I didn't get the new job. Slightly upsetting - I'm sure they will not find anyone better for it than me - but it is probably for the best (at least for the next few months). Mom went in for a PET scan, and until those results come back I will not need any more demands on my attention ( Read more... )

You know how sometimes people on your friends list post about stuff going on in their life, and all of a sudden you think "Wait a minute? Since when were they working THERE? Since when were they dating HIM/HER? Since when???" And then you wonder how you could have missed all that seemingly pretty standard information, but somehow you feel too ( Read more... )

The Camino group members were all very friendly, and eager to share their experiences. I unexpectedly met an old friend of my parents'(who told me about the trip in the first place many years ago, before I saw any books or movies about it). He and his wife are Hospitaleros, the folks who volunteer to run the hostels for two weeks at a time. The' ( Read more... )

Mom came back from Florida this week. I'm happy to have another adult to drive the little girl, and to have her around to talk to and make official requests for documents from the government. Since my dad died, we've been cruising along in denial. But I need to shake that off and put my feet on the ground before the whole family gets into ( Read more... )

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It is the traditional "Mom, we need to get Halloween Today" day, and neither of my children care. The older one is off at school, and while I have no doubt there is a party going on, she doesn't need my help getting ready. All the medival fair-wear I have in my closet is not of any use this year. (She doesn't even want to be the new Disney ( Read more... )

My daughter at Wellesley tells me that although the school has no mascot, the Honey Badger is their true spirit guide. She has inspired her friends to adopt it as their unofficial mascot.

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(I am Randall fan-girl, too ( Read more... )

I'm heartily sick of the know-it-alls on both sides this year.  I understand facts are the first casualty in a political fight, but I am starting to lose my mind hearing Romney say Obamacare is different from what he started in Massachusetts (and which changed absolutely nothing about health care spending in this state), and Democrats say that the ( Read more... )

Happy Summer to everyone.  Just checking in.  July was too busy.  August will be, too.  Girls are transitioning to school.  Family heading back to their respective homes.  Things will even out soon.

I was talking to my cousin the nurse today, and it turns out she and the other night-shifters are among the legions of 50 Shades of Grey fans.  Nurses who are having a hard time staying awake read the story to each other.  It is laugh out loud funny.  (Honestly.  Imagine scrubs-clad nurses, exhausted after half a shift of taking care of drug-addled ( Read more... )