Thanks, y'all. It's my first birthday without Willie Mays -- and I lost my mother's father the year he was 58. So it's a little scary, but I'll get by, as they say, with a little help from my friends.

Thanks for being here, Buffistas. Hugs and love and party hats to everyone who wants them.

Happy Birthday, Karl!

Happy Birthday, Karl!

I'm still out in Pigeon Forge and it looks like I'm going to be here until the end of the month.

Happy birth, Karl!

One birthday where I got the present. Have a great one, bunkie.

Killed 8 this morning and 12 this afternoon.

8 in one blow?

Thank you, brenda! I was waiting for that reference (as I was playing catch up).

No meara, so let's see what I remember...

Happiest of Birthdays, Karl! Have a wonderful day!

Sounds like a very positive visit with the GS, Bev!

Congrats to your bro on the solids, Laura. Shame about the smoking, but as my diabetic mom would remind me as she was buying cookies - no point in trying to extend your life if you're not enjoying it. It's hard to watch, but ultimately we have to let other adults make their own choices. Sigh.

Glad the hand (evil or not) is recovering well, Steph!

I found Country Time lemonade mix powder to be my lifesaver when I was prepping for colonoscopies. (Note: you never want to be doing the prep while hospitalized - they don't have anything to add to the drink mix, and the one I was given is apparently known for being extra disgusting). And I was never given a pill option, because BELIEVE ME, I would have taken it!

Today's my annual boob squish, with bonus ultrasound digging. So that'll be fun. But G_d knows I don't need any MORE cancer, so off to the clinic I go.

I clocked in at 5:30 this morning - we had a quarterly meeting (that keeps being scheduled at 8:30 EASTERN) that I would normally just watch the recording of later, but figured since I have to leave early for the mammo appt, I might as well clock in for the mtg and leave for my appt without having to worry about making up the time. It's really messing up my sense of time - because I feel like I've been working for nearly 6 hours, but the clock is not at 2:30 (where it should be 6 hours into my day).

I’ve had that time sense issue before, and it doesn’t help that I’m not a morning person so it feels all weird anyway. Good luck, Epic!

Thanks for all the suggestions y’all. I took a look at the freakin JUG I picked up and it specifies not to mix it with anything but water and maybe the lemon flavor packet that is included on the side. Gross. I’m not sure I can get down four liters of liquid at all, much less gross liquid. Got a couple weeks to think about it though.