I love a good caftan. I really do. I don't own one at the moment, but they are awesome and comfortable and flowy and pretty. Well, can be pretty. Some are frumpy print, but we don't need to think about those.

I had a cool one once that was my go-to inside lounge-wear. Loved it!

That is a GORGEOUS caftan. I need a beach house so I can wear that in it.

smonster? that sounds eerily like a snuggie.

A local jeweler whose has some stuff I'd love to buy for my mom: [link] I think if you contact her, she can provide more pix. I really like the glass+ heron pendant she had at the last market. Sadly, I was without credit card.

Movado: Is it MOVE-ah-doh or moo-VAH-doh?

I would say moh-VA-doh. What is it?

When I was on my way over she called to say that she was ok and was just sleeping a lot and didn't hear the phone. She's going back to the doctor tomorrow, and I asked if she'd just send a text/email when she gets out so I know she's alive.

It sucks being single/alone when stuff like this happens, because no one is coming home to see if you're ok. It hit me when i had to go to emergency but couldn't drive. She came to bring me my medicine and Cokes (nausea was horrible). That's a pretty good boss, you know?

Glad she's OK, Allyson and that she has you to check in with. It can be hard living alone when incapacitated in one way or another.

mo-VAH-do, to rhyme with Colorado. That's what I've heard in the various commercials, anyway.

Yes, and you're a pretty damn good friend. Keep checking up on her, it is a nasty illness and the fever can impair judgement.

One of the things I love about the community I've landed in is that my friends would have no qualms about coming in if I went incommunicado for too long. And I'd do the same. No longer worry about the cats having to resort to my corpse for sustenance. If one of my neighbors didn't see my daily forays to the pool, they'd freak out.