Happy anniversary! A joyful memory for this place.

Thanks for the ~ma, y'all!

And foot~ma to erikaj's mom.

I'm going to go to my first in-person birthday party this afternoon. A friend's turning 70 and having a celebration. It's starting at 3:30 on a weekday, so it's pretty clear that she thinks her friends are all retired. That's not entirely true, but I'll catch the last hour or so. Honestly, I wasn't that comfortable at parties with mostly strangers before the pandemic, so having some time restraints works for me.

Let's hope the doctor can be helpful---this morning's been kind of grim so far.(It's okay...-ma can be on time-release sometimes, I suppose.) Luckily, or, unluckily, I've had enough tough days that this one probably doesn't break my top 25, but, really? Years of hiding out from a *pandemic* and having to check in at night with the state like a prisoner is not quite enough suck? Sometimes I wonder if I set the Triangle Fire in a former life.(well, for one thing, not actually covered in bodily fluids *right now* so, that, while not truly FG, is kind of a step up from the worst of the worst) but even someone whose life's been sort of based on fighting through can really be over doing that, sometimes. Karl, I have always been a weirdo magnet. So, that might explain a lot. My mother speaks about Riverside during the time I was born there as if there were, if not a hellmouth, some kind of convergence about which Giles might have contributed a monograph.

Foot~ma to your mom Erika.

I saw a headline that Gaetz said he'd quit if the Dems join woth the GOP to elect a moderate Speaker of House. I know he's lying but...

I don't think we'd get that lucky.

The immediate problem is that my mother's ankle/foot is arthritic, but apparently some of the old injuries and stuff are because her ankle has always kind of been Not Like The Others anyway, possibly from birth. She is wearing a boot on it right now and will get an orthotic thing eventually...not clear on what that means for us, although we are trying to get extra help to get through it...not exactly feeling great about any of that. But she was lucky to get right in, I suppose.

That's a lot to have going on erika. I hope that both of you get some answers and some health. It frustrates me to no end how f'ed up access to proper healthcare is in this country.

That's a lot erikaj -- I'm senidng you both all kinds of good vibes.

We should be so lucky for Gaetz to resign in protest.

#ByeFelicia Agency folks always looked so surprised that I thought my brother, not the perfect solution by any stretch, was a more-likely backup than them. But there are things one just knows, and that was one. Even "'Cause I know," is not the best of the grown-lady answers, and I was hoping to be proven wrong, too. We're combining that with Divorce Xmas anyway.

Oy. I just got a letter from the IRS telling me that I didn't report and pay taxes on $30,000 of unemployment income in 2021. I did not apply for nor receive any unemployment in 2021, as I was fully employed the entire year. I guess I get to add dealing with the Fed, the State, and credit bureaus to my to-do-list. And yet, laundry still needs to happen.