Wednesday night R and I got some shopping done for the niblings. For my wee nephew, I got LINCOLN LOGS! I wanted to get him something building-oriented and I didn't want plastic or painted blocks. Amazon ran out of the logs I was originally planning to get, but Big Lots had a big set of Lincoln Logs for $20 ( Read more... )

Backstory: my RES, Al, was originally my little sister's turtle. The story of how I got him is here.In the years since I brought Al home, my sister did ask for him back several times. Each time I pointed out that she was not in a position to take care of him. She got angry sometimes. I was certainly never going to let her have him as long as ( Read more... )

On Sunday, J and I hung out with the turtles a bit. We picked mulberries to feed to them. J made a trail of berries for Rex to follow, that was really cute ( Read more... )

My neighbor K has been trying to give away his bike. It's a really nice bike, but he didn't know anyone who wanted it (it's too tall for me.) My brother saw it on K's front porch and saw that it wasn't locked up, and expressed surprise that no one had stolen it. I said that since K was trying to give it away, he didn't really care if anyone ( Read more... )

My mom and J just stopped by! They were in the neighborhood to shop for carpet & decided to come visit. J is looking great! He is a lot stronger. He had his first PT session today, and he will be going 4 days a week for at least two months. He can open and close his hand, grip strongly, and apparently he mowed the lawn yesterday. He says he ( Read more... )

While J was in crisis, I was focused on being on top of things, being available, keeping him healthy, and handling my mom. Since he's out of crisis now, I am slowly falling apart (I knew I would have emotional stuff to deal with later, but I had no idea it would be this strong.) I am dealing with stress and trauma and sadness now. Every time I ( Read more... )

Awhile back, rm mentioned that it feels good to step up. To take responsibility, to do what needs to be done, to be available in service when necessary. That comment really resonated with me, and I can tell you, it does even more so now.

It feels good to me to step up: that's why, for example, I organized a food brigade for tabbyfoo after Sophie was born ( Read more... )

I'm going to Austin this weekend for inits. J was originally supposed to go one of his Persian cousin's houses during that time. He will supposedly come back on Sunday. My mom has known since last week that I would be going OOT this weekend and that I could not cancel. However, Tuesday night, when I was confirming plans with her, I said, "Okay ( Read more... )

In spite of my mom making a complete and total ass of herself at the hospital, my brother is here at my house now. He's feeling pretty good as long as his pain meds are kept up. He puked up a bunch of bile first thing this morning, but eventually he ate a few bites of pancake for breakfast, then ate half a chili dog for a late lunch. OF COURSE ( Read more... )

Tonight my mom called. I thought she was calling to find out when I would be at the hospital, but in fact she called me to tell me not to come. She said that J was being discharged tomorrow. She is very upset about the discharge- she thinks it's too soon, and so do I ( Read more... )