Oh, and because it deserves a separate post -- anxious to hear that Steph's Tim has had a favorable report. Crossing digits hard here.

Good news, Theo!

I am just killing time in the office, because I have plans later and none of the errands I have to do make sense to do now! I literally sent my team home, because nothing is happening in the office.

We spent a couple of hours this morning reprocessing and upgrading shipping on 500+ orders that FedEx seems to have misplaced. So that was fun. December, man.

I made up for my week of slothiness by going to 3 of my doctors offices and enrolling 7 of my doctors in ePrescribing of controlled substances. An annoying process. Lucked out and arrived in time for one of their holiday parties at lunch time and was well fed! They also gave me my 2nd shingles vaccine, so kind of mixed visit. Oh but the yummy catered food!! I really have to visit my doctors on Fridays more often.

We're still at the hospital because Tim had some unexpected bleeding (an iv was pulled loose while he was dozing, so no one noticed immediately). It looked like something out of a horror movie, for real. He bled so much that they had to get him a new bed. He's fine, but they wanted to observe him for another couple of hours to be sure everything was okay. Hopefully we'll be home within the hour. I was up at 5 this morning and I am so beat.

Oh! The procedures went fine — they got a good look at his floppy mitral valve, and the cardiologist is pretty sure it can be repaired with a minimally invasive approach, so yay!

Yay for good results!

Timelies all!

Yay for good results for Tim!

Yay for good results for Tim's floppy mitral valve! No more bleeding!

Man, I am tuckered out. Having reheated spaghetti-n-meatballs for dinner. There's a ribeye in the fridge but I'm too tired to cook it. Tomorrow, slab o' meat. I'll most likely grill you tomorrow.

I'm glad the results were good, Steph.

That sounds so scary Steph, but I am glad for the good results!

Msbelle- Aidan pretty much plays video games. He likes animals. He doesn't really seem to be seriously doing the school search- Maria says he is considering forestry. I think he is more into it than Sylvia was, but still not too into it.

Sylvia does seem to be OK right now working as a patient room cleaner at a hospital. She has a regular schedule. Maria was sort of a late academic bloomer too, so I think she doesn't want to force college too soon. When she went back in her 40s she was super successful. It is hard because her family is very academic (her dad a professor, mom a teacher, brothers and extended family all with advanced degrees). We are sort of opposite because I am the first person in my family to graduate from a 4 year college, and also the only one to attend. My mom dropped out of nursing school and got a 2 year degree in Art as an adult. My one uncle did a two year degree in accounting as an adult. None of my cousins attended college, but did well in trade school

Any hoodie, that was a digression, but I settled on an Amazon gift card for Aidan, and maybe the same for Sylvia. I also have a button maker that Sylvia requested, but it is maybe better to be equal.

I got my first manicure last night. I loved it. She did acrylic "covers" of my own short nails and painted them red! She was super nice, even though I was super nervous about the appointment. She said I could continue to do this, or if I hated it, she would take it off, or I could get super short tips (I don't like keyboard clacking)