Congratulations Dana! Benefits!!! Huzzah

Heard back from vet. Bumps on Miley's leg are mass cell, so we need to get them off quickly and I'll probably be fighting mass cell growths on her forever.

No UTI, so they will try something meds for her peeing in her sleep.

Bailey's bloodwork had one set of elevated #, so they may want to do another test to rule out Cushings. I'm going to try to monitor her water intake over the weekend and that will help them determine what to do.

From HuffPost's Funniest Tweets by Women this week:

Comic SANS? More like Comic AVEC!

Puppy and I keep going back and forth on my napping on couch without him vs him walking all over my while I TRY to nap. But I am not arguing for parental leave (though I may end up burning a vacation day at some point here). Hoping with my napping off my headache today that tomorrow will be easier even if he doesn't sleep super great tonight

The letter was great, ND.

Puppy~health~ma, msbelle. Puppy~chill~ma, meara.

That's a great letter, ND, but it's outrageous that it's so very necessary. I wish I could be surprised that my two senators just up and wandered home in the middle of a crisis, but they are basically malevolent wastes of oxygen, so I'm not.

Good luck with the puppy raising and vet stuff, meara and msbelle.

I'm very, very tired. And classes start next week, so I'll be working a fair chunk of the weekend supporting instructors who got little to no break over the summer to work on fall classes, and now have to start teaching a week early, using unfamiliar tools, with no idea what expectations are going to be from one week to the next. 2020 is going to have one hell of a final third.

People on my Facebook feed are trying to "both sides" the current crisis and it's infuriating. The House passed several bills to address the crisis, the Senate refused to take any of them up. The Dems then tried to negotiate with Trump directly and were met with batshit demands. It's very clear where the blame lies here. (Also, the GOP basically shrugging at Trump's unconstitutional XOs to "fix" things show that once again they have no interest in doing their fucking job.)

I've seen some of that, Kalshane - not, thankfully, in my feed but on other folks' public posts and it just burns me up.

I hope Tom Cotton does come home to this hick-ass state to press flesh just as the pandemic starts hitting it really hard among his supporters and football season opens.

Yeah, it's crazy what's going on in the Senate that's certain. I humbly ask that no matter what your personal situation is regarding needing stimulus, or UI, or PPP loans or any of the other programs, please take a few minutes and write your senators. It's very close to home for me with the gutting of the arts and entertainment industry. If you wish, feel free to use the letter I wrote as a guide. Obviously not all of it applies universally, but it might help as a starting point. I'm honestly so thankful for each voice in support of small businesses through all of this. I don't think I've ever been under this level of stress. I'm just so worried about finding a way to preserve my business, and to take care of my staff. I know in my core there will be a bright day on the other side of this. Arts and entertainment will come back, and it will be a huge return. People are going to be so hungry to have those experiences. The businesses that make that happen just need a bridge to the other side.