Short version: It went about as well as it could have, and I only had one migraine on Sunday that was kind of not good but I got through the day, and the social time, and then I fell down.

( more about the trip )

1. Buddy is a pathetic sight tonight. He went to the vet today for dental work (cleaning, x-rays, and one extraction) so now the anesthesia is wearing off and he's very whiny and clearly not feeling with it. They told us the whining was to be expected. We're hoping he conks out soon and sleeps off the rest of it. My poor baby ( Read more... )

Morgan and I have no power, and haven't had power since Tuesday night. I didn't think the windstorm we had on Tuesday was all that terrible, especially not compared to, say, the storm of 2008 (although I think there was one in 2005 or 2006, because I moved out in '04 and we had at least one windstorm when Morgan and I lived at the Port in Bellevue ( Read more... )

A few random things ( Read more... )

Some of the other stuff we went through/found this past week ( Read more... )

oh. my. god. How do people live here? Or even further south? My WA-acclimated body is freaking out. The air sticks to me. The air does not stick to me in WA. I was talking to someone tonight who was telling me it was a great time to be here: "It'll be 95 all week, heat index around 105". I am pretty sure he wasn't being sarcastic ( Read more... )

( healthstuff woes )

( brain weasels, related to Momstuff )

1. The refinance is coming along - we've been conditionally approved, and we're waiting on the appraisal to come in to finalize some numbers. The appraiser came to the house yesterday, so we should have the report by Wednesday or Thursday. I think I have to get one other thing to the mortgage people, and then we should be done with our end of the ( Read more... )

I'm looking out on a very snowy day and am very glad I don't have to go out in it. M pinged me about getting together this evening, and if the roads allow we'll do dinner or something, but right now I'm content to stay inside and not go anywhere. I love winter, but I love it more when I don't have to shovel or drive on snowy/icy streets. I shudder ( Read more... )