Oh Debet! I do hope you and Arthur escape soon. Yes, I am sure NICU doesn't see a lot of newborns his size. It sounds like monitoring at home is the best solution. I'm sorry your first days are so frustrating.

Here's hoping all goes well and you get to take him home soon, Debet!

We're all pretty ready for Arthur to get to just be a baby and see his mama without a face mask.

That sounds right! Yikes and here's hoping that happens ASAP.

I’m so sorry that the cats you’re getting is so unholistic.

I know this is the curse of autocorrect, but I wish Debet were getting holistic cats!!

Oof re: work situations of meara, flea, atropa, and Susan!

I wonder if he'd say any of those things if I dropped a cartoon anvil on his head.

I am with Dana.

Good lord, Debet.

ION, happy Trump mugshot day, everyone! I vote we make it an annual holiday.

Oy, Debet, I remember the brief 5-hour stay that Matilda had to spend in the NICU and it was so very not-restful.

I did use that time to make up a song about her which I had completely forgotten about until this moment.

My little girl
Matilda Azalea
Pretty Little girl who lives by the sea
Smart as a whip, Brave and True
Matilda Azalea, I love you.

Huh. Even remember the melody.

Anyway, I hope you can get away from the NICU and the medicalizing and Arthur can get on with his round tables and round cheeks.

Dana, there have been suggestions for an annual Indictment Day. I'd celebrate that.

There are also betting pools on (1) what the orange one's actual weight (and height) will turn out to be and (2) what shade of orange his mug shot will turn out to be.

There are also betting pools on (1) what the orange one's actual weight

This is the one thing about Trump that's nobody's business, as it has no bearing on anything whatsoever.

Oooh, what if his face is two different shades of orange?

Aunt W passed away yesterday. Mom had gotten a call from the long term care facility that it would happen soon and I thought she had left but she didn't. I don't know when she's goig to go down to Florida but my Aunt's birthday is on Oct 13 and she was born on a Friday and this year Oct 13 is a Friday so they are having her memorial service then.

On the one hand I feel bad that my aunt died alone (although there has been Covid in the facility so she couldn't have had visitors) but I also know that my aunt did a lot to alienate my mom and their other siblings (not just since my cousin died but for a long time) and I'm relived that mom all of this care taking and making financial decisions and paying bills for my aunt is winding down for her.

Oooh, what if his face is two different shades of orange?

Cheeto and Flamin' Hot Cheeto?

Skye, I'm sorry about your aunt.