I feel like about the time my mother died so did most of my drive to write.

I'm so sorry. It seems like the worst loss to get past in so many ways. Writing could still happen again, though. I know I had no expectations of ever writing again after a couple of decades without, and then *bam* I got hit up sideways by a new show that broke open all kinds of locked-up things in me.

Wait, why do you want them to lose?

If our team didn't clinch the series last night they would have played at home tomorrow and we had tickets. But they won! Which cool, they go to the next level, but no doubt the tickets will be seriously pricey. I mean it was over $500 for the last round, and that is as far as my loyalty goes. I'll be refunded now that they won the series. Likely can get full-season tickets for next year for less than the next-round tickets. Anyway, go Panthers!

"She's the most regal, majestic person I've ever seen."

Indeed. I remember this well.

but I wrote again! I don't care if it's fic, it's writing and it doesn't suck and I'm just so happy.

And this makes me happy!

I mean it was over $500 for the last round, and that is as far as my loyalty goes.

Yeah, if I'm paying over $500 for a ticket, the end of the sentence had better be "to Paris/Athens/London."

I was today years old when I learned that Peacock is streaming the Eurovision final, starting at 12PT. Johnny Weir is presenting.

(I will be watching the Beeb's stream - Johnny, ILU, but the UK is hosting and Hannah Waddingham is presenting and Graham Norton is providing commentary, wouldn't you rather be watching this?)

I thought it might be a draft-pick thing, Laura. Which is rather close to my sum-total sports knowledge really, but I am pretty good at seeming like I know to people that don't.

Fun, Laura! I’ve been enjoying the Kraken on tiktok because they are basically just posting to entering booktok there. It’s pretty funny.

I am grateful for migraine meds, I did wake up at 8am today and it’s now noon and I’ve done nothing but nap, but at least I’m not in pain anymore.

More disturbingly this is the first really nice weather we’ve had this year and it has brought out more guns—I heard a looooong round of shooting last night as I was going to sleep, apparently it was about 4 blocks away. Not good.

Got to the hospital a bit early (after swinging by the French bakery) and the got us started instead of making us wait. Then our proactive nurse got permission to speed up the pump so it would be done in time with the hydration. So we’ll only be here 2 hours and out by 11:30.

Plenty of time to get to the airport for our 3:30 flight.

I got to see both Phil and Rio on this trip which helped break it up considerably. Also we got to spend more time pool side (in the shade) which is definitely the best perk of this hotel (aside from its walking distance to the hospital).

So fingers crossed we achieve a timely exit velocity.

Yay friends and poolside and agreeable nurses!

I’m hanging with my dog at the dog park—I want him to enjoy some off leash time but after an initial sniff around for the best place to pee, he mostly wants to sploot next to me.

Timelies all!

Had a visit with Mr. S yesterday. Originally we planned to take him to the Maryland Zoo, but it rained all day. So we took him to lunch(Chinese) and to the Maryland Science Center. He wasn't all that into it and we left after an hour(a fair amount of that time spent in the gift shop, because that's what he wanted.). Since the meeting in Baltimore wasn't until 7, we killed some time in a Barnes and Noble(kind of underwhelming) and a Starbucks.

I've been hearing a podcast ad recently that always makes me think of you people: a guy says something like, "I tried a muffaletta. Turns out, I like olives!" So I guess we know what AmEx thinks is the defining characteristic of a muffaletta.....