Ugh Scrappy, that's a lot of unhappy to ponder. So so sorry about your kitty.

(And I agree with Amy, fie on your brother's wife.)

Happy birthday, erikaj!

Burrell, be kind to yourself.

The exit interview at now-ex job went fine. I got to wander around and say goodbye to the people I wanted to, and I was stopped by a gratifying number of folks who had seen my goodbye email that morning and wanted to say "WHAT THE HELL NO YOU CAN'T LEAVE". (This allowed me to shrug, smile, and say, "Drama. You know how it is," which prompted one co-worker to say, out of the blue, "Wow, I'm sorry [now-ex boss] is such a bitch. You'll be better off."

Then I went to a dentist appointment, went for ice cream, and came home to discover a friend had sent me a pair of Halloween mouse ears from Disneyland. Today is pretty good, and I wish it would have been better for all of you.

Thanks, lovely Buffistas. Just gotta be sad until I'm not.

Timelies all!

Happy Birthday erika!

Happy b-day, erika!

Scrappy, I've been thinking about you.

Zombie game kickstarter: [link] Ends tomorrow, if anyone is interested in funding. (I totally contributed, so I can say that my wedding present to myself was a zombie game. Plus, we do love a good zombie game.)

I am at work, and I am an angel of patience, but I really pity the poor Cincinnati Bell representative who gets the phone call from the woman reprimanding them for emailing her repeatedly. (I helped her print all the emails they have sent her. This took nearly 2 hours. I kind of need a drink but am still at work for another 35 minutes. Note that the emails are her bills and her paid bill receipts, which she apparently signed up with them to receive.)

Scrappy, would J & you having a conversation with your vet help? I could feel it was time with Devi and was petrified I was making the decision for ME, not her (because watching her decline was really rough) and holy crap, that's an awful feeling. I had to spill all that to the vet so he could tell me what I knew was real and that it was only going to be worse, but without the personal baggage. And that was just with only me to make the call and I KNEW. It's hard and sad.

And wow, I was gonna post about how fried I am, and just writing that, even though I've spoken about it before and remained composed, just made me have a mini-weepfest. Yeah, today was another doozy. Half the day in meetings with some heavy uncomfortable politics. I just can't even. I can deal with days crammed like this now and then, but this has been a long slog of 'em.

Happiest of birthdays erika! May this be your best year yet.

Matt, I'm digging B. I love that look, but I can see how they might not be comfy.

Scrappy, much ease and peace upon your heart. Strength to you.

Jilli, I am _certain_ you are better off and it's nice that your co-workers acknowledge that. I'm glad the day went easily for you.

Oh, we did speak to the vet. She said if he hadn't improved, he wasn't going to. But J's feeling is that he's stable, so as long as he eats a few bites and isn't in pain, we should let him be.