Peace to you and yours, Liese.

My niece and her soon-to-be-husband found out yesterday that they will be doing their medical residencies at Ohio State U. Look out Columbus, they will eat all your Graeters, and vote for the good guys.

Liese, tons of ~ma headed your way. I'm so sorry.

TCG has an all day conference today. So, I'm not getting my normal Saturday break from baby care. When he gets back, we're going to take ltc to the Easter Bunny.

Love and strength, Liese.

And if I make a purchase on the card, apparently they will send me a $100 gift card, so I'm practically making money!

That's logic I can really get behind.

It's snaining out. Brian and I were halfway to the store and it just started plopping down. Messy.

{{Liese}} ~Ma for whatever the best possible outcome is. And strength anc calm.

I finished my taxes, and I'm getting a refund of about $2000! Almost all of which will be sent to my parents to pay off the moving expenses that they paid for. Getting closer to not owing anyone money!

Holding you in my heart and thoughts, Liese.

Getting closer to not owing anyone money!

Yay! It's a good feeling, isn't it?

Looks like I'm not going to Florida this summer after all, because my friend and traveling companion's place was trashed in the big explosion in Seattle and she can't afford the trip now. I don't want to go without her. So now I'm trying to think of something else I can do for my birthday, without spending much money, in case she's able to go later in the year. I've finally learned that being alone and doing nothing on my birthday makes me feel sad and pathetic, so I'm making plans for it in advance this year. Isn't that excellent self-care? I think it is.

If anyone in Seattle knows of cheap housing available now (as opposed to, when the kids leave school) please let me know so I can pass it on to K. Even a small place; it couldn't be smaller than the studio she's leaving.

{{{Liese}}}

I've been known to spend way too much time tracking down a non-phone contact method on a support site to try to avoid having a phone conversation only to have a support person call me back instead of just responding to me via email. Grr, I intentionally went out of my way to avoid the telephone for a reason. I understand some people prefer the "personal touch" of a phone call, but I'm not one of those people.

Same here. I don't generally have major issues understanding accents, but I prefer written communication because it allows me to gather my thoughts and lay them out in an orderly manner. I feel much more intelligent writing than talking.

This, plus I like to have a record of communication exchanges in writing after the fact should either side have issues with any contracts or agreements.