It definitely made me drowsy, but people have really different reactions. That's a good plan.

How do I send flowers to a funeral home? Er, what I mean is, do I have to find a florist in the small town where the funeral will be and call them, or can I use Teleflora and they'll have a local affiliate that can deliver? I've never done this before, and googling "how do I send flowers to a funeral home" yielded a lot of sites telling me the etiquette around sending flowers, but not literally how to do it. (Please take mercy on me; I've never done this before and I am painfully literal and about 2 seconds from a breakdown.)

You can use Teleflora. It's just like sending flowers anywhere else. Make sure you have the name of the deceased, and the name, address and number of the funeral home, as well as the times of any viewing/visitation and service.

I'm sorry, Teppy. It's been a rough few weeks for you. No hugs, but lots of hairpats.

Can you call the funeral home and ask for their procedure?

When my Nana (in New Jersey) passed, I just went to the nearest florist and placed the order. There must be some sort of florists' network, and they all work from the same catalog; you pick the arrangement at this end, someone at that end creates and delivers it.

And Steph, I get it. In this as in so many things, we are twinsies; I am a HUGE birthday ho. My birthday is tomorrow (in case you hadn't heard), and I would be so upset if I were facing the weekend that you are. I think Zen makes an excellent point, it's because you're not an asshole that these other obligations are a problem. If you were an asshole, you'd say "Screw 'em" and do exactly what you want to do. Because you are a good and thoughtful human person, your birthday is being unfortunately preempted this year. I really hope that when it's celebrated at another time, or that whatever you end up doing Friday evening returns you all the JOY you missed, with interest.

Call the funeral home. Or if you want, I can call for you.

I just went to my local funeral home's website and they have a list of florists on there, so you could try that. Alternatively, Teleflora will totally work.

Timelies all!

In the continuing saga of my phone, Macy's did not return my calls(I called from work this morning and left a message with my work number). After dinner I went to the nearby Sprint store, only to find that since the account is in Gary's name, and I am not an authorized user on said account, they can't upgrade me. Which means that either Gary comes with me to get the phone, or he makes me an authorized user on the account. Feh.

Well that's no fun, Sheryl.

ETA: Somebody tell me I want to inquire about private swim lessons at the community pool so I can learn the Tarzan stroke and swim laps without putting my face in the water.

And so, the Dems lose again. Awesome.