Timelies all!

Health ~ma to your FiL, Burrell.

House ~ma to you, Zen.

Ugh, Zen -- good luck!

Thank-you emails for 30-minute virtual interview, yes? How few sentences can I get away with? (I am stuck at 2.) The cat stayed out of the picture.

I've pretty much come around to thank-you emails in every case, personally. And three sentences is plenty: Thanks for your time, I learned X Y&Z about the position that show how my experience is perfect, I look forward to being in touch.

Good job IDing the music, flea!

I was supposed to be almost to San Francisco by now. But instead we had to move to a new plane and be several hours delayed. Grr. I want it to be Thursday night and be home already. (Or better yet, Friday night so it's the weekend...)

I know that song- It's do do DOO do Do do do do DOO do DO do DOO do do DOO do do DOOOO.

We used another song from Peer Gynt for the bows of The Diary of Anne Frank, but I can't remember which. It is not Solveig's Song. (or In the Hall of Mountain King).

Wow, flea, that is impressive!

I am kind ticked off at my grandboss right now. So we have this issue with a customer, we are in the wrong, and it boils down to person X used data from the wrong column making a calculation. Which, fine, people make mistakes. But grandboss's knee-jerk pronouncement is the info we send to that department all has to be in Units. Except it was in Units, there was just additional information, and I even said "for Units please use column E" which was the correct column, so, what do we have to do differently?

I'm sure it will all boil down to no change ultimately, but I'm annoyed.

Now hopefully I can not think about it anymore. I need to get 45 minutes of moderate exercise somehow or other.

I know that song but wouldn't be able to put a name to it. It's in a Bugs Bunny cartoon, though (probably more than one).

successfully identify a piece of classical music, as hummed by an elderly woman, over the phone. (Grieg, Peer Gynt, the Morning theme.)

Dang, flea, that's impressive.

Thanks for the house ~ma, it looks like we're going to be fine. Miraculously, the water seems to have not touched the drywall or the insulation, but went straight for the carpet. I asked the carpet guy how that was possible, and he said, "Water, man. You never know." So they sucked up most of the water with giant hoses and now I have a huge dehumidifier and two huge fans running noisily in the hall. I can't get into the bathroom or the office. I moved the litter boxes into the dining room, because there's no place else, but that's temporary. The insurance will pay for all that; I don't even get a bill. Outside, the plumber will come back on Monday to replace the cracked pipe, and while he's at it, he'll replace my 18-year-old corroded water heater. I already knew it needed replacing, but I was avoiding it because it's about $1200. Ugh. (Part of me wants to think this minor disaster happened to prevent the major disaster of that water heater bursting and flooding my house with 50 gallons of water. In reality, it happened because I didn't drain the hose properly last winter.) Between the faucet replacement, which insurance will not cover, and the deductible, and the water heater, I'm about to spend around $2000. Which I'm thankful I have, but I'm sad at the hit to my already-meager savings.

The cats are freaked out by the noise. Leo and Murray have braved it enough to come check out the new locations of the food and the litter boxes, but Percy remains upstairs hiding. I got him to come to the top of the stairs, then he noped out and ran back under the bed. (I love the use of "nope" as a verb. So evocative!) I just hope he gets over his fear before he has to pee.

So this was an adventure!

I had my first dental cleaning since my new determination to floss like a champ, and the dental technician was pleased with my progress. Yay, gums!

It's in a Bugs Bunny cartoon, though (probably more than one).

My first exposure to a lot of classical music, I have to say.

Sophia, my dad said that he doesn't think it means that you're required to have coverage in Massachusetts, but that you should ask the university's HR department to be sure.