Congrats Lisa! Happy Birthday Epic

Happy Belated Birthday to Plei.

Dad is in the hospital. It's a good thing he didn't try to come up. After his colonoscopies they said to watch for bleeding that might happen 7-10 days after and sure enough on day 10 he had really bad bleeding. But he went to the ER right away. They had to do a blood transfusion and another colonoscopy (I think) and repaired the issue. It was a blood clot that I guess kept things from healing correctly. He will be in the hospital for a few more days for observation while they reintroduce foods. He has been on a clear liquid diet but today he was going to get to have actual soup. Not just broth.

There is no cancer or anything. But it was worrying waiting for the details.

Apparently Dad has seriously considered driving up for Father's Day/my birthday weekend but decided to follow the doctors advice and it's really good because this would have happened when he was driving or when he was up here and neither of those are great options

Awesome, Lisa! So happy for you. I hope you love it.

Yikes, askye! All good healing~ma to your dad. That's scary. I'm glad things sound like they are looking better.

Thanks everyone! I slept in a bit, then made a detour to my favorite sandwich place on my way to the train station. Grabbed a sandwich to eat on the train up to Orange County, went to dinner with my cousin and her daughter and SIL. Then we've just been chilling on the couch while I watched a couple of eps of GBBO - she's never seen it before! So, low-key, very pleasant day!

Congrats, Lisa!

Recovery~ma for your dad, askye. That is scary.

Sounds like a very nice day, Epic.

OK, I come to pat myself on the back -- we just went to breakfast, because it's so hot, I figured morning would be my only outing.

I came home and tidied up the dining room and kitchen, and THEN I broke down a mountain of cardboard boxes for recycling. Like, months' worth. I feel slightly bad about not.passing them along, but, honestly, a lot of them were not reusable, and OMG it's so pleasant to have that corner of the dining room clear again.

(It sounds worse than it was -- a dining room 1/4 full of cardboard -- the room is large and basically empty except for our high table that is collapsed down to a generous four-seating but can be expanded to eight. But it was a big job, so I am gold starring myself!)

I have heretofore sucked at making lovely spaces for myself the way, say, Allyson, Aimee, Hec & JZ, and so many more of you have demonstrated over the years.

But at least I killed it with industriousness this morning!

Thanks, everyone!

Yay for industriousness! It is a rainy day and I should get some organization done. It is still a mid-construction disaster area, but much can be done to improve it.

So far today: emptied dishwasher, folded laundry, brought one box down from upstairs storage/disaster room to distribute, and really I need to make this list much longer soon.

In the meantime, I did the usual making coffee and brunch for myself, and taking care of the animals.

I did reward myself yesterday and subscribed to Disney+ so there has been quite a bit of Doctor Who in my life the last couple days. My plan is to alternate chores and Who.

I skipped a bunch! because Tilly is kind of demanding. And I was camping in the woods, which was lovely and restorative. I recommend.

I did see a number of parental health issues, and I wish swift recoveries for all. I also want to pass along this post from an online acquaintance, which summarizes quite a lot of eldercare advice that I could have used when I was in that situation.

Which reminds me, I really need to get with a lawyer and get my estate planning done. I keep putting it off because it's a hassle and expensive, but needs to be done.

I hope everyone on the east coast survives the hot weather without too much difficulty. It's going to hit 86 here today, which is really not that bad by comparison.