I put a card in the mail for Jacqueline and David, it went out...today I think based on when I dropped it in the mail. I posted on facebook because I had really wanted to do something and struggled and then found "effulgent" in a dictionary after the Zoom call and was able to add it in. Felt like the thing that was needed.
I know it's very late in getting this out but I kept struggling with the right thing.
Laura, I'm sorry I can't imagine how hard this is.
Arthur!! YAY baby!
Excellent Tim news! Recuperating from surgery like that is no joke.
Chiming in with the others, Tom. I don't think our brains do a lot of subconscious gaslighting or minimizing, and I think substituting JZ (possibly! who really knows?) for something that gives you a beautiful voice in the world is fitting.
In other news, it took a year, but work finally made me cry. (Although it might have more to do with hateful sinuses and a wretched headache.)
Welcome to the world, Arthur! (Sorry about the bits that are on fire, but we’re working on that.)
Welcome Arthur!
Sorry about the upsetting dream, Tom. Subconsciouses can be right bastards.
(Sorry about the bits that are on fire, but we’re working on that.)
Seriously, I hope some progress is made before he has to step up.
Welcome Arthur! And congratulations, Debet and family!
New baby! Welcome to the world, Arthur!
Welcome, Arthur! I love that new human smell.
Jacqueline is in her bed. On morphine. She is surrounded by a circle of her closest women friends and Matilda. And they are all talking and getting drunk.
I’m putting this down in my advance directive.
Welcome, Arthur!
I shall be having a glass of pomegranate punch in JZ’s honor tonight.
Update on the OT: she was, in fact, very happy with Tim's progress in terms of his back. However, because she is awesome and wants to treat the whole patient, when Tim was describing problems he's been having with his rheumatoid arthritis pain since surgery (he can't take any anti-inflammatories for 6 months, because they inhibit bone growth, and bone growth is necessary for the spinal fusion to, well, fuse), she was like "I have solutions for your RA pain!" (Where "solutions" means some ergonomic changes, as well as some exercises he can do.) So she's going to come to the house once a week for a month.
It takes a goddamn village to get a Tim back on his feet.