Good to know. In addition to the house that just closed 2 doors down ($165K!!), my neighbor just did a refi as well. Of course, we are a bit of a slow market because people stay, you can't compare Ednor Gardens to the comps in Waverly across the street, anyone who lives in either knows this, and we've got the stray foreclosure sales from people who bought on the bubble and walked away (which is why St Ambrose snapped up the last couple of houses that sold for $160K+ after they were done with them.) It's a confusing neighborhood to comp.

Did you all know Justine Bateman has a tumblr?

She is a college freshman at UCLA and studying computer programming?

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Good for her. She sounds like she LIKES it, which is awesome.

I'm meeting Taylor on the JHU campus where I work to pick up my ticket to her HS graduation on Friday. OMG. Really honored I rate one of her few tickets. May convince her to walk back to my office to introduce her to some people...

Justine has won me as a follow for a little based on just this:

FAMILY TIES (the show I acted on at the time)

In that phrase she's made me feel more like her than like most of the tumblr people I follow.

Why is getting older so confusing? Good lord.

I can't say I ever saw myself as a person who would have a chihuahua.

I said the same thing. And look at me now.

Consuela, I am so very sorry. Much peace and strength to you and yours.

Thanks, everyone.

Today was surprisingly better. She was confused but mostly awake all day. The GP refused to confirm or deny the hospice nurse's projection of 3-4 days, but did get her meds straightened out. Between the anti-anxiety meds & painkillers, she seems far less fragile (although just as confused as before).

Anyway, she's stable enough that my sister & I took Dad out for a nice dinner with a good bottle of wine. And I'm trying to decide whether it's too late to reschedule the interview I cancelled for Friday. (And do I look ridiculous for trying to do so...)

Bored? Google Atari Breakout then click images. I just lost 15 minutes. It was like when I downloaded the Ms. Pacman app on my phone.

You're welcome.

this is a link I'll be saving up for a future date.

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ETA: MFNLaw - trigger warning.

I am so flipping proud of DH. Since close to when we moved here, he's worked on the metabolism aspects for two drugs targeting class 4 melanoma. He works on a lot of other drugs too, pulling 12-hour + days, same as much of the team he works with. Weekends too. Both drugs gained FDA approval yesterday. He is pretty pleased. Here's hoping their work will make a big difference.

That's awesome, Sox. He is one of the good guys! Making a difference. Shiny!