he is learning to eat again. He still has the feeding tube, but he had a slice of meatloaf and cottage cheese yesterday! He hadn't even been able to drink water, so this is great. It is super slow going, but he is delighted to eat real food.

That's great news!

Yay eating, boo smoking. Though at a certain point I guess it’s worth being happy?

Yay uneventful, Teppy. May you continue to avoid events. Similar to all of us wishing to live in precedented times. Preferably ones where the precedent is not “Nazi Germany”

Calli, from bitter (and painful) experience I'll tell you, wear a shedload of sunscreen, and take a shirt or coverup. I was slathered in sunscreen reading in one of the chairs on our boat and then laid out on the back deck on my front, not realizing the sunscreen where my back touched the vinyl chair had all sweated off. I had a blistered outline of the chairback--so not fun.

I'm glad the evil hand isn't hurty, Tep. May the numbness subside after the pain meds are no longer needed.

Chamois shirt! So soft.

Echoing meara's yay eating, boo smoking! Meatloaf and cottage cheese sounds pretty tasty, but all I had for lunch was a yogurt.

The weather here has been glorious, but I'm starting to do my raindance. Mudslide season from snowmelt and spring rains is pretty much over, and I'd like to get the ground pretty soaked before wildfire season starts.

Also we have woods behind our house, and trees all over the surrounding neighborhood. The owls have been having nightly parties, or singalongs, or hootenanies (little bit of hoot, not too much nanny). Living in the middle of the owlalujah chorus, here.

I'm glad the evil hand isn't hurty, Tep.

I don't think it's even a little bit evil. I should get a refund.