I booked this "meeting room" (which is an unused office) for an hour for a conference call and finished the call in record time. I'm really tempted to stay in here with the door closed until 9 just for the solitude.

Not sure how well I'd do resisting that temptation.

Well, my estranged uncle (my mom's alcoholic older brother) died about a week ago from throat cancer. Since my cousin didn't even want us to know, I'm guessing we're not invited to any services. I don't know how to feel about it other than to feel sad for my mom. I guess it's good that I'm flying out tomorrow for a planned visit.

I'm sorry, shrift. Those are hard deaths to react to. However you feel is right.

What -t said, shrift. It will be good to be with your mom, I think.

ION, I just realized why I've been out of sorts all day: I didn't sleep well. It wasn't like catastrophic insomnia, just didn't sleep well. I have so much admiration for people who can function without enough sleep!

Also I just told someone that "Jesse and I's" is incorrect, and she said the language is changing! Yikes.

Well, if someone is named I, and you shared something with them...

That would be a very confusing name.

The language is not changing that much.

Please, no. Just no.

Oh, I took "the language is changing" to mean someone thought "Jesse and I's" used to be correct but that must have changed. That now seems like a peculiar reading of the text.

Thanks, y'all. It's a lot of emotional baggage.