"But a Persian Kitten! When can I ever get one again? This is once in a lifetime."

Nah. They’re not going to stop making them.

Surgeon Prime

This is giving me Optimus Prime vibes, and I’m here for it!

I hope your aunt has a better recovery than she’s expecting. And that she and your mom can mend fences, askye.

Thanks Calli. My aunt has actually been nicer to her on phone calls I've heard when I've visited mom. I've tried to gently reinforce that my aunt's attitude was better (stuff like wow Aunt W was really appreciative about ).

And I'm feeling kind of selfish...I had plans with Crafty Friend on Friday, she hadn't thought our schedules would align for a few weeks but she was free and I'm off. However I had to cancel. M's sister's FIL passed away earlier this week (he was really sick, much of it his own doing and had refused a lot of medical intervention and help) and the funeral is on Friday. I know that it's something I need to do and go to but I just really don't want to. I barely knew the man and what I did know about wasn't positive...he was mean to M's sister for one. So I'm struggling with feeling disappointed about canceling my plans on Friday and the dread about being around people for the funeral of an almost stranger who was a "mean l, hateful, racist old man" in M's words. But the funeral isn't for him it's his family and I have to keep reminding myself of that.

Re surgeries: I recovered much faster from surgery in my 30s than I did my last one (early 60s), so factor in age to recovery time. Everything seems to take longer to heal as we age.

In my experience that effect isn't limited to healing times.

the Zona Romantica in PV is very nice, especially depending on the hotel/Airbnb you pick

Thanks!

This week's stressor is that Matilda is completely breaking down at the end of the school year. She had a crying breakdown at school yesterday and sat with a teacher (skipping another class).

And she crawled into my lap and cried this morning and begged not to go to school. She's got finals next week so this is not optimal.

Also, a girl at her school stole Matilda's iPhone. She got it back but not before the girl pulled out the SIM card and flushed it down a toilet. You wouldn't think getting a new SIM card would be that complicated, but it's been fucky. Also, the girl didn't get expelled even though she stole three other phones that week. So she keeps giving Matilda the stink-eye in the hallway.

Oh dear, Matilda. I can feel her emotional overload and just wish I could send something more than soothing ~ma.

Sorry, Matilda. Kind of a rotten time to need to dig deep, but life sucks like that sometimes. You can survive not-so-great finals, though. mine often pulled things down, not that I'm a success. But I have found outlets for my antisocial tendencies(Virtual rally in a few minutes) Wish I could mess up the phone thief, though

Isn’t theft against the law? Shouldn’t the phone thief get arrested? I’m not big on cops for stuff that needs a social solution, like hunger, mental health, or homelessness. But the kid’s not stealing bread or baby food.

Isn’t theft against the law? Shouldn’t the phone thief get arrested?

Because the thief has a documented "family situation" with the school they get handled differently.