Poor kitty! If M's Mom can't afford to pay the vet bills, she shouldn't have taken it on. I'm glad you're there to step in and advocate for it.

Today we celebrate Hil's birthday! May today bring treats and spoils, and may this year exceed your expectations.

Happy Birthday, Hil! Cake and confetti in your general direction, and wishing you a super year ahead.

Happy Birthday, Hil!

My tiny good thing for the day is that I made copycat Starbucks egg bites, and they are super tasty and so easy to grab out of the fridge for breakfast because I am lazy but need protein.

Happy Birthday Hil!

it's the 20s NOW" which was just such a rude thing to point out even if it was both relevant and true.

When I was contemplating a return to the Roaring 20s I was hoping it would be jazz, Art, and booze, not another Great Depression and roaring in rage at people's willful ignorance.

M's mother lives totally on the now and barely considers any future actions or consequences.

She is also obsessed with mowing the lawn and our poor lawn looks like it's balding it's been cut so far down. This house is one big DIYWTF and one of those is the outside laundry/storage area that had a huge plate glass window. Think the type of picture window you would see in a living room.

I say had because M's mom was mowing without the guard on the riding mower and a rock went through the window. She did borrow her brother's shop vac to get almost all the glass up

I'm hoping maybe the kitten just stepped in some glass and is really otherwise ok and we can work on the steps the animal shelter has for rehoming. And then maybe we can be without a 5th cat for a few months. She's also been talking about bringing home another kitten or a puppy.

If M can talk to the lawyer about his VA disability and maybe get that raised we could maybe get our own place without it being too much of a financial burden. Technically we could get a place now it just would make everything really tight. Plus we need to figure out people to move in here to help his mom with the bills etc.

Always a good sign when your company's internal tech support has to escalate your issue.

Happy Hil Day! No, Dana, sounds like it sucks. which was your point, but, like, underline it. Really kind of hate that the people at my work know my flakiest friend and that that's my own fucking fault.(She's my Angel Martin, kind of. Not quite so scam-tastic, and she is, I think, trying to change...I'm just not as psyched about that because I've seen her through some... iterations already and it happens kind of fast.) Is there a *supportive* way to say "If you cause this organization any pain with your lack of followthrough, I'll beat you to death with a shovel." Smiley-face emoji? But, okay, she's not a thief or a real con-artist(although, as a roommate, her way with my heartstrings got kind of expensive. But we can be different now, right?) And it's not good for a collective movement for me to try to hold on to my status as Little Miss Exceptional. Even if that is a. sad. and 2. Special-ed, grade-school bullshit as a way to feel good about myself...you know, being, like the Smart Crippled Chick. Everything she does is something they don't need from me. Which is good, right?

AG Matt Goetz?!?!?!

yuck.