Teppy I’m pretty sure the mental health intervention teams are a new Aftab thing, and god bless ‘em. Also bless your brother who appears to be kicking ass!

On Cape Cod we are having outer fringe Fiona winds. I got a new boss this week and bought tickets to fly to Cinti to pack our house (10/7-12, mark your calendars) and am going to Martha’s Vineyard today to start my phase 3 Lyme disease vaccine trial and I’m really wishing my plan was to be in bed instead.

sj - he has moved here indefinitely. The job is near my job and we will work out some sort of car-sharing situation.

I've been very hands off with him, just letting him decompress and feel comfortable and lounge, but the job starts 9/29 and I leave town 10/5 for 5 days, so today started me waking him up and easing him into a schedule. I think one of the biggest things is we have been eating together almost every night.

msbelle, that all sounds wonderful. Best of luck to him.

msbelle, I'm so glad things are going smoothly with mac, and fantastic news about the job, yay!

Steph, I am so sorry for how challenging and stessful and awful dealing with your father's state is. I'm glad you and you brother are so awesome for each other, and also it still sucks beyond the telling.

My memory is shit right now, and I can't scroll back well on my phone, but love vibes shooting out my brain all around to everyone.

Last day in Orlando.

Does Diablo Sound do the Universal Halloween Night sound? I feel like this is the closest I've ever been to one of ND's sound design situations.

My brother talked to the PD's mental health crisis unit and talked they should be there to see Dad in about an hour. They said that they'll call the police to have an on-duty officer sign off on the involuntary hospitalization if needed. (When my brother explained to the mental health crisis guy that he's a therapist and Dad has called the cops 9 times in less than 90 days and he looked at Dad’s records, the mental health crisis guy told my brother that Dad would be hospitalized no matter what.) Dad is going to be PISSED. It's going to be a total shitstorm.

I am so goddamn tired. Like, I don't have words to describe how tired I am. The fatigue has never been this bad before. There is absolutely no way I can go to a hospital to deal with Dad (I can barely get in the shower, much less leave the house), but my brother said he can fly in to deal with it.

It sounds like hospitalization is the best bet, even if your dad is unhappy with it. Here’s hoping they can get him to a point of stability, Steph. I’m glad your brother is coming to help.

I'm sorry, Steph. I'm glad your brother is able to help right now.

I'm so sorry it's all such unbearable shit, Steph. I'm sorry you're feeling so physically exhausted, too. (Not because that means you can't go to the hospital, but because that is shitty all by itself, and long Covid symptoms are awful).

Very glad your brother can do all he is doing, Tep, and that you can rest. Just reading about all that is pretty tiring, being part of it is going to wear you down even if you aren’t at the hospital or whatever even aside from the long Covid fatigue, so do allow yourself to rest as much as you can.

It took me a moment to parse this sentence.

I was thinking of you when I heard Fiona was coming this way. Sounds like it is pretty messy up there. Chilly time of year to not have power.

Teppy's brother gets lots of gold stars for dealing with this so well. It's a lot.

Ian was headed straight for my siblings, but has decided Tallahassee would be a better place to be. They are good about the predictions, but there are a lot of factors which steer them this way and that.

Looking better on us getting the condo. Digits crossed.