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!

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...)

Maybe it's better to do it now rather than later? I think it's fair to ask, since the person may not have filled the slot.

Give my kudos to T, Sox!

Why is my workplace so busy this week? We just graduated 200+ students and there was a holiday! Everyone should be goofing off!

Also, I am so happy we put central air into the house. It's stinkin' hot this week. Two neighbors have been around to take a look at what they did to hide it and ask how much (the houses around us are mostly 1920's bungalows, so no ducts. Our guy managed to install with only one duct, in K's room, which we turned into a window seat).

Jesse, jumping back to the cowbird egg, evidently cowbird chicks aren't exactly good foster siblings. I don't know if they actively push other chicks out of the nest the way that cuckoo chicks do, but they very probably outgrow their siblings and take the lion's share of the feeding.