I"m sorry sarameg.

And Steph, I feel for you and Tim right now. And your good kitty. It's just so hard.

Our kitty is still hanging in there somehow. I got her to drink down some tuna water, so that's kind of like eating. Vet is giving her something tomorrow. Fingers crossed that it works and our kooky, blind cat with dementia gets to live a little longer.

Steph didn't update us on the cat, right? Fingers still crossed here...

Well, someone called me this morning! ...I think it was dcp?? (He said, but I was still groggy) It still took me another half hour to get all up and working out, but it happened!! And I still have time to shower and quickly eat something before going to work, yay! I will likely regret the early hour on my flight tonight but ah well.

Go meara!

The kitty lives to sneeze another day! The emergency vet gave her something to stop the throwing up (which was caused largely because she had swallowed so much blood -- hey, I'd throw up, too), and epinephrine to stop the bloody sneezing. And now we have her in a cage just in case she starts sneezing blood again, to limit the splatter radius. But the cage also keeps her near the humidifier, which tends to help her poor sinuses.

But she hasn't sneezed any blood since they came home last night, so she seems okay.

I was gone for three business days. THREE. Why is my inbox a nightmare?

I am so sad and sorry about Baltimore, Lisah and Sarameg, and Maria. I should probably be angry too, but my rage reserves seem empty right now.

If I can get my act together this week shrift maybe I can send you some better email

Glad your kitty is okay, Steph. Kitty~ma for Folly, Burrell.

I thought today was Wednesday. Was looking for the pre-meeting agenda email. All grumpy and "where is everyone?" Luckily I figured out that it's Tuesday before I contacted anyone and looked stupid. Congrats, Self, you've won an extra day!

I'd like to have one nice spring/summer day in this neighborhood without the obnoxious sound of whirring buzzing machines. If it's not the apartment complex on one side, it's the old guy next door, trimming the vegetation.

I'm trying to keep up with what's happening in Baltimore, but it's so overwhelming. I can focus on that, or I can work, but I can't do both.

I'm trying to keep up with what's happening in Baltimore, but it's so overwhelming. I can focus on that, or I can work, but I can't do both.

That's where I am right now. While we were out of town, we didn't have the TV on in the hotel, and I only had my smartphone, so I wasn't online much, and I know I missed so much about Baltimore. And now that I'm back, I have a lot of work to do before I leave again Thursday. Argh. Maybe tonight I can catch up.

I don't know if I'm more appalled about Baltimore or Nepal.