Warning: this is not a happy story, or one with a happy ending, or even one without a bit of blood and guts.
OK, you've been warned. 
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So, ever had one of those days when everything annoys you and you end up feeling out of sorts and very seriously "blah?" Normally I can snap out of it w/ a little effort, and even more normally having some friends over (as we do nearly every Sunday evening) snaps me out of it simply because "fake it 'till you make it" happens to actually work most ( Read more... )

JOC voluntarily took a nap yesterday afternoon, so I seized the opportunity to work on the nursing T reconstruction I'd been planning in my head for the past 5 weeks.

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So, I made the news official at work this week. My boss's reaction was classic. He gets this look of intense wide-eyed surprise and says "Wow! That's really... horrible, for us! It's great for you, of course, but... wow ( Read more... )