Timelies all!

Happy Birthday Cass!

Gary's mom is moving into an apartment in an independent living community. As a result, we now have some of her furniture in our house. We replaced our couch and loveseat in the living room with the couch from her living room and a piano. (Nobody in our house plays piano.) The cats are confused...

Happy birthday cass!

I am ON VACATION. And happily I have dog care lined up (do not think about the cost!), and I'm really looking forward to being mostly offline for the next few weeks.

Happy Birthday, Cass!

Consuela, enjoy every bit of your vacation!

I am ON VACATION.

Enjoy! Being offline sounds good to me.

Yay for vacation, Consuela!

I've skipped and skimmed but had to check to see if Nilly and Shir were doing okay.

DH found a new job in Richmond, VA (he's living down there for now).
Robin has been moved into a new apartment in Chicago for her last year at DePaul.
Oliver is recovering nicely from top surgery and home for the summer from college.
I'm still angry that this is the worst timeline.

Be safe, buffistas.

So good to see you, Cash, and hear news of the family. Agree about the timeline, of course. I'm glad your DH found something, and I hope he's doing OK in Richmond. That is... not an easy commute for either of you.

Have a blissful vacation, Consuela!

Crazy to think of Robin and Oliver being in college. My own kids being in their 30s is one thing, but it is shocking to see these little kids aren't so little anymore.

Richmond is a pretty area geographically. It was rough politically when I lived there, but my understanding is that it is much more progressive now.

I can’t believe Robin and Oliver are so grown up! Will you be moving to VA, Cash?

This is the first day of summer vacation that ltc and I were home alone together. We watched some tv, but she’s quickly running out of age appropriate geeky shows to watch, read a bit, and made French toast for lunch. And I made her help me with some chores. Now she’s out with her grandparents for a couple of hours.

I'm hoping that if I make a post grumbling about this, it'll be resolved:

My second carpal tunnel surgery is tomorrow. The surgical center has this weird policy where the patient is scheduled for a surgery date like a month out, but NOT a surgery time. They wait until the day before the scheduled surgery to call the patients and tell them what time the surgery will be. This is the weirdest fucking thing ever. I didn't like it with my right hand and I don't like it with my left hand.

Anyway, it's 1:35 the day before my alleged surgery and they haven't called me yet, and I'm getting twitchy about it. Just let me know what time to be there, you weirdos!