Yikes, aurelia! I know several people with only one kidney who do well, so here's fingers crossed.

Yesterday was a memorial service for one of our long-time and distinguished residents, so I came in (paid time!) to drive a bunch of them to the service and a brunch afterwards. Nick was the journalist snatched by the KGB as a "spy" and held for a couple weeks during the Cold War, and that was only an interesting sidelight to his life. Most of the speakers were journalists or academics, so the reminiscences were so well-written that I'd have had to work hard to lose attention.

All of the residents who came were cool people, so it was a pleasure to escort and when necessary aid them, though the 96yo and 99yo were pretty damn spry. The brunch had a couple yummy vegan options, too, and something I hadn't come across before, trout mousse!

That ate up a lot of Saturday. I did some cursory searching for my errant birth certificate, mostly knocking loose a lot of dust and dumping a ton of paper in the recycling.

Healing thoughts for your mother, aurelia!

I could upgrade my license, but honestly, I just use my passport whenever I fly anywhere, even domestic. It's how I've been doing things for years, so why change now?

Recovery~ma for your mom, aurelia!

I need to update my DL I guess. Not that I ever fly.

Jasmine the kitten is doing well. I looked at her paw and at first I thought she had a callous coming off but I realized her paw was split and it is healing but the poor thing. The steroids have worked and I was talking to M's cousin, W and he showed me this spray bottle he cleaned out and put rubbing alcohol in and he's been spraying Jasmine's paw once or twice a day to keep it clean. And then he blows on her paw to soothe her. He has also been making sure M's mom doesn't feed her human food

{{kitty}}

We didn't have an option on the Real ID stuff.

Nick was the journalist snatched by the KGB as a "spy" and held for a couple weeks during the Cold War, and that was only an interesting sidelight to his life. Most of the speakers were journalists or academics, so the reminiscences were so well-written that I'd have had to work hard to lose attention.

A life well lived! How cool.

I ran this morning but that was about it for productivity, as I didn't fold or put away the laundry, nor empty the dishwasher.

Matilda is coming up in an hour for dinner and some TV time.

Yesterday, she went to a play with her bestie's (Iris) mom, Janet to see a musical about The Day The Sky Turned Orange In San Francisco. An historical event that we actually witnessed.

When does she go off to Japan? I should know by now, but dates are often meaningless to the small part of my brain that's supposed to keep track of things.

I needed to renew a prescription this morning, so when I went to my smart phone app, it reminded me that I'm like a year overdue for a mammogram. The appointment I got offered (at a convenient local center) was in mid-March! I could look for something sooner, but this place was so efficient the last time -- I was 15 minutes early, so they showed me directly into the exam room, and I was done like 5 minutes after the appointment was scheduled to start!

March is pretty good -- one of my residents, who uses a wheelchair due to polio, has very limited mobility and can't stand up for long enough to get clamped, so she has to schedule at one of the facilities that has a horizontal setup where she can lie down, and her first appointment is June....

I need to call my Dr to renew prescriptions because I can't do it online for some reason. And it's not my ADHD meds. That it will let me renew online

I also need to call the Walmart Auto Center near me to work out an appointment and which tires I should get. I tried to schedule something but it cancelled. And I really need at least 2 new tires.

Also in what is possibly a sign about the economy our store has been really slow. Thanksgiving is next week and this time last year I was telling people where the fried onions were all the time. But I have only seen a few people really stocking up for Thanksgiving.

Or maybe it's just an after effect today Hurricane Helene.