Laura good luck!!

Healing vibes to DH Bev!

Hec that sounds chaotic but like awesome forward momentum as well!

My company sent out a Pride thing and the message is fine (the theme is “love the science of you”??) but the graphic is hideous and unreadable. Ah well.

BevDog! Oh no, poor DH. Love snd healing.

ION - I am having a pissy day at work and people can F off.

All day training is keeping me from being vocally belligerent, so that’s good.

I lost a filling (or, as it turns out, part of a filling), and the dentist fixed it today. He had an all-80s Spotify channel playing, and now I have "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" stuck in my head.

Other hits I heard included: "Islands in the Stream," "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go," and "Purple Rain." I honestly forgot about the existence of "Islands in the Stream" until today.

My kids are big Dolly Parton fans, and they love "Islands in the Stream." I've heard that song more in the last year of my life than in the 40 previous years combined.

That's actually extremely adorable.

Hec and JZ, good luck with the moves. I love the design choices and would invite myself over for cocktails if I were in the same area and did that sort of thing.

I approve of the Dolly Parton love being passed down the generations; well done, Kate P.

In me news, I am a great-aunt as of the 27th, as one of my adored nieces came through labor safely: Baby Ila is rather squished but generally seems pleased to be here. My brother has discovered the camera on his phone and is rapidly turning out to be THAT grandparent; I have redirected him to Google Albums rather than having my phone go off unceasingly with notification of Yet Another Photo.

Between her and my goddaughter's little, I am enjoying this grandy thing: I get to send gifts of the nice hardbacks of the Tiffany Aching books and write actual letters to family members on good paper (thanks to Bev and Plei for enabling that). A cousin was heard to mutter on FB that I am the second coming of my beloved Great-Aunt Dorothy - as she was a WAVE cryptographer during the Second World War and a bookish, compassionate woman who took no shit, I can't think of a compliment that's meant more to me.

Love and flamethrowers to everyone who needs them!

A cousin was heard to mutter on FB that I am the second coming of my beloved Great-Aunt Dorothy - as she was a WAVE cryptographer during the Second World War and a bookish, compassionate woman who took no shit, I can't think of a compliment that's meant more to me.

What a role model!

Stuff was moved over! Emmett & Jacqueline have a date tomorrow to Assemble the Bed Frames and the Couch.

JZ is delirious with excitement at the Our Flag Means Death renewal.

Emmett & Jacqueline have a date tomorrow to Assemble the Bed Frames and the Couch.

Zmayhems, assemble!

Zmayhems, assemble!

Missed opportunity at Avengers Mansion when the Ikea boxes are opened up!

Timelies all!

Meh. Still having difficulty getting Mr. S to go to sleep at a reasonable time.