clearly fruit is best chosen based on Marvel sticker.

On the one hand, yes, clearly. On the other, I apparently have pretty strong negative associations between bananas and spiders so the Black Widow sticker is making me shudder a little. Unexpected!

Eta: Also, glad it's benign, I hope the pain gets figured out very soon and can easily be treated!

Woes on the allergies. I just recently read a mystery short story where that cross-reactive allergy played a role. Good story. Bummer experience.

Weird, lumpy mass looks to be benign, but, of course, we're waiting for pathology.

Woo! All ~ma for the benign to be confirmed as well.

What the heck, Rory? Why the food bork? Here we have perfectly normal bork reasons. For instance, I made a keyboard noise, doggo borked fool head off as if home invaded.

So we're getting this bed for the MCM garden apartment: [link]

And this sofa bed, which also has that vibe: [link]

Yay, benign-ity!

Pix, I hope that tomorrow is a better day for your father's approach to medical care.

I'm glad Matilda had fun with the softball game.

I'm going to a theater tomorrow with a friend to watch Adrienne auf Naxos. It's one of those simulcast things of a live performance at the Met. Kate Lindsey isn't in it, but you can't have everything. We'll be masked, and I expect there to be maybe four other people in the room. It's one of those big, floofy chair places, so plenty of space between people. So I figure it's not too big a risk. This will be my first time in the theater since The Green Knight last spring.

Thanks for the colon -ma. Looks like good news.

Yay! Now I'll send the ~ma for the easiest recovery possible for any further procedures.

Boo on the lack of bananas. They have been off my list along with most fruit because of the keto, but I do love my avocado smoothies.

Nice choices, David!

Enjoy the show, Calli. I do like the super comfy chairs at the theater, but I have become accustomed to being able to pause watching things at home.

but I do love my avocado smoothies.

Yeah... About those.

Kinda not technically supposed to eat those either.

They are just so tasty.

However, Long Covid has potentially made my reactions a little more reactive, so it might be time to determine which varieties really do trigger a response and avoid them.

Ugh, not fun Cass.

I wrote to my sister yesterday about the house and daunting sense of responsibility and my general dislike of change.

And she wrote back very sweetly:

• *********

You will be fine. You are ready for this next step David. Don’t let the space, age and $ overwhelm the miraculous gift you are being given right now.

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

🌟The home is PERFECT for you and your loved ones

🌟you made a GREAT decision at the right time

🌟You ARE ready to live an expanded JOY

🌟This will be remembered as the BEST TIME of your life

🌟The GIFT came with the RESOURCES to maintain it.

🌟You and your family will THRIVE here❣️

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

Cass, I share your pain at not being able to eat avocados. It is a sadness. Also, I'm sorry the Long Covid is such a bear. Truly.

Thanks, ya'll.

David -- I love the vibe of both of those pieces. Yes. I am enjoying vicariously checking out decorating options! Why is it more fun to do vicariously than actually doing it myself? Because I totally need to. I just... meh. Decisions. Well, and spending my own money, ha!