Today is our 15th wedding anniversary. Every year on this date, it makes me sadmad. That we had to wait 13 years into our relationship to legally get married.

We should totally throw you a belated wedding shower! Except you probably already have a pie server. (Which was Jon B.'s gift to us on our wedding).

Maybe some new guitar pedals for Laura...

And i too have very complicated feelings about God and religion but hearing the sermon yesterday...it just felt really good and I enjoyed it and I started watching another but had to pause it but I want to go back.

All of her homilies are really well thought out and beautifully written, with lots of references to poetry. She first caught my ear when she talked about honoring civil rights pioneers as doing Christ's work on earth. And just the most open hearted celebration of gay and trans with an emphasis on "God loves you when you are your true self."

A home health care PT is coming over today to evaluate Tim's progress.

Our hospice nurse is coming by today. Matilda has been very focused on tending to JZ, changing her dressing, cleaning out her pump canister etc.

Also, yes, grocery delivery is indeed awesome. When I lived in Pittsburgh we got delivery from the local corner grocer, and he gave us a bill once a month. Now, that part hurt. These days I generally do pick up because it is easy and I am always out and about.

I actually like grocery shopping, but for the time being, I don't want to leave Tim alone for too terribly long, so we'll go with delivery for a couple of weeks.

I love grocery delivery and have stuck with i. I have Wal mart plus which also gets me a discoint on gas. ALlthough since Food Lion opened I've been shopping in person there. They have better prices on some things and they also discount their meat and now that we have a chest freezer again I'm stocking up a bit.

One of M'a nieces stopped by to see his mom and say hi. His mom was fussing because the niece has to drive 40 mins to her job and her car doesn't have air conditioning. His mom wanted her to not go in (his niece is working for a house cleaning service and she had to drive that far today). Of course she wasn't going to not show up at her job so I lent her one of thr neck fans we have and gave her a bottle of electrolyte water and felt very Mother Hen-ish.

It’s great that Matilda wants to help, Hec.

Grocery delivery is everything in my life. I just can’t do the big shopping trips anymore.

Happy Anniversary to Gloomcookie and her DW! You are an adorable couple who deserve all the glitter and celebrating.

I just picked up ltc from dance camp, and she was telling her teacher all about her cousin Stitch who dances. She said we’re not blood related but she’s a “cousin of my heart”. Damn allergies. I love everything this community has given to me.

I just picked up ltc from dance camp, and she was telling her teacher all about her cousin Stitch who dances. She said we’re not blood related but she’s a “cousin of my heart”.

I love that so much!

I love everything this community has given to me.

Hard same.

Aw, sj, that's so sweet. Sniff.

Happy Anniversary to both, Glam! I hear you on the sadmad.

So glad to hear of Tim's progress. I hope the PT and nurse visits are helpful and useful.

I'm doing more yardwork today. Who even am I?

Thinking of the Zmayhem household this morning and beaming love westward.

Pretty sure this group has been part of my life for at least as long as I've been married. Which is 25 years in October.

Cousin of the heart for sure!!

Congrats, Glam. With you on sadmad. Extra so now that I have a trans partner. In effing LA.

Why Monday, why? Already 3 practices with stupid issues, before 7:30 AM here!

This Monday is definitely for surviving. My assistant was moving like molasses in Jan despite my gentle exhortations to pick up the pace. She’s like me at that age, so it’s a wonderful opportunity (insert squinchy-eyes emoji here) to give my younger self grace while trying to establish boundaries and not micromanage.

This Monday is horrendous so far. We are 75% of the way through a project, and the client has decided now is the best time to question every single aspect of what we're doing.

K and I are waiting for a train to take us home from a weekend con in NYC. Train is delayed, my foot hurts, but it was fun and we made a new friend, can't complain (much).

JZ, so good to see your pixels again!