Good lord. Dana's meetings sound bad enough content-wise. Having them at 7am seems like adding insomnia to injury.

A different coworker just called so she could brainstorm ideas for getting us making actual progress.

God, Dana.

So y'all can hold off your surgery-ma for a few hours. My dad's procedure isn't until 5:30, my time.

I'm sure it holds.

I'll let a reserve build up.

Surgery~ma, Sue. I remember that roller-coaster, the kind with the adrenaline that makes you sick to your stomach instead of the fun kind. Calm~ma to all of you.

Hubby had a surgery later in teh day once, and the surgeon came by after he finished an earlier one and asked if we minded if he took a nap first. We immediately said we hugely preferred that the surgeon be rested and refreshed before the operation. God, who would rather have a tired and cranky person operating on them?

Wow, Sessions actually clapped back at Trump:

"While I am attorney general, the actions of the Department of Justice will not be improperly influenced by political considerations," Mr. Sessions said in a rare public statement released Thursday afternoon.

Unfortunately, this kind of statement often seems to come right before someone does (or doesn't do) the thing they said they wouldn't (or would) do.

Oh dears, the National Enquirer guy has also flipped on Trump. Granted immunity in exchange for testimony about Trump and Cohen.