And yet there are people who do this sort of thing all the time - travel 50% of the time, academic couples - with kids! - who live in different states. Yoicks, I say.

I just saw that the husband of an important person at my job got a job that is in LA, but I guess mostly on the weekend. They have small kids! What does this mean??

but there's no reason for me to pretend that I'm not comforting myself and cutting myself off to some degree too.

Oh yeah, I love it. I would be shocked if I turned on the national news and the first 15 minutes weren't about reproductive health and politics.

The question is, can I make plain+blueberry+granola popsicles. That is the question indeed.

Of course!

Hey, I just called about the dog that followed us home on Wednesday, and he got picked up by his owners the next day. YAY

That's great!

They have small kids! What does this mean??

Me? My father had a lot of travel in his job, obviously, but he had at least one posting where we didn't follow him for a year.

Want to know what that explains? Everything.

Of course!

You're probably assuming a rational level of granola. No such assumption is yet borne out in practice, but if most of the popsicle is made of stuff that doesn't freeze, rations will need re-examination.

I'd love a spinach cheese popsicle. That too, right?

Great for the dog!

I mean, of course people live apart because of all kinds of circumstances, but it does make me a little nervous about the coworker. She's a Big Deal at my job, so I can't imagine she was leaving, but... why is his job moving across the country? It is currently in DC! The whole thing is offputting. Mostly because I work in a place where I learn things like this from the (industry) news.

Spinach + cheese Popsicle= big yes from me, please.

Gah. I fucked up and left brunch too late for the ferry I wanted but too early to turn back and still make the later ferry. Good times for the time I was there, though!

So a newish fun thing with my fibro -everytime a weather front moves through - I get massive headache and my whole body hurts. So I slept from 11pm last night to 3pm !!!! ANd my head still hurts. I should probably take an advil?

Ouch, msbelle. And yes, always take an advil!

Speaking as someone who habitually forgets about painkillers, yeah take an Advil.

yeah no shit. I grin and bear it and then forget that pain meds take 30+ minutes to kick in.

I am questioning the wisdom of watching "Mystic River" given the mood I'm in. If you see a woman on the evening news hitting herself with a lash, that is most likely me.