Oh, I'm so sorry, Hec, that's just tragic.

My sister knew a woman who was dying of cancer when her daughter was in high school -- and she didn't tell anyone. Not even her husband. She died like a week after her daughter graduated, to the shock of the entire community. I guess that's not denial, but it's something.

In better news, I spent much of this afternoon cleaning out my refrigerator, while listening to the Revolutions podcast eps on The Martian Revolution.

And yesterday I did a 9-mile section of the SF Crosstown Trail, which is quite lovely. I saw a bunch of the city I didn't know, and we even heard coyotes in McLaren Park. Definitely recommended if you like traipsing across the city through various parks, and don't mind a lot of stairs.

That sounds like a cool hike, Suela!

Brenda I would like to go to there!

David I would…not like to go to there. Or near there. So sad.

Also sad: having to work for a living and not being independently wealthy, she says as she sets her alarm for tomorrow morning.

Also sad: having to work for a living and not being independently wealthy,

Feeling that this morning. I have a stupid meeting in 5 minutes and I DO NOT WANNA!

Everyone in the mtg can see my status on the project. There is nothing any of them can do to help and so the whole meeting will be stating multiple times in different ways what I have done since last mtg and what still needs to be done. All of which is clearly shown on a spreadsheet.

You should be able to put "this meeting is already a spreadsheet" as your status on whatever y'all use to communicate and be done with it

I think -t's plan is best.

I'm not ready for morning, and it is almost noon here. I made the oft-occurring error of eating too late in the evening and suffered all night. That said, the coconut curry paneer creation I made for dinner was absolutely delicious.

I made the mistake of not thinking to check my whole calendar and was ready and online for a 745am call with someone in Europe…who did not join because she was out of office today, which was also on my calendar but I hadn’t paid close enough attention. Doh!

I spent Thursday-Monday with friends who are now (mostly) gone, and I guess I have to work and shit.

Mom and Sis and niecephews and I went to a reunion at the church camp we grew up going to (and the kids go to) and mom worked at. We saw a lot of old friends and mom reconnected with now-grown people who's lives she really affected when they were young. Two of them have trans kids (well, trans young adults now) who attended the camp and were there and that's certainly a particular joy what with so many "Christians" being full-time assholes.

I had to drive mom from place to place instead of walk but otherwise it was pretty normal - I even took a header out of a rowboat onto the dock (which I blamed on not having done that in decades but the fact is at 15 I came out on my face as often as on my feet). Both of the naturalists who were on staff when I was a kid made it. One is a biology professor and the other is retiring from his career as an an engineer - and it was awesome watching them climb around in the mud and geek out over turtles and pitcher plants like forty years had never passed. The prof. was talking about how he and his colleagues are coordinating to continue their research and conservation work once their funding is pulled and how the engineer can help now that he is retiring... he's not getting out of this.

Mom will probably sleep until Thursday.

That sounds fantastic and restorative and heart-warmy wholesome, Trudy. So glad you all could do that.

Long weekend with friends also sounds fabulous, Dana.

I did not do a ton, but I did have a very pleasant and tasty one-on-one dinner with a friend on Sunday night. DH and I went to see Sinners (we both really liked; I will see again; one of the coolest scenes evah is alone worth a rewatch) and have dinner on Saturday night. Read a bunch. Watched some stuff.

Yay for restful and renewing weekends!