My tumblr is like that- I just follow people and read. I can't figure out how to communicate on tumblr.

OK, so I will not worry about it, and just sit back and wait for BuzzFeed to hire me.

Any minute now, Jesse!

Good god, Theo, that's terrifying. I'm glad he's okay.

I don't want to think about body suits. Ever.

Theodosia, I'm glad that your uncle was able to get the help he needed fast enough. That is a scary situation.

Theo, that is way too much drama! But good ending. I like that ending.

I am proud to announce that none of the bruising has gone down to my toes. In fact, so far, it's mostly "up" the back of my heel, as a testament to my aggressive elevation.

Are there gold stars for that? Can I stick them on the tensor bandage I seem to have forgotten how to wrap since coming out of the shower?

Oh yeah I can't figure out tumblr except to look at stuff and my phone doesn't do even that very well most of the time.

ita: [link]

ita, did you say your sister is coming in today? It's not a great reason for a visit, but at least you'll get to spend some in-person time with her!

ita: [link]

It's a bit big for the bandage, but I'ma keep it anyway.

I am so glad the guy giving the art lectures is down with the principle of keeping in touch with his students vial email for follow-up questions. I need my me time.

I don't know anything about the place where the class was taught (other than the staff are really nice). The class was 50% or more Asian, and I think geared for illustrators as much as artists, which was interesting. I've never thought of the distinction in a teaching setting. The examples were both art-for-art's-sake and illustrations--lots of RL Stevenson illustrations, f'r'instance, as well as a few movie posters, and not a little comic book work, mostly positive, but one guy repeatedly cited as the wrong answer.

Should one shred one's health insurance card (that feels like it answered itself as I typed) and AAA card (I guess the machine is already on by now...but what are people's shred thresholds?

Matilda started school again today - first day of second grade.

She was fine and happy and the teacher did not seem particularly stern as she had described, but nice. Though she doesn't have her best friends in her class, seeing the actual kids there was more encouraging as I could see that she would definitely have friends to chat with. And I had forgotten that she'd be doing aftercare with her friend Norah, so they'd be getting a couple hours of playtime with each other everyday.

So far so good. Emmett still has another week off before he starts his senior year. The big hiccup in that plan is that the Bay Bridge is closed the entire first week of school.

The exciting and scary thing that happened this weekend was that when I took Matilda out for a milkshake yesterday (while JZ was brunching with Juliana and Lee), the guy sitting behind us had a grand mal seizure. I had to help hold him to keep him from falling to the ground.

It's strange holding somebody when they're seizing - his body was completely rigid and we couldn't even bend his knees to get him safely to the ground. Paramedics came quickly and he'll be fine but Matilda was unnerved by it.