I hope the final week is as easy as possible, Tep! And the weeks after. And that his blood pressure is controllable this coming weekend. I assume he will be super hydrated by any means possible.

I am already contemplating MB merch, though. I like the mug with the quote about coffee on it a lot

That's a great quote. I definitely do NOT need any more t-shirts, but I'm so tempted by the Effie and Zebulon Mucklwain's Hour of Power t-shirt. Especially because it has Zeb's quote on the back ("If time and tide roil you too harshly..."), because god DAMN, time and tide have been roiling me too harshly.

And that his blood pressure is controllable this coming weekend.

The oncologist increased the dosage of the meds that are supposed to keep his BP up — he went from 5 mg twice a day to 10 mg 3 times a day. That dose really should do the trick. Fingers crossed!

I assume he will be super hydrated by any means possible.

I'm about ready to just throw him in an aquarium tank like Tom Hardy in Venom.

Not gonna lie, hearing that "time and tide" through "we open at six" at the end of each episode is super comforting! The big cross on the front is too much for me, but the quote is really good.

I do like thinking of Tim getting all mermaidy, fwtw

I am already contemplating MB merch

I did not see links to merch anywhere--are they in podcast notes? I definitely need some merch. I do not have ENOUGH t-shirts with writing on them. Same for mugs.

So glad Tim is doing so well, and also sending good vibes for ease of management and normal blood pressure!

I am supposed to stay off the ankle as much as possible, so I will not go tomorrow, but I plan to have DH drive us in a loop past our local gathering to I can honk and wave in support.

I got a (pretty cool looking wooden tree root) cane to help with stability as I heal. Honestly, the ginormo boot is much harder to manage this go-round than the one twenty years ago. I was generally more stable and balanced then, it seems!

Must work on that, which I know I keep saying and not doing, but this has been an object lesson in why.

I was looking at the Midnight Burger website trying to figure out what I wanted to do about subscribing, JenP. They got merch there! [link]

Thank you, -t!

Who is marching tomorrow?

I am going.

I'll be in Boston tomorrow visiting Dylan so any protesting will be up to him. The campus is across the street from the Public Gardens so we will be present even if we don't end up participating.

It's also Head of the Charles weekend so Boston is going to be craaaaaazy busy.

So, I have my little post work podcast routine these days, ease out of being business!-t with Marketplace, switch over to Midnight Burger to get ready for whatever might come next (which is generally reading whatever book I am trying to finish before it is due back at the library but could theoretically be more exciting) so I hear a bunch of ads. The one for I’m not sure what, some phone service maybe, which told me to imagine I was a purveyor of pillows and tomorrow was National Sleep Day so my pillows have to get delivered but my vendor isn’t answering their phone OH NOES but not to worry I have 5 G or something that solves all my problems except there’s no explanation why my having 5 G would make my vendor answer their phone! I play the vendor role to many customers and it would cut no ice with me! I get all worked up because the plot of this ad is too full of holes. Just shoddy craftmanship. They don’t make ‘em like they used to.

But what I heard today was an ad for Asana, which we actually use at work, but when the ad started by saying “When you’re stressed, Asana can really help you” or something along those lines, I heard “ a sauna can really help you” which made sense and made me want to go sit in a sauna. Which I could theoretically do while I read with my waterproof e-reader. But I’d have to get dressed, so that probably won’t happen.