Once I listened to a whole Pink Floyd album and thought, oh it *does* help to be high while listening to this.

::loves smonster::

You can think of it as you *are* giving back, by respecting his wishes and letting him focus on his immediate family in his last days.

There is so little we have control of in our final days that it is the most loving choice for the family to honor his wishes.

I had a couple hours of driving today to take my son's girlfriend to the dentist. Listening to Gaiman's Neverwhere via Hoopla. It was amusing in the mountains going in and out of signal as he would pause his narration for a bit, then like magic he was back again. Aspen Dental gave her an estimate of $6000 for an extraction, cleaning, and a bunch of cavities. So we are exploring options. Alas, the nearest dental school is 5 hours away.

I got through teaching today. I gave the students a review packet and had them work on that in groups. I started out with wandering around the classroom answering questions like I usually do, but I started getting tired and out of breath, so I sat down at the desk in front and told the students to come up to me if they had questions, and they seemed OK with that.

That sounds like a good move, Hil. Take as much care of yourself as you can!

Once I listened to a whole Pink Floyd album and thought, oh it *does* help to be high while listening to this.

lol

I just got tickets to go see The State, which makes me think of meara and $240 worth of pudding.

How are folks doing today? I’m making a practice of coming here first instead of fb because I like the flow of conversation and y’all are folks I actually care about and trust.

I support this practice!

I am... actually having a challenging day with DH. Or, we are with each other, I guess. Talking past each other seems to be the order of the day. Will try more mending tonight after swim.

Glad all went OK and you listened to your body, Hil.

In good news, the community center pool re-opened today after two loooooonnnnng months, so I'm excited to go swimming again.

I had an in-person work function today that involved a lot of peopling. I put on my best customer service persona for some of the interactions and some of my coworkers, who are used to quiet and mildly cynical Calli, did visible double takes. It was fun! But I’m tired now. I also dyed my hair purple over the weekend (Overtone purple for brown hair). It mostly shows in the highlights where my white hair was when I’m inside, but outside it’s pretty purple. I’m very happy with it. One of the nice things about work is that the purple hair did not cause double takes, just a few compliments.

Hil, I’m so glad you listened to your body and called 911, and I’m sort of astonished you were teaching today. Please continue to rest!

I had a good meeting with my boss today after writing a cover letter for another job on my lunch hour, and I hardly know what to do with myself. (I mean, he didn’t apologize or anything but he seems prepared to let me actually be the lead in onboarding my new staff member.)

That’s a win, flea!!

just got tickets to go see The State, which makes me think of meara and $240 worth of pudding.

Wait are they touring or something? What??? A fb memory the other day was of a friend being at a buffet and tagging all of us from college who watched that in a pic of a giant thing of pudding saying $240 doesn’t go as far these days

(The sketch, for anyone curious:

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30th anniversary tour!