I saw that the Conways' 15-year-old daughter is filing for emancipation. Sounds like they've pretty effectively burned that bridge.

And to add to the year's catastrophes, there are two hurricanes bearing down on the gulf coast AND an asteroid headed our way. It may not hit ... but that may be what the dinosaurs thought.

Sorry, David and JZ. I hope things work out as best they can.

Buffista Castle? [link]

Calli, that seems like a Bargain.

Dibs on the purple bathtub

I had not heard about the asteroid. That's exciting

This says it's small [link]

That treehouse, though!!!

ltc is fine, but she wouldn't stop crying and complaining about a stomach ache for a second day in a row yesterday. She was hysterical, and we couldn't calm her down, which is very unusual for our little girl to complain about anything. Her grandparents came by to drop off a gift for her, and she refused to go outside and see then, and She kept running to the bathroom every 5 minutes and nothing would happen. So, we took her to urgent care. It turns out she was just very constipated and gassy. They would only let one parent in the building with her, and while we were in there the car died. So, after finally seeing the doctor, getting an X-Ray to make sure it was nothing, we had to wait outside under and overhang in a huge storm for AAA to come and put in a new battery, which took about an hour. On the way home I couldn't get takeout from the first restaurant we tried because their electricity was out and the pharmacy was closed, presumably for the same reason. So, off to a second restaurant and a second pharmacy. We finally got Chinese take-out and ltc's medication. We decided it was eat in front of the TV night because by then we were all stressed and cranky, but the wifi was out. Muppet Show DVDs came to the rescue, and we ate our Chinese food and gave ltc her medication. It was quite a day!

ugh sj - too much. hope she gets some relief today.

Oh jeez, what a day, sj!