've been dodging.

Well, after I pour myself some fizzy orange-flavoured water and grab my dinner muffin. Then status report--why are those and timesheets the only things in work life on a par with performance reports in terms of pain?

(TV is playing "All creatures great and small" and I'd no idea I had feels from this...)

That's amazing. Go Gracie!

Oh, and that reminds me, I never did testify to the awesomeness of Kat's niece, but she is, indeed, quite awesome! She's at college near me, and I am the friend of the family she can call if things get squirelly, but she hasn't needed help in a long time, because, awesome. I really love being the friend of the family person, though, because I had that person when I was in college, and it was so great. When I had a trauma, she got us out of there and put us up in her condo for a weekend, and it was just great to have someone nearby I knew I could go to.

The who with the what now?!?!? That's so exciting! I had no idea.

She does an awful lot of vocalizing. I understand her the best and it's like dealing with a kid who is learning to speak, but with a better vocabulary. We were walking through our little town today (from the bookstore to the coffee shop) and the decorations on the trees lit up. She said, "Orange lights! Pumpkins!" She loves communicating.

She can also sing some of the imperial march. It's pretty quiet, but totally adorable.

yeah they do something TB vaccine-like in Ethiopia too. mac tests almost positive. He will probably have to get a chest x-ray this next time.

also? GO GRACE!!!!!

Oh, wait, is that True Orange orange flavored fizzy water? Did you get the True Orange and True Lime and are they as awesome as the True Lemon? I need to know! I saw a lemonade version, but thought I wouldn't like it, because I don't need any sweet in my water, just acid.

Kat,

that is really awesome.