In other news, I was out playing trombone in an especially ridiculous outfit, and who was in the audience, but the intimidating coworker mentioned earlier this week! So that was fun?

Thanks, Dana!

We're off to see a community theater production of "In the Heights" tonight. I hope it's good!

I had recorded the match and just got a chance to watch the end. It was horrible for both Serena and Osaka. Serena was so warm and comforting to her. Man. That was tough.

Busy day! Up early doing chores including driving into town 12 miles away to go to the dump which is near the top of a ski mountain. Then shopped for food stuff because my brother was visiting from Florida. Had a bunch of family over socializing for about 5 hours in my chilly house. Finally gave up and put portable heaters on for them. (the wimps) Then my niece wanted to go hiking on a mushroom seeking mission with a identification book looking for edibles with her 8 yo son. That was fun. Founds tons of shroons, but held off on eating them pending gaining expertise. The coral mushrooms were clearly edible though, but we left them. The dogs smooshed a lot of them because if we were closely examining the ground clearly that meant they should jump around.

Lots of phone calls and texts in between because my SIL was getting her appendix removed but apparently it was a busy hospital day because there were several people in the queue before her. But they had her morphined up and pretty much napping while waiting. My son Bobby was updating me.

So now I am wiped out!

It's been pouring here all day with more heavy rain forecast tomorrow (our backyard is a damn swamp right now), so I hope the books at flea's library are safe and dry.

And it's in the 60s, which is a crime against all warm weather-loving people like me. But rainy + 60s means I made chili for dinner, which was tasty. My chili recipe uses 2 cans of crushed tomatoes, which I completely forgot to buy. After rummaging in the pantry, I came up with a jar of mild salsa to make up for the lack of canned tomatoes.

I am here to tell you that mild salsa actually works in chili. Which makes sense, because salsa is tomatoes and onions and peppers and spices. Chili crisis averted! Though in the future I'll go back to the canned tomatoes.

And we watched Wreck-It Ralph like the grownups we are. (We had never seen it, and the trailer for the sequel looks great, so we wanted to watch Wreck-It Ralph before the sequel comes out later this year.) (Like the grownups we are.)

DH just called with his update and his sister's appendix had ruptured at least a day ago. Going to be much more complicated. She's going to probably be in for a week. Very dangerous. Please send the ~ma to my sweet Becky.

Yikes, Laura. Thank goodness she's in the hospital, though. Antibiotics can work wonders. Fingers crossed for her.

Yeah they have her on the heavy stuff but have to watch for abscess in case they have to do more surgery. She is a big woman which complicates. She had been in pain for days but has work and a 5 year old so waited too long. My zero pain tolerance got mine out in time.

Oh, man, Laura. All the ~ma!

Lots of ~healing ma for Becky! That's frightening. I hope she does well.

Oh man, Laura! Best thoughts to Becky.