Oh, msbelle. I'm sorry.

I doubt it, Epic. We have our dept weekly call tomorrow, maybe I will have an opportunity to complain then, but I don't really expect it. There's just too many of us, even cut in half as we are, for everyone to get something satisfactory unless we all agreed to each take a full week in alphabetical order or something.

I'm not opposed to getting a physical and bloodwork under normal goddamn circumstances. But considering we're in a pandemic, I feel like going to the doctor's office is something that can fucking WAIT. And I'm going to send them a message to that effect

I get to make that call as well. And with a new PA. I totally liked her and I'm cool with doing the bloodwork and other referral but the timing blows because we shut down a week after I met with her.

Hey, my temperature is 98.6! That never happens

Oh I think you're allowed to tap out msbelle. At least temporarily—you could support him again in the future if he's actually going to classes (could he get loans and you pay them off once he has passed classes?) but not do it now?

I'm not going to tell him about loans. My offer I just emailed him - Register for 1 class to take over the summer and pass it and I will keep paying what I am paying now. Otherwise I'll stop at end of May.

If he does the one summer class at the end of the summer he does not want to take more classes, then he has had 2 months to find a job to cover the $1000 in expenses per month I am covering for him right now.

The other morning Matilda fell asleep on the couch holding a bowl of cereal. Four times. And, to her credit, managed to do so without spilling a drop.

That seems more than fair, msbelle. What a stress for you. Frankly, I had to get a tough love ultimatum that was similar at one point. I got better, not perfect, but better.

a physical and bloodwork

I went in for a blood draw yesterday, it worked out pretty smoothly. I have a TeleHealth appointment scheduled for Thursday to learn the results. I can't figure out what we're going to do in that video call that we can't do just as well by email or secure messaging.

For your amusement, some of the hairstyles I've been through in the last nine months: [link]

I'm glad the eyebrows have grown back.

I can tolerate the current longer hair length so long as I keep it trimmed away from my ears, but I'll be very glad when I am able to get it cut short again - at least short enough to tame the waves.

did their parents support them through it all? Cause I'm the summer away from tapping out.

The current ones who are E's age are living at home, and I think were supposed to be giving the parents money, but of course they aren't working now. The ones my age were I think variably supported by their parents over the years, depending.

That's a nifty gallery, dcp. I'm glad for you that your eyebrows grew back!