Oh, Steph, I meant to say, I have a local friend who has lived through two brain aneurysms, including surgeries, and she just had her first manuscript accepted for publication. So there's hope for your friend! What a thing, though -- emergency brain surgery must be terrifying. I hope he's healing well.

So there's hope for your friend! What a thing, though -- emergency brain surgery must be terrifying. I hope he's healing well.

Last time I checked with his wife, she said he was doing pretty well. He just has a lot of recovery in front of him.

A friend on Facebook just posted a picture of his 94-year-old mother pushing a cart in a grocery store

Good grief! Just stay home people! Yes, I get some people can't, but the rest of them need to stop. The only time I left the house so far was to drive my son to work and I didn't get out of the car. I'll happily go for walks or to the beach if I get restless, or even to pick up take out, but otherwise the world will only see my virtual presence.

Mom is back, with polyps snipped and sent off for biopsy. All good. So, so tired...

Note: my precautions (mask for mom, disposable latex gloves from home for all of us, Clorox wiping wheelchair with my own supply) in a small MO hospital got us weird looks from other patients, but the staff about cried with gratitude. The gurneys were coming back WET with disinfectant...medical staff is NOT fucking around RN, even in small town Bible belt.

May everything go smoothly for your mom from this point forward, Strix!

Congratulations Maria! (and Maria's fiancé—you won the engagement lottery, dude!)

I just pulled the trigger on touring a condo for possible home purchase this week, about 5 years ahead of schedule. Here's the place I'm looking at: [link]

Oh, wow, Matt! That place looks pretty great.

Glad y'all got through that, Strix

Scrappy, I'm so sorry to hear about your aunts. Love to you and yours.

Teppy, I'm glad the news on your friend has been good.

For a piece of good news in all of the horribleness... MedicGuy proposed last night, and I said yes! A picture of the ring is on FB and Instagram.

Maria! Best wishes to you and your MedicGuy. ♥

The toilet paper aisle at Meijer was so empty that cereal was stocked on those shelves.

Look I'm not judging but this seems really counterproductive.

Go rice. Choose rice.

And the bakery owner just texted to say we'll stay open for takeout, but we're only going to need one retail person at a time, so all of our hours just got cut by two-thirds, more or less.

That's so hard Amy. I'm sorry.

Nilly, I hope the rest of your quarantine passes quickly.

Strix, I hope your mom's colonoscopy goes well. [edit: well, that wish came true while I composed. I'm gonna start hoping for a whole buncha good things for everyone.]

Everyone else, I'm reading, hoping for the best, and deeply regretting that we never actually bought Buffista island.

That looks awesome, Matt!

Strix, I hope you and your mom can get some rest now.

deeply regretting that we never actually bought Buffista island

Right?

Cindy, I must've skipped over any updates you gave regarding your son - how is he doing? In general, not just a Covid19 update.

Strix, I hope all will improve from now on, for you and your mother and your sister.

Steph, lots of health and quick-recovery~ma to your friend.