it was discovered that my mother had blocked my brother’s number, angrily, at some point, and then apparently forgotten about it.

Bwah!

Poor Matilda is suffering terrible cramps and is spending the day in bed. We had tried a bc pill for her but it made her intolerably sad on a daily basis. I just wish it wasn't so hard on her. It's tricky enough being on the cusp of 16.

We're meeting with her doctor at the end of the month and we'll try a different pill with a different hormone cocktail and see if we can find some ease.

As most of you have seen on FB, we've been glorying in our new light fixtures and couch and fixed windows, and I've been lounging in my new chair reading the shit out of books and mags.

I am not reading the Temaire series at the moment because while I found volumes 2 and 3 in the used bin at Green Apple, they didn't have the first book. I'll scrape it up eventually.

Timelies all!

Today has been mixed. I’ve spent a fair amount of the day in children’s programming with Mr. S. While there he’s been good, but he’s had a few meltdowns. Right now we’re eating deep dish pizza from Giordano’s.

We had tried a bc pill for her but it made her intolerably sad on a daily basis.

It took me a bit to figure that out, but it was awful. Then a long time later when they wanted me to take hormone replacement stuff for menopause I took it for a very short time and recognized the same horrible emotional results and said hell no, never again. I really hope science has a lot better options than it did when I was a younger woman.

All digits crossed and ~ma sent for Mac's trip.

Snerk, and poor mom, for Mama Flea.

The reading chair looks quite awesome.

Right now we’re eating deep dish pizza from Giordano’s.

Giordano's is good stuff.

Welp, it’s arrival day and I’m up and contemplating lots of little things I’d like to get done. Some just because they need doing (mow lawn, mop kitchen, clean off kitchen table, vacuum car) and some need done in mac’s area (cut and hang last boards on wall, hang lamp, clean toilet, clean stairs and get carpet pieces on them).

I’m going to wait to start anything until I know he is up. 1 step closer to n mmm as king the plane. I’m seriously worried he will miss plane, also worried he will have issues at security. Everything, every. Thing. In his apartment reeks of pot.

HE IS THROUGH SECURITY!!!

HE IS THROUGH SECURITY!!!

Phew!

Yay Mac for (hopefully) making better choices in your life!

Yay Epic for finishing chemo!

Yay Zmayhems for finishing rehab on the house!

As for me, I'm dogsitting my niece's pup so I have double the amount of black dog in the house today. We got a good walk in before it started to warm up, and now I'm letting butter come to room temp before I start my fruitcakes. Also I have to go hang some laundry on the line in the backyard.

Californians: in addition to the ridonkulous heat this week (4-5 days of 115F in the Central Valley!), there is a hurricane brewing off Mexico that is expected to come north along the coast. Maybe it will at least douse the wildfires?

A hurricane coming up the coast of California? I didn’t know that was a thing that could happen!

I went to a friend’s and played poker for her birthday, and won! But only because her mom gave up and went to bed and gave me most of her chips. Otherwise I would have lost much sooner.

Also I had bizarre dreams last night that msbelle had killed a man (not sure who) and none of us were terribly fussed about that but there was this whole thing where she was like,staying in his house and he was supposed to just be “missing” but the authorities had gotten involved and she had his body in the trunk of her car and we were trying too figure out where she could put it and not be suspicious or have the body sniffing dogs find it. …wtf

but there was this whole thing where she was like,staying in his house and he was supposed to just be “missing” but the authorities had gotten involved and she had his body in the trunk of her car and we were trying too figure out where she could put it and not be suspicious or have the body sniffing dogs find it. …wtf

I appreciate that dream-Buffistas were all down with hiding the body for msbelle.

I think we can all dream-agree that if she killed anybody, they deserved it.