"She cast her vote and signed her name as her final act of a long life of service to others," her son said.

Love that.

My commute was a cluster this morning, but I was actually already running late, at least for me, so at least that was covered up? Not that anyone cares when I get here!

How is the foot, Sheryl?

Gud, I went through this with my sons. #2 has heard all his life from friends, teachers, and family how brilliant his brother is. It is very stressful. It is a much different dynamic now that they are in their 20s. #2 totally has his act together with employment, school, and relationships. #1 is pretty much dysfunctional. So the whole 'your brother is a genius' thing doesn't sting as much.

But it was very hard when they were kids. #1 was leading reading circle and doing multiplication in kindergarten while #2 had to be held back a year. While as adults we could see that #2 was so much more accomplished at all things a person needs to be a successful in a practical sense.

Kids have a lot of stress and the stress of being smarter than everyone you know including your teachers is just as frustrating as being the kid brother of that brainiac. Also, parenting is ridiculously stressful!!

Sue, does Marshalls ballot count? I mean I don't know the rules on that.

"She cast her vote and signed her name as her final act of a long life of service to others," her son said.

That's wonderful. Made me tear up a little.

It's state-by-state, Kat. So in some places yes, in some places no.

Sue, does Marshalls ballot count? I mean I don't know the rules on that.

I'm not sure how the election officials can monitor that. I'm sure there's lots circumstances where a person fills in an absentee ballot because they are too ill to go to the polls and then pass beforehand. But there are probably lots who are still alive come election day. ETA: I know almost nothing about US voting laws, so I have no idea what's allowed.

Laura,

The foot's feeling a lot better. Whether that's due to the splint or the super-strength ibuprofen,I don't know, but it doesn't hurt much at all.

Hooray for drugs.

Way to live, Gertrude!

Glad to hear the foot feels better, Sheryl.

So, in an effort to decrease decision fatigue while maintaining variety, I have a schedule of various breakfasts and today it came up Muffin. I do not have any muffins nor muffin surrogates in the house, and I'm not up for baking for work, but Panera is doing a daily free bagel thing this month so (you can guess where this is going) I have ordered a blueberry bagel for rapid pickup. Fuckos.

Ha! Love that.

I also love my new rotating lunch schedule for similar reasons. If the Vietnamese place is in the rotating slots, I have that. If the line at the good salad place is short enough, I have that. It all works out quite well!