Cindy, she's active on FB and Instagram. She's doing as well as any of us are right now. Her daughter is a delight and a bright spot on my screen.

Thank you, Maria!

I was wondering about Norah the other day. I hope she's well.

Same. Also bon bon and BHP. I see Kat on Twitter. She sent us some cute cloth masks Grace made early on, when we couldn't get anything here (as did 'stina, whom Bronzers will remember).

I mostly feel hopeless, because it takes less energy than anger. But you know who I'm furious at? Obama and the Democrats. They should have fucking burned everything down to get Garland on the Supreme Court. And instead they just rolled over and let fucking McConnell do whatever he wanted.

Dana posts, so I don't have to.

I am over being the nice reasonable party. Alas, I don't know if Biden has it in him to do what needs to be done WHEN we do assume power again.

Also Laura. Much apartment-ma to your son.

One day! Between my run and my regular errands I can usually get to 7,000 without additional effort, but it takes a third outing to get over 10,000.

Excellent. (I figured that at first, but then noted your mention of 600 square feet and wondered.) How is school going for Matilda, Hec?

BHP also posts on Twitter. (Mostly politics, which I can't really handle right now, so I don't remember her username.)

How is school going for Matilda, Hec?

She's in online class right now.

Mostly, we're all relieved to have a high school assignment. It was weighing on all of us.

She's definitely responded much better to having the structure again.

They are tentatively talking about in-school classes again by November. That'll be a huge change and we'll see if she can form some new friendships then. The lockdown has really affected her friendships in ways I wouldn't have anticipated.

Tomorrow is Emmett's birthday, and Saturday Matilda's. He'll come down for that.

JZ's work has extended work-from-home all the way through June of next year. Not my favorite news ever.

We're still knee deep in dealing with selling JZ's dad's house (the one that had the big housefire) and his business. If it hadn't been for the fire, the house would have been on the market and probably sold by now.

BHP is Madame Hardy on Twitter. And that quick dip over there reminded me why I don't go on Twitter.

Oh thank you, juliana and Dana. I found her.

I end up on twitter a few times a week,sometimes more often.I tried to pare down what was political but there was no way because everyone is posting stuff or it gets retweeted.

I have noticed that anytime I comment lately I get a few responses and they seem to be mostly trolls so I will go through and report accounts.

Twitter definitely is making me feel worse right now, so I'm trying to stay off it. Also, giant work project is greatly limiting my ability to doomscroll endlessly.

JZ's work has extended work-from-home all the way through June of next year.

My work did that a while back and it caused me to sigh heavily.

My husband's work did that, too. Like JZ, he works at a hospital.

I wish people would look at that and just think. Hospitals aren't keeping their non-patient-care employees at home to make Trump look bad. They're doing it, because they know a thing about health.

I mostly follow my favorite authors on twitter. Which doesn't necessarily preclude politics, as authors are people who have to live in the world, and politics affects them, too. But it does cut down on some of the awfulness. Or at least improves the quality of the commentary thereon.

Todddson, thank you for the link. It did improve my day.

Gud: status check

Are you still alive? Delirious from fever? Starved and dehydrated because your "partner" can't be bothered to help keep you alive?