They are! And we got that done right away. All but two of their friends are as well so they were able to have a more normal summer this year.

Pretty good. The kids are back in school after 18 months home. I'm nervous about it, but am enjoying the quiet!

Thanks Maya; it’s good to see you too. I’m glad you had data too—I can’t imagine all of this isolation without the ability to keep in touch with people. And now that almost nobody has a landline (and even the “landlines” are VOIP) it’s not even like you could reliably call people and chat.

Poor wee Pepper—I’m sorry. I’m also constantly amazed by cats’ bonds with each other. Pink’s a sweetie.

I’m glad you’re back, and it sounds like things are a bit better (knock on wood of course). I’ve been hoping that you’ve been managing the pandemic okay, and dear lord, what a time to not have wifi. Suddenly something so, well, mixed in its value became a lifeline overnight. But yayyy for better meds and doing pretty…

I literally just cleaned out two and a half years of depression trash from under my bed and behind my tv. It was fucking gross, I’m all dusty and there are four full-sized bags of trash ready to be taken out tomorrow morning. I still have to de-purple my tub, clean the bathroom floors, the kitchen floor and de-clutter…

Awesome news all the way around! While I haven’t been around alot lately, I have been reading your updates when I see them and I am so so so happy that things are going much better for you. That you have met someone in person who shows you how amazing you are and gives you something good to look forward to is what…

Shelter Cat Update!

Midazolam got delivered to me by the pharmacy today. Accidentally, of course, and my UTI antibiotic and cranberry pills got delivered to some other unlucky soul. I looked it up before i took it because i had no idea what it was, and was informed that it is a pre anesthesia med that causes immediate sleep and short…

Maya! Hi!!! Hope things are going well for you.

Maya! You’re back! How are you doing?

God, I never think about Kate Bush, but whenever someone mentions her I realize that I really, really should listen to more Kate Bush. She’s a visceral sense memory. My roommate in undergrad was a huge fan, and while that roommate was a bit bonkers and we wound up thoroughly sick of each other, we started off as…

Updates Updates Updates

Somehow I stumbled upon this old post on Jezebel about kids and hydration, I think it popped up in my sidebar or something, and I noticed it had hundreds of comments so I was like, wow, that’s so unusual to see that level of engagement nowadays, I have to read that. And I did, and it wasn’t til I got through the whole…

Gosh it’s quiet here now. I just wanted to say hi. I made an Italian flag out of sugar cookies. Everything hurts.

Good stuff all around!

Up and down I guess but aiming for more up. How about you?

Another week of fun in my grad program.

Also, hi to both Andy and Julia.  I’m just popping in briefly tonight but I hope all’s well.

THE BITCH IS GONE!!! (Literally!)