You know, if you had accepted, and gone ahead of her -- she'd have still judged you. It is a no-win with an asshole like that, seriously.

Other people, man. Raised by...no, wolves have better manners. Let us not malign wolves. Wolverines? They're mannerless gits, right? Other people, raised by wolverines. Or badgers--they stink, right? So, raised by wolverines and badgers. Stupid other people. I'm sorry, Anne.

As was the stupid sidewalk and the treacherous ankle, and OW, Teppy. I'm so sorry. May the sorenesses ease up quickly and the incident be quickly forgotten (Nobody saw anything. You're fine).

H is STILL NOT HOME. He doesn't want me to come sit with him at the hospital, "You're just going to LOOK at me, and I don't want you to." IDEK. But, come on, ring, phone.

And I am so far past a mole check I don't even want to think about it. I come from mole people, evidently. At some point in the future the moles will have all grown together, I think. All benign, but...moley. I should start prospecting for an earth-sheltered residence, and become truly one with the mole people.

Babble. Sorry. Ah, he's ready to go. Release at last. Off to fetch him home. Thanks for the good thoughts. I love you guys.

I hope H's recovery goes smoothly, Bev, and that he is a good patient (for both your sakes).

Anyhow, I'm wishing I hadn't said anything at the art store, but what's done is done. I figure with the holidays coming up, more and more people will be Behaving Badly Under Pressure. I just don't want to wind up joining their numbers.

At the mall. Why the fuck are we at the mall.

At the mall. Why the fuck are we at the mall.

Turn around and run home!

Can't run. With in-laws. Contentious dinner with difficult family members later.

Hope H recovers well. Also hope Teppy does well.

My GP does a mole check as part of my annual physical. We removed one a couple of years ago (benign).

Teppy, may your ego heal quickly along with the aches and pains. And yes, black eyes can follow a broken nose. When K-Bug was playing softball we saw a girl take a line drive to the nose. We saw her the next day and she had two black eyes with a very swollen nose. She wore them as a badge of honor.

Beverley, more quick healing ~ma to H.

I have started a pot if chili, small business shopped, cleaned the living room, and wrestled the tree in the house. Need to get that set and then haul in decoration boxes. Neither kid is around to help and I'm both happy and depressed by that fact.

So of course, the furniture that I was told was empty was only 75% empty. So I did some sorting and some crying, but at least I found my grandmother's diamond earrings. And a piece of rock my great-grandmother got from Lourdes?

Thinking good recovery thoughts for Steph and Bev's H.

Oh Jesse, you might be bumping into a few more treasures as you unpack. But it sounds like all in all it's going well.