Anne, I'm sorry for your mom. Calli is right in that often there's a medication mixup that can lead to dementia-like symptoms, so that's something to hope for.

But there are a lot of resources out there. Sadly, nobody has any quick and easy fixes, and even the stuff that helps requires a heavy investment of time and emotional resources on the part of the caregiver. I would say that your mother is in for a hard time of it.

Feel free to email me, as well.

As for job stuff, well, I really thought I had a gig that would have taken me to retirement, and I'm still cranky about having the rug pulled out from under me. OTOH, I did some good work in the last few weeks, enough to get some emails for my "Egoboo" folder. I remind myself I am still pretty good at what I do, despite all the petty annoyances of the insane bureaucracy we have to deal with.

This week I started testing a new system that was developed at headquarters and will be imposed on us in the future, to assist in what has been, up til now, fairly subjective decision-making. Of course the very first time I ran it, it didn't catch any of the factors that should have kicked the process into higher level of review. Nor the second time. Nor the third. Nor was there any way to go backwards if I'd made a mistake on the first half dozen questions.

This is after a solid two years of development. And it's something we'll be forced to use. Argh.

But hey, I climbed two 5.11Bs and a 5.11C tonight, so go me!

I swear, it's more expensive to go to SF than it is to Hawaii...

I would argue for Team Hawaii, but I won't be back (assuming I'm back. I'll almost certainly be back) until the end of July.

Anne, lots of family-ma

Anne, you can also put me on the list of folks you can email if you have questions. Sending you and your family lots of ~ma.

I actually made decent headway on the work I needed to do, so yay! Teaching was rough however. My poor students. Was not my best work I'm afraid. So.. um.. partial success?

Oh, crap, it’s Internet Jackass Day.

Oh, crap, it’s Internet Jackass Day.

Indeed. Although I will likely spend some time seeking out the fun ones.

Anne, much family~ma.

I never did figure out what I wanted to do when I grow up, but working for nearly 3 decades with DH has been nice. I hope to be healthy enough to do other things after I retire. I loved tutoring reading for the school system when my kids were little. There are so many things I'd like to try, but the whole having to work for a living thing gets in the way.

Do you eat kitniyot?

It's a debate every year, but I think I'm gonna say yes for now.

I've seen some of Thonk Geek's offerings today, not bad.

Google's is quite good. And hard to find.

(com.google)

The toaster oven works better when it is lugged in. And I would catch on to it not being plugged in faster if the timer weren't mechanical and therefore merrily ticks away counting down whether the toaster oven is plugged in or not.

Third time's the charm in attempting to warm up cinnamon rolls, I guess.

Damn you, Think Geek. I would totally buy Groot Beer: [link]