I am at the airport, so I will be enjoying the Oscars vicariously through you guys.

That sucks, meara. I'm sorry.

The marriage penalty also sucks. Grr.

I saw that Gotham ad a while back, it's kind of great in its deadpan-ness. But I don't think I want to go to Gotham, seems dangerous.

Well, lawn is mowed and edged. It still looks pretty terrible, but I am pretty much out of juice. I should at least sweep up the cuttings, but I meet be too out of juice for that. We'll see after I finish typing this post.

It's been a frustrating day. There was the coffee spillage, then my lunch failed to include the guacamole that I added on after the fact, so that's understandable but still disappointing, at least one of the little windows in my garage door broke, and the lid on my weed eater flew off and disappeared. It's bright orange, I don't know why I can't find it. Anyway, I think all that is adding to my tiredness. On the bright side, I accidentally pulled out the electric lawn mower I thought was busted and it actually worked so, yay for that. I thought the motor was burnt out but I guess it just needed a rest.

I'm at the airport ready to board and go home. The teenage guys sitting behind me need to be smacked for how they talked about a girl who texted one of them and had the temerity to use the word "like" in the colloquial sense. (Guy 1: "She texted 'It took us like 2 hours to get home.'" Guy 2: "She's in danger of becoming a basic dumb girl." Asses.)

I loved the bit where they CGI'd Leslie Jones into The Revenant in place of the bear.

Mom's in Portland now. Probably at the hospital as I post. Some other guests at the b&b she's staying at also are there for someone in the same hospital, so they were giving her a ride. It's a walkable distance, but she's glad to have a ride there and back the first time. She'll be there at minimum a week. Another sister and a cousin are slated to go up later. Unfortunately, this has triggered my other aunt's ptsd from her husband's death a few years ago.

There's a chance my aunt may be trached tomorrow, but they may hold off as her spontaneous breathing trials are going better, so if it looks like they can extubate her in the next couple of days, they'll ignore the 14 day rule. Now they're concerned about her kidneys, either stones or missed damage. This on top of the broken ribs, arm, possibly needing surgery on her back and ankle once she gets stable, small clots in lung and leg, the stroke... god. I don't think Molly's had a moment to even mourn her dad.

Depending on how things go, and reports on wifi access, I might look into going up later and working remotely if needed. We'll see.

So much ~ma to your family, sarameg.

Have a safe and easy trip home, Tep.

Clippings swept up. Weed eater part still missing.Got stung by a wasp (I think, it fell off my hand and crawled away but the glimpse I got of it looked like a wasp body and it didn't leave a stinger). I think I at at least some of the venom out and it hasn't swollen up to bad so far.

Garage door window inserts are expensive. If they will even fit. Sigh. Dealing with that will have to wait. It's not supposed to rain until Thursday, so I guess that's a deadline of sorts.

I have been enjoying Chris Rock's hosting, though I do wish it was more about people of color generally and not just black actors.

I'm so pleased with all of the Mad Max Oscar wins

Me too!

Sara - Portland, Maine? I have a friend there if you guys need anything?

Oregon.