One of the GISHWHES items is to do something nice for someone who does good for your community, so I just baked some cookies to bring to the people who run a Restorative Justice program with prisoners in the prison down the road. (They've got a thrift shop, and I'll drop them off there. One of the head people is usually there.) DebetEsse, meanwhile, is making a wig out of her own hair.

My house started filling with this lovely cooking smell (windows open, fans on, it is gorgeous today!) E&J are grilling pizza on their deck. I've eaten dinner, but OMG, smells so awesome!

Being a helper bean is something that...I dunno. I mean, I don't do it to polish my halo. It's just something that needs to be a part of living my life. It makes me happier. And it hopefully means that Pat and her Troy and Teeka will be happier too. So many of my friends have helped me out (hi lisah!) with my cat care quandaries, I'm glad to share.

Aw, sara. You're a good egg.

It's true.

Jesse, I am sorry to hear that things have gotten to that stress point for your mother. I've been there and I know what it feels like. Fingers crossed that everything works out.

Speaking of stress, today was a hard one. My sis had a bad morning and my son had a bad afternoon. I am whine because no wine. Lucky for me there was a bottle of vodka and a lemon from a neighbor's tree, and now I have a lemon drop.

I wish I had more wine!

That's great, Hil.

Archeologists discover that nerds existed in ancient Sumeria: [link]

OK, I just heard a really appropriate quote on (Monday's) Colbert [link] :

Life is mostly froth and bubble, Two things stand like stone, Kindness in another's trouble, Courage in your own.

Jesse, I hope things work out.

Sara is definitely a good egg. Though I love the phrase polish my halo.

So it's day two of school. I have 170 papers to score. I'm sitting here thinking DO NOT WANT. I am going to give myself permission to surf for 2 more minutes then I'm going to knock out 45 minutes of scoring, then rest.

Life is mostly froth and bubble, Two things stand like stone, Kindness in another's trouble, Courage in your own.

I really like this. shocker

I think we've decided that we might look suspicious being strangers bringing homemade baked goods to a group that works with prisoners, so we're bringing the cookies to the people who volunteer at the animal shelter instead.

There is a reason I divorced KCD. OMG, he can be infurriating. CJ's car wouldn't start today. I though he was in our parking lot when he was actually at the store. I happened to be on the phone with KCD at the time I got the text, so I mentioned it and KCD told me to tell CJ to contact B (his wife). It was her car and she knows its secrets. I'm in the middle of work so I pass on the message and get back into work. Then I get a call that B is on the way over to CJ and do I know why. No... Then I get a call asking if I'm waiting for AAA with CJ. No... Then I get a call about something else, I forget exactly. So I give up, hop in the car with my computer and head over to the store. As I'm going I get a call asking me why I let B go to get CJ a new battery. Ummm, I had no clue, I thought they were calling AAA. O.M.F.G. Dude. I was so frustrated I was in tears by the time I got to the store. I finally found CJ and B, they were just finishing hooking up the new battery. She tells me to ignore KCD and that he is talking out his ass. Which I know, but man, he can still push my buttons sometimes. And as we are talking, KCD drives up. WTF? Why? He gives CJ a lecture about not driving his car just to go to the store. Cause if he had driven anywhere else, the battery wouldn't have died?? Then KCD was all smiles to B and ignored me (which is just fine) and he left. Again, WTF? Why?

Never mind I worked 48 hours over 4 days last week and I have 38 hours in already this week. The rifle is still an ongoing issue. I am out of spoons. And yes, I have two fingers of whiskey in hand right now. AIFG.