Yay for non toxicity! One time my cat got into a Hershey's bar and nommed a coupe little rectangles and a lot of foil and paper. I freaked out and called the emer vet hospital and they reassured me that Hershey's is mostly wax and sugar and that wasn't enough cocoa solids to be a problem, tho he had super mega zoomies from the sugar all night. Come to think of it, maybe that's part of the reason he's so bizarre now.

I was really hoping that a week on the east coast would clear up my breathing problems....but so far no and eyes keep swelling up. I forgot about those VA allergens. Making friends again with Benadryl and ketotifen drops. (Sorry zenkitty, not ready to trade just yet tho I very much appreciate the offer :)

"ALWAYS GIVE ME A PILL!"

Much easier than pilling a cat! Glad you were able to pull out of that panic attack, Steph.

(Sorry zenkitty, not ready to trade just yet tho I very much appreciate the offer :)

Well darn. :)

It's 2am why am I still up

Interview ma, asthma ma,leg ma. I ended up starting cooking while sister was in the shower, and just kept going. Corn & salmon chowder (with corn cob broth, a first); chard and chard stem, mushroom, onion, parmesan, and corn frittata; potato salad with some kind of interesting potato from the farmers market - they look like oval new/ red potatoes, but have more flavor and are slightly stripey inside, the way a beet is, yum; tuna salad; and steamed some broccoli to eat while I was cooking. It'd been too long, so I really went to town.

Meanwhile, sister bought her ticket back to MX today and leaves in 2 weeks. Those two things + venting = less stress. Thanks for listening.

Also yes to hiring cleaning people. I had someone every two weeks when I was working, but felt I should do it myself when I retired. Once I realized the floors hadn't been washed in about a year, because I hate washing floors, even though I did the other cleaning stuff, I was lucky to get my cleaning person back. Bonus is that it forces me to clean up papers etc. and to keep up attempts to declutter, because I have to do my share of tidying up so that she and her helper can do their job. If I forget or fail to do my part, she'll stack things it move then, clean under, around. Too long a post, but yeah, highly recommend it! Edit for spelling.

Java cat, that food sounds amazing. Really glad to hear you'll be getting your place back for yourself. Being the solitary type, myself, I know just how important that is. Family is important, but enough is enough.

Good for Tim with timely intervention.

Good morning, loves. This morning's 2nd grade writing prompt is: What is something you would like to learn more about?

Bitches, what is something *you'd* like to learn more about?

For me, I would like to learn about the effect of early-age electronic usage on the development of fine motor skills of pre-schoolers when manipulating tools used primarily in school. Such as scissors, crayons, pencils, etc and how those effects affect a student's fine motor skill development. And also, handwriting. Where's Debet? I might need an OT for this.

This prompt brought to you by "Why the eff can't 2nd graders cut in a straight line? It's gotta be the Pokemon Go."

It's because they don't get taught cursive any more.

I dunno, Tom. I don't think they even started teaching us cursive until second grade or later. For some reason, the second semester of second grade is what's pinging my memories.

eta: I'm sure that varies school system by school system, though. And I'm talking 50 years ago now.

Some schools do teach cursive still - both my kids had it in 3rd grade.