The rooster story is the Best Thing Ever, and Zen, I so hope you (or she) will let me (or some writer) use it in a book one day because it's perfect.
If I ever get back in touch with her, I'll ask if she minds!
Bummer, Zen! Is this the one that survived the washing machine?
Yes! So unfair, the poor thing.
ION, my eldest son actually started a job today.
Yay! May he succeed!
Ooh, good luck to him Laura!!
Go, son of Laura!
Poor lost Fitbit.
Ah, yes, I can tell the decongestant was working by how much it sucks when it wears off.
Zen, the Fitbit site suggests some Bluetooth tracker apps that might help you locate your Fitbit: [link]
Belly dancing ... thing. I'm pretty sure my working definition is not accurate, so I won't give it, but I have been assured it's a low pressure performance thing.
Cool.
Go, Laura's son!
I have a date, but had plenty of time to come home after work, and now predictably I don't want to go back out.
Congrats and good luck to Laura-son!
On a related note, job~ma requested for my BIL, who just got laid off from the architectural firm where he's worked for the past 14 years, apparently because they decided they couldn't afford to promote him.
And on an unrelated note, I discovered today that my primary care doc is a Canadian citizen, and is debating the merits of trying to relocate there (with her American husband and dual-citizen kids). You know, the kind of things that come up in casual conversations now once you've concluded your everyday business. (in this case, getting diagnosed with a sinus infection and mild bronchitis, lucky me.)