I have similar dreams all the time, but they never end in fun! Typically it’s the end of the semester and I realize I FORGOT to go to/study for a particular class. Oops! But they’re not as anxiety inducing as the ones where my ex and I FORGOT to get divorced...

I’m sorry for your loss. Thank you for sharing his picture with us. He was beautiful. We lost a kitty to cancer last year. It’s so hard.

Hell yes to 4. “Pictures of You” was the first song I thought of. brb sobbing

I had the idea that using multiple embryos was standard in IVF, because they’re not all going to take. But I’m not an expert. I would be interested to find out whether anything else had to be done to her 65-year-old body - hormones or what have you - to ensure that she could sustain any pregnancy.

According to the source it was “artificial insemination using both donated sperm and eggs,” which makes more sense though I don’t think the source used the correct terminology (insemination = in-semen-ation).

Adorable! Both of you!

The best library in the USA has a self-guided tour for you: https://multcolib.org/blog/20140324/…

I have probably run past Ribsy 20 or 30 times not realizing he was there. Next time I’ll give him a pat.

Hi, neighbor! I live a block off Tillamook.

The Country of Ice Cream Star. Postapocalyptic fiction told in a poetically, multiculturally evolved English by a badass 15-year-old female narrator.

...time to stop, and so I did. But apparently my kindle didn’t want me to admit it.

I’ve had a long and varied drinking career, varying from once in a while to a drink or two a night while cooking to until the party was over. Five years ago I reached the point where it was

Having been a fan since 1977, and having seen her live six times, I agree with all of this.

Actually, when I first started getting hot flashes I thought they were a result of working with my laptop on my lap in an upstairs room with no A/C in the summer. Our temps were only in the 90s, however.

So beautiful! It always warms my heart to see two cats cuddling because the last two cats I lived with HATED each other. Except when one was sick, then they sort of slept near each other a little bit. If I ever have cats again I want a prebonded pair.

Those yellow dudes are weirdly mesmerizing. I live in the PNW and I only ever see brown or gray ones. In my garden. Boo. I have had their slime on my hands, too, and it was like GET THIS OFF ME NOW EW EW EW and it took forever to wash off.

Yep. My first thought.

There are too damn many parties in December anyway! We need to spread the parties around!

Yeah, half birthday! You can frame it as not wanting to take time out from all the celebration of others as holiday time to celebrate your birthday. You could start a tradition of celebrating on June 21 every year, even, so your family gets used to it.

Well, it could have been that, or 35 years of drinking, or both. (Not drinking any more either.)