It turns out that my Dad's first choice for his remains is illegal, which means I'll be denied the opportunity to put wacky hats on his skull. So when it's eventually time, I'll probably have his and mom's ashes turned into a gemstone.

Steph I'm glad Tim's surgery went well. I hope that you get a lot of rest and he has a speedy recovery.

Spreading dad's ashes at the beach is illegal but that hasn't stopped all the other people. There are a lot of ashes out in that water.

-t it's going to be a stretch I guess. If it weren't for the damn medicine I could do ok because that was what my hours were in the summer. But it also means I'll be off at 3 pm some days and 5 pm others so I can do things like cook and maybe go for a walk.

~ma to Tim and Steph and Sheryl and msbelle and all of the rest of the tired/coping with difficult things Buffistas.

I am feeling the exhaustion of several days of working hard and late (or it could be a migraine, too early to tell), so ~ma to other Buffistas I forgot to mention by name.

I also did a difficult thing yesterday which I didn't realize will be difficult. Some groking and self control of not answering best friend's messages until She Does A Thing is ahead of me.

I'm also at 30 hours a week, which makes it tight -- but I went on the company health insurance this month which is actually $300 less/month than my previous plan and cut a couple other small expenses. I still should drive some Lyft on the weekends, because even $100 from a couple hours of zooming around Boston goes a long way. But with the cold and snow, I haven't felt up to doing it these past weekends.

(I also took a large-for-me-withdrawal-with-tax-penalties from my IRA for the new water heater, so I'm like "Oh, let's just burn dollar bills, what does it matter" because I'm shedding money so fast it doesn't feel like it matters.)

Starting this weekend, I'll get back on the Lyft horse, I swear.

Askye, here's a thought -- have you thought about being a Census enumerator part-time? The pay is great and they don't expect most to do it 'full time' except during the period immediately after 4/15.

They make you take a basic test of reading, writing and basic math, which I think you'd ace. (Around here -- Cambridge and all the colleges -- you pretty much had to get a 100%.)

he had ice chips, jello, and oxycodone

Perhaps the perfect first post-surgery meal.

Great news that Tim got through okay!

Teppy, I hope both you and Tim had restful nights.

I mostly did, although the kitty woke me up at 5 a.m. yodeling for food (Tim gets up around 5 for work — I definitely don't — so Murderbiscuit expects food then.) But I went right back to sleep after I fed him.

I have to get a shower and then I'll head back to the hospital.

Glad Tim is doing well!

Video job interview tomorrow afternoon, because of course.

That's promising, though!

So I meant to get to NYC to see Oklahoma, and now it's too late! Bah.