Sooooo Dad is back in the hospital because his hematocrit was low and he was literally a quart low on blood. On the plus side, he texted me as soon as he was admitted, so he's learning to communicate. On the minus side, he's been having this low on blood/bad hematocrit issue for MONTHS, and the doctors still can't figure out where the internal bleeding is happening.

I am not coping.

As you know, I am here as needed. But glad he told you!

I hope they figure out the blood thing, Atropa. That's alarming!

Re: health food - reminder that cheese protects against death from any cause.

That said, I just this morning had a steak mcmuffin and an orange juice because I have it in my head that red meat + vitamin C = iron absorption even though I know that my personal iron issues are not fixable via diet or supplements. I do believe pretty strongly in placebos, though. In general.

Dear Product Managers, today is not the day to play Fuck Around and Find Out with me. Reeeaaaallly not.

You do take vitamin C with iron to help it absorb.

I had my usual spring visit with my family recently with all the birthday parties, softball games, dance recitals, and other assorted events. My dad is still healing from the car accident and my mom hurt her wrist again after getting dizzy spells while recovering from RSV, but everything was reasonably fine! I gently bullied them into letting me do things for them! Came back Sunday night, and then yesterday, tornado touch down! My family is fine, but there's been a ton of damage in the community.

I am le tired.

Oh, man, tornados, ugh. Glad otherwise reasonably fine!

It was a nerve-wracking few hours there! My brother's been sending a lot of pictures of the destruction.

jeeeeeesus christ.