Does SaMo share electronic records with RR? Cause, awesome. I'm so glad things might get under control, ita.

Yeah, Amy. It was enjoyable. I only walked 4400 steps because I didn't leave the house.

Bizarro Hospital - where they actually treat you...

Blessings on Bizarro Hospital.

~ma for Grace getting better, Kat.

I'm sad because I lost my fitbit today! I had it on when we went into Costco, and when I got home, it wasn't on anymore. ARGH!

Oh no, meara! I had a moment like that the other day, but it was just in a different place than normal because those pants didn;t have belt loops.

Maybe an excuse to get the new braceletty one? I can't tell if I'd like that one or not. My fitbit says today I was more active than normal, which is true.

I keep feeling unsettled, like I've forgotten something, but I think it's just I feel bad for the SO, who is just now really getting sick with aches and stuff, and it's after three days of coughing. So it looks like we might be in for a doozy. I hear nothing right now, so I hope he's sleeping, 'cause he's basically had none for the three days.

Ah. I know what I forgot. Key to the school for tomorrow. But it's in the SO's pants pocket. I'll just have to try and grab it in the morning. I'm not going to bother him now.

ita, I'm so glad you're getting some treatment, although SUELA SMASH the Dr. IsaDick at RR.

Kat, I hope Grace gets better quick.

As for me, I got through my friends' funeral, which was way harder and more weepy than I expected. Looks like she really did just die in her sleep, maybe because of some problems with the drugs she was on.

Her family was lovely and really kind and interested in hearing about the whole part of her life she hadn't really talked about in detail--the fanfiction thing. We read some things she had written, and heard some wonderful stories, and now I'm exhausted and kind of grief-hungover, and I have to pack to fly to Seattle in 12 hours.

Aww, Suela. I'm glad you went, even if it was hard.

My brother-in-law's mom just died, and all the (adult) kids are there for the funeral. It's sad, obviously, but also, they're having a good time together as family, and my sister-in-law is so happy to have their grandkid there. Two of my nieces are pregnant, too, so they'll have cousins super close in age. I feel sad to miss them, and sad for the grief, but also happy to see them having such a good familial time together.

So yeah, funerals are fraught. But it's good you were able to be there for her memory.

So yeah, funerals are fraught. But it's good you were able to be there for her memory.

I'm glad, and I'm so glad two other YVs went with me: going alone would have been too awful to bear.

What I took from this is entirely banal: tell people what they mean to you. Find the time to check in. Apparently my friend, whom I hadn't seen in a couple of years, was on food stamps, and struggling hard with bipolar. I didn't know that she was having such a difficult time, and I don't know if I could have helped, but I wish I'd tried. At least I could have bought her dinner once in a while.

So much lost through bastard miswired brain chemistry. It's just wrong.

Aww, I'm sorry to hear that. But yes, that's a good takeaway.