Your resume shouldn't be double-spaced, Theo. And two pages is fine!

Jesse, a friend I've known for nearly 30 years transitioned a few years ago, and I'm still stumbling over pronouns now and again, although at least I get his "new" name right most of the time. I can only hope it's easier with someone that I've not had so much history with!

Yeah, I think I'll be fine in person, but screw up constantly in my head for a while. If I can keep it mostly that way, I'll call it a win.

Also, that is not a value, meara!

Recruiters tell me that number of pages isn't really a big deal anymore and generally more is better.

Some pictures of my son's new (new to him) car. [link]

Ooo, red.

Man, there's nothing like getting your first car. Good for him.

Couple of cosmetic issues, but I think I can fix them up. For $2,500 it's not bad at all.

Sorry for the curt reply earlier,work is bonkers & I'm kinda reluctantly coming to terms with this. Past 6 months, I've had progressive, fucking shocking joint pain. Knees first, then feet, fingers, wrists. The hands really have knocked me down every which way, because it was too painful to swim & then everything at work piled up, so even good days, I was putting in extra hours. Losing that routine for whatever reason was bad, and didn't help. Everything points to rheumatoid arthritis- my mom got hit with it in her 20s. Once I got over denial (not really, still hoping) started the go-see-a-fucking-Dr-ball.

And that's where I am. Making rheumatologist appt tomorrow because I have to work 4-midnight & didn't have the chance the last 2 days. So.

That's great, Gud! I'm jealous. That's a nice looking car.

We just (today) put $2200 in our nearly 15 year old mini-van.

The thing is, we've owned it since it was new, so we know its history. It has decent mileage for its age. In our area, we couldn't get something reliable that would fit all five of us and the dog, for that money -- at least not something that wouldn't soon need us to pour that kind of money into it.

We haven't been able to buy our kids cars, because of paying for college. Our oldest inherited my f-i-l's 2002 Saturn, when f-i-l died three years ago. The younger two share our two old cars with us, when they're home from school. Since my oldest moved out, this summer is going to be challenging with conflicting schedules.

Our younger son had to take the second semester of his freshman year off, in order to deal with a new diagnosis. He's taking (and driving to) two courses this summer so he can catch up.

Meanwhile, our middle has left her second college in two years. She hasn't been happy and wants to work for a while and refocus. That's fine, but she needs to get to work, and we can't swing a car for ourselves, never mind her.

Should the youngest one's recovery continue, he's going to try to live at college again, come autumn. The thing is, he's going to have to come home for treatments and tests every month or two, and will have doctor's visits in Boston. And if he's losing weight, he'll probably end up commuting (or half-and-half) so I can feed him and keep his weight up.

I'm sorry. Not sure why I dumped all that here.

Sorry, sarameg. I should have refreshed before posting.

Best of luck with your new doctor, diagnosis and treatment. My kid has Crohn's, but some medications treat both conditions (and other auto-immune related things).

I hope everything goes well for you.