Timelies all!

Health~ma to your mom, Matt.

Our cat Nova passed away last night. She had hyperthyroidism, IBD and kidney disease. For the last year or so she had gone through cycles of no eating, going to the vet and getting medicine. The last couple days she hadn't been eating, and barely moved from one spot. Yesterday we noticed her legs were weak and she would twitch a lot. I took her to the emergency vet, where she went into cardiac arrest while being treated.

I am of course feeling guilty that I didn't act sooner. She was 14.

I have an update on my cousin. He is trying to talk now! I thought he had insurance but he doesn't. His job offered it but it was too expensive. So he has Medicaid but a lot of rehab places don't take that.

I do need some ~ma though. The guardianship papers haven't been signed for my cousin's son. It hasn't happened. My other cousin was going to take him for most of the summer but that can't happen without the guardianship nothing can happen.

So that and I guess my cousin getting in a rehab place.

Oh he is trying to talk now. Which is q really good sign

Amazon would not interview Mac because he did not have his social security card. They are making him reapply. I am overnighting him his card.

That’s not correct process, social card should not be needed until a job offer is made.

That's right, msbelle. Humph to them.

Yeah that is just weird on Amazon's part.

I skyped with E and I had to explain to him what a soap opera is. He asked me about memories from middle school and I said something about soap operas and he thought I meant actual opera. He doesn't have tv (well they have a tv but he doesn't have cable and they probably don't have an antennae for over the air) .. they have netflix and his screen time is very limited so he's never just aimlessly flipped through channels and watched stuff.

So it was weird trying to explain what a soap opera was and why people liked it.

Sheryl, I'm so sorry to hear about Nova. Pets become such a part of the family.

askye, I'm glad your cousin is showing signs of improvement. I hope he gets into a good rehab place. All the guardianship~ma for his son.

msbelle, I wonder if they were pre-emptively checking mac's citizenship status?

Matt, best of luck to your mom.

I actually went to lunch with my boss today. That was... odd. Nice, but I'd gone a long time without that sort of relationship with a boss, I'm not sure what to do with it. OTOH, "going to lunch" now means finding a takeout place on the street and eating food out of compostable containers on the sidewalk. Not exactly the classic 3-martini lunch!

That's super weird, msbelle, but hopefully he can do it again and work it out??

I had one last friend dinner with friends who are moving to Sacramento, and it sucks. Though it was hilarious going through their fridge, freezer, and pantry, and deciding whether I got something, my other friends got it, or it got tossed. I have some random stuff now.

Thanks everyone.

My condolences about Nova, Sheryl.

I’m sorry about Nova, Sheryl.

Yeah, that sounds a little sketch, msbelle. Hope it’s just one of those HR screwups.