Well, I live next to an ER. I guess I could walk over there are see how busy they are?

If you're breathing properly and not bleeding this is a horrible time for the ER.

Well, you know compared to the happy fun time you were going to have. I agree with sj saying to call UC. The ones I've been to advertised X-Rays, but who needs a wasted trip when you're trying to find a doctor?

Muffin question: I think I must be overmixing. I'm skimming the internet, and THREE strokes? Seriously? I hate biting into a blister of flour and leavening in baked goods. I fold until I can't see any more dry bits and then stop. Are you guys stopping sooner?

(And it does seem using sour/soda as part of the leavening might help, but still...)

If I could find an UC near me, I would do that. But since I don't need this ASAP, I guess I'll keep searching.

Hmm. Maybe Lakeview Immediate Care. I'll call and see if they can do x-rays.

Edit: And they do. I'm going to register now on their website and go in the morning.

Ugh. My cat just had a seizure! And of course I have no idea if he's ever had one before, because I'm really only at home awake a small bit of the time. He seems more or less OK, so call the vet Monday? Poor boo.

Good luck with the hand, shrift. I have no advice.

Nor do I have device about mixing muffins. I am a chronic over mixer and honestly don't notice the reputed ill effects. But the folding-things-into-egg-whites-to-make-souffles instructional videos seem to advocate 4 strokes, so three seems excessively meagre.

Eta: poor kitty! No advice there, either.

Poor Homer. I'd keep an eye on him and wait until Monday if nothing else happens.

I thought he was hilariously chasing his tail, like a fucking cliche, but then he got a little more spastic. Yipes.

I was about to make corn muffins and chili, but now I just want to sit here with the poor cat!

Three strokes gets you way too little mixing. Like ita !, I mix carefully until there's no more dry visible, and then stop.

The Ikea run gave us two bureaus and a nightstand (all, oddly enough, exactly the same as the bureau & nightstand I have in my bedroom), two chairs and a small sturdy kitchen table, a plant stand, and a reading lamp. And we spent an hour assembling things and only got a little bit done. I'll have to go back tomorrow and do some more--the bureaus are going to take hours.

And of course Mom was upset that we took her shopping opportunity away from her, but seriously, taking her through Ikea would have killed me. I did buy her chocolate as a bribe.

She gets to pick the shower curtain.

Tomorrow is my one parent-free day of the next week. I think I will go see James Bond, or Lincoln.

I wish I could come over to help assemble. I love that shit. Tip from putting together my coffee table this morning: Every time I was having trouble screwing something in, I found a screwdriver tip that made it easy. The instructions said nothing, and I'm glad I have a screwdriver with a bunch of tips.