Dang, t, that is wild prices!! I was at the grocery store yesterday and felt like everything was even more pricey than usual…except there were huge deals on Taylor Farms prepackaged salads. I suppose they’re not flying off the shelves these days.

It's probably good that she and her Damned Husband will replace the weather seal there, don't get me wrong..nothing lasts forever and B. was not as anal as the actual engineer that made the one I moved in with. But at the same time, they've already added mats to it and they're always sweeping it--it's getting hard to ignore the subtext of "My gosh, that's so ugly," and "You are both feeble AND heathens, so you need me to step in, like, right now, or it will never get done." If I did pray regularly, today it would be for Dana to find another project.

Oh, geez, erika, there is a certain kind of "helpful" that just... yeah.

Debet - all good vibes your way. That's a lot a lot.

-t - yeah, any eating out we've done lately is kind of sticker shock territory, but that does seem quite high for two sammies, two coffees, and a cookie!

Tom - I hope book binding hits the right spot for you, and also, good for you for making the effort. It's hard.

huge deals on Taylor Farms prepackaged salads. I suppose they’re not flying off the shelves these days.

Heh.

In news of the expensive, I have to get a crown on Thursday. Do not really want on any level, but it's better than the alternative of ignoring it. And I have more coming up. Fucking teeth, man.

OH! But in exciting news, we are going to see Josh Johnson on Saturday! Bought the tickets so long ago that it's like a new surprise. That's my/our birthday gift to me, and I am so looking forward to it.

-t, I hope the surgery goes smoothly, and, yeah, hospitals either go wicked cheap with food or Really Really Not.

That is good sistering, Laura.

So, I was supposed to have a day at home alone today to, like, detox a little. But my preschooler got sent home with head lice at 10 am, so now I'm dealing with that.

huge deals on Taylor Farms prepackaged salads.

Ha! Though I also feel like they just shouldn’t be on the shelves at all.

Procedure went well, we gave before and after x-rays, mom was super perky in recovery but came home and went right to sleep. Dad is also sleeping (on the floor so as not to disturb Mom, I guess) and I am hovering around uselessly debating whether I should wake her up and make her do her breathing exercises. So far I feel like sleeping is more important. She did have general anesthesia but also a nerve block for the arm which will probably wear off about 9 pm, so I’ll wake her up before then so she can start taking her pain meds…

Glad to hear it went smoothly, -t.

Man, the socks I picked today are just sliding around -- like the heel ends up on the ankle. Super annoying. I think I usually wear them with boots, so they're held in place or something. It's possible I have issues.

Nice to hear things went well with your mom's surgery, -t.

She did have general anesthesia but also a nerve block for the arm which will probably wear off about 9 pm, so I’ll wake her up before then so she can start taking her pain meds…

She's a lucky mommy.

She got prescribed Tylenol + hydrocodone this time and she's getting side effects :( We're going to try stretching out the dosage schedule and see if that helps, and we'll just switch back to straight Tylenol if necessary, that was working well before. Other than that she's recovering well!

I did not do well getting back to sleep either time so I'm very tired. My niece is coming down today so I'll go home this evening and have a couple of days of just working and sleeping and getting new tires for my car...

We're apparently finally making the desk move that they first said we would probably do in June, I have signed up to move tomorrow. So that's exciting. I can't tell from the map if I will be near the windows (there are windows in this part of the building! Natural light! Possible a view of the parking lot!) or over be the kitchenette, either way seems good.

-t I’m glad everything went well with your mother’s surgery. Lots of recovery ~ma for her.

Debet, ugh that is in the top ten phone calls I dread receiving from school. Good luck.

I skipped over a bunch of posts because my concentration levels are shit right now, but as always tons of ~ma and love to those who need it.

Things are going well here. ltc seems to be enjoying 5th grade. We’ve had excellent luck with the teachers at her school over the years, and I hope that will extend to middle school next year.