Many good things today. Looks like snow is melting finally: sidewalk outside our apartment is clearing and road is clear. Should definitely be passable with wheelchair (which is arriving Monday: SO EXCITED!!) Therefore I should be able to leave the apartment Monday afternoon or Tuesday morning. First stop: picking up packing supplies to send ( Read more... )

Good news, everyone!

Wheelchair company is picking up wheelchair from hospital. Depending on delivery routes, wheelchair will be recieved here either tomorrow or Monday.

Today's mail love:

Canisters I bought off eBay (three of the old-school tupperware ones, in daffodil yellow)
Cards from the_new_perfect (who also previously sent Magnetic Poetry poet's kit) ( Read more... )

The apartment is mostly clean.
The laundry is mostly done.
The kid is quiet.
I'm feeling pretty good.
The cats are both here, within easy reach.
There's no noisy parties or anything outside.
The weather is cool, and I'm wearing flannel pyjamas and I have a lap blanket.
I'm chatting with friends. One of them just shared this adorable picture with ( Read more... )

starsong reminded me just now about chocolate cake in five minutes.

While you're eating it, remeber: everything is going to be alright.

I'm sure someone out there can use this information. <3


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truth = stranger than fiction again: one-legged prostitute killed in Brooklyn. (there's so much sad and wrong and odd with this story. but it's a fascinating writing prompt.)

This CRACKED ME UP: if adults were treated like children.. Worksafe, hysterical, a must-read. <3 ( Read more... )

I really, really want one of these jobs I've applied for: partly because I like the idea of working in general and as an advocate in particular right now (I have the skills, why not put them to use?), but also because the university offers tuition exemption and I really want to go back to school part time (not to mention forty hours per week of ( Read more... )

Things are looking up ( Read more... )

I am bitchy because:

• Have not written anything of substance since the weekend.
  
• The kid has an appointment with his shrinks today. Sigh. I'm just tired of all that.
  
• Am looking down the throat of an 8AM appointment tomorrow, and a 2PM appointment tomorrow, which adds up to a day where not much other than appointments gets accomplished.
  
• I am sick ( Read more... )

Thing 1: Seaners led his father into his room and made a word approximation that sounded like 'Madonna'. Chris put the stereo (and his favorite Madonna CD) on. Seaners laughed happily and began to stim. YAY KID ( Read more... )

Home. Tired. Have defeated my fear of the damn bridge over the freeway. Walked about a mile from the freeway stop to home.

Emmi gifted me with Elizabeth Zimmerman's 'Knitting Without Tears' (which looks awesome as I glanced through it) and some pumpkin bread mix.

She made tallin a t-shirt that says 'if you can read this you're too damn close' in ( Read more... )