My grandfather's famous lasagna (actually famous - he had a cooking column in the Cincinnati Enquirer for a while and this was one of their most requested reprints before newspapers were available online) was near-inedible towards the end of his life because his sense of taste was so diminished that he WAY overdid it on the red pepper flakes.

One of my favorite dishes from childhood is creamed tuna on toast. Which, objectively I don't understand how I liked as a kid (because my grandmas white sauce was lumpy) or how I can find it appetizing as an adult, because it looks sort of like vomit, but I LOVE it.

My grandma was also really fond of the pre-packaged gravy mix that was just called "brown". Whenever we had a roast beef, the next day was pieces of roast beef in the "brown gravy" over bread or mashed potato. The next day was sandwiches. The next day was hash. Same with ham, except instead of the ham with gravy, it was ham in scalloped potatoes.

Does anyone know, is there like an MMR booster? Just concerned about whether Bob Bob will get exposed to measles at school.

There is a booster, because nurses get it sometimes. I think they can also do a titre to see if he is still immune. I will look for the CDC recs.

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You want to look at the footnote for the MMR.

Measles component: A routine second dose of MMR vaccine, administered a minimum of 28 days after the first dose, is recommended for adults who: are students in postsecondary educational institutions; work in a health care facility; or plan to travel internationally. Persons who received inactivated (killed) measles vaccine or measles vaccine of unknown type during 1963–1967 should be revaccinated with 2 doses of MMR vaccine.

I should probably check if I need a booster. I kind of remember getting one a few years ago, but I'm not sure.

My aunt has been unsuccessful in getting the wifi to work at the hospital, so we have still not "seen" my mother. I finally gave up and called her on the phone (I seriously had to untangle our landline from the internet cables and dust it off). I at least got to hear her voice. Luna talked with her and had the first real telephone conversation she has ever had. She doesn't get the opportunity often, and when she has talked on the phone in the past its all, "Yes. Yes. No. Bye!" This time she asked all kinds of questions about what the doctors were doing for her and how long she needed to be there. It was adorable and one of those parent moments where you wish you had video of it. Then when it came time to say goodbye, I handed the phone back to her and she said, "I really really really really miss you GaGa and I want to come to America. Today. Right now." I totally lost it at that point. The idea that she is feeling the same feelings I am just kills me.

Aw! Sweet girl.

I had things to say about food but I spent the hours between midnight and 6:30 this morning vomiting a couple of times an hour. fun!

Now, I am sitting on the couch sipping ginger ale thanks to my amazing dog sitter who has the dog for the day and contemplating whether I'm up for even checking my work email. I'm feeling like not.

Oh Lisa, that sounds miserable! And Calla, your daughter has been in hospital a few times, right? So she knows what grandma is going through!

I'm mostly annoyed at myself that I didn't get up and work out. Again. I keep packing workout clothes...and not using them...(extra obnoxiously I'll likely have plenty of time before my flight, but nowhere to shower after exercising, since I already checked out of my hotel, and have no rental car)