FiL report from last night is that he has a couple more days in the hospital to help ensure that the reattachments stick. They are worried he might lose more fingers. I am feeling pretty sure he won't. This man has been through more dire accidents than anyone else I know, and he tends to land on his feet. But any and all ~ma for a healthy recovery and keeping the rest of his hand is quite welcome. I imagine Cody will be spending a lot of time there this summer helping him recuperate.

Closer to home, poor Franny is still feverish. Woke up this am with her fever already at 102.5, poor noodle. I texted my sister to see if she thinks a doctor visit is in order, but I'm tending that way even if she says wait another day. Because if it's already at 102.5, how high is it going to get this afternoon, which is when her fevers usually peak?

I feel like "daring escape" ought to involve flying over prison walls in an improvised hot air balloon.

Suspect brandishing a shotgun sounds like better justification for a police shooting than, well, any incidents since Tamerlan Tsarnaev.

Why is it only Wednesday, or maybe I mean how? This week has already been much too long.

AGREED! I was thinking exactly that in almost exactly those words.

Oh, poor Franny! Much health~ma to your whole family, Burrell.

Hey, people who take sabbaticals - does it come in your seventh year or after seven years?

Poor Franny!

I woke up from my first sleep at 1:30, so I tried really hard to go to back to sleep. I fell back asleep at 4:00, and then could not get up when I needed to to get to work ontime (5:00). I slept through snoozing my alarm until 7:10, and then I had to call a cab to get to work by 8:00.

I can't even engage in the whole shooting/answering the door with a shotgun/aggravated menacing story. It hits a place of deeply held panic and paranoia in me, and every time I try to post my reaction it looks tinfoil hat kooky to me and I delete it.

Ugh Sophia, how frustrating. One thought, have you tried one of those melatonin sprays? I use this one if I wake up in the middle of the night and it helps me go right back to sleep, but that's a pretty high dose. There may be one that's only 1 mg or 500 mcg, less likely to make you feel sluggish in the morning.

I can't even engage in the whole shooting/answering the door with a shotgun/aggravated menacing story.

I've been reading Twitter, and several people say the police kicked in the door; the police deny that. And I'm already thinking, shit, will we ever find out the true story on this?

I think that even if this was a situation that was 100% justified, the fact that the police killed a 22-year-old black man looks bad given the national climate. I just hope things stay calm. But my neighborhood doesn't have the warmest feelings for the police. Fingers crossed.

One thought, have you tried one of those melatonin sprays? I use this one if I wake up in the middle of the night and it helps me go right back to sleep, but that's a pretty high dose. There may be one that's only 1 mg or 500 mcg, less likely to make you feel sluggish in the morning.

I have not- I will look into it. Usually I try taking a warm bath, which is nice, but doesn't really work so well!

My work email is being upgraded to 1GB (from 250mb). I am so excited I can't even tell you. I have to delete so much, and I have 4 archives going!

Ugh, Teppy and Flea. I hope it works out to be super obvious that the guy was menacing someone else in the house or whatnot and the police just had to (because seriously, if someone kicks down my door, I feel like I ought to have the right to have my shotgun ready?? There's been too many "police raids" on houses that are "no knock" or the wrong house or whatever...just ugh).

I am awake. And showered. I have coffee next to me. But I so don't want to get going with my day, it's going to suck a lot. Have an important meeting first thing (which I have to be super involved in, can't just listen), and shudder at how many emails are probably waiting.