I'm sorry for the pain, ND. That stinks. May it go away quickly.

I made a roasted chicken with a homemade, tasty rub and cooked it on top of some vegetables, and I made a GF banana bread today. I am proud of myself! That's all.

DH is still up n in PA -- his mom fell and hurt her knee Sunday, which sent her back to the ER, but this time they kept her for observation and did a couple of procedures to increase her comfort. She's supposed to head to rehab at her (very nice) independent-to-whatever level of care you need place tomorrow. Sending good transition vibes her way.

The meeting/training session that was scheduled from 10:30-noon ran until 1:30pm. Solong my airpods made a little noise to tell me they were running out of juice, I didn't know they did that. AND it's stuff I am, like, a backup for the backups to do so I don't really need to feel like I've mastered it so it was very boring. Fortunately, my mom made me lunch and brought it to me while I was listening and twiddling my thumbs - smoked salmon with pastrami seasoning over avocado on a bed of corn and peas. Sometimes Mom is fancy. It was lovely.

Timelies all!

Well..it's been a week. Mr. S got suspended for three days from school for being physically aggressive towards a teacher and also breaking school property. (He goes back on Monday) Sigh...the psychologist who saw him twice(before he had a meltdown and got physically aggressive in her office) said we should get him in an intensive outpatient program to help him deal better with anger/frustration/whatever makes him meltdown.

There are two problems with that 1) there are no such programs in our county and the closest one is about a half-hour away and 2) Most use ABA in their structure, and Gary is rather leery of such things, given what our friends on the spectrum have said about their experiences with ABA. Still, what else can we do? We can't just wait for him to grow out of it.

On onerous tasks: I had my yearly mammogram on Wed. Went quickly, and not too uncomfortable. I picked up my new glasses today. My main task for the weekend is to get a new desk chair for my computer desk. One arm of the current one is broken, and one of the wheels broke off. So off to Staples I go...

It has begun. Once more with feeling evacuating to a safer place.

All love to you and your family, Shir. I don't have anything else that isn't massive amounts of swearing.

massive amounts of swearing.

Same thing here, friend. Same thing here.

Oh, Shir! So much love is sent your way. I wish we could have sane leaders.

I wish we could have sane leaders.

Echoing back. This is shitty for everyone (expect for dictators and fascists and arms dealers, I guess).

I'm at friends' place. They relocated to Spain several months ago. They have a safe space and I've used it in the past (August 2024 and June 2025). Trying to rest when I can and plan when I'm awake and feel like I have the brain cells for planning. Also enjoying social media's gallows humor and not enjoying the sounds of war.

I'll update here when I can. ~ma to you as well. It's a different kind of stress to experience it from afar, but it's still stressful. All in all, I am lucky to have a good place to evacuate to.

Sending you love, Shir. You’ve been on my mind since I heard the news early this morning.

I would definitely like to see the Islamic Republic of Iran toppled, but, (as with most things Trump does) there doesn't seem to be a plan, or an endgame that could possibly work.

We deposed the leadership in Afghanistan, and now it's run by the Taliban.

We had the Iraq war and now it's a failed state.

Trump won't commit ground troops in Iran.

He can launch missiles at the Iranian military and knock out bases and nuclear facilities and missile sites, but he's not going to be able to kill the Revolutionary Guard in total.

It looks like the only thought is that if the US weakens Iran enough a popular uprising will depose the Islamic Regime.

The Revolutionary Guard killed 30,000 people after the recent uprising this winter.

The only thing for certain is that thousands of Iranians are going to die. Probably hundreds of thousands.

Again, I'm boggled by people who voted for Trump on his promise that he wouldn't start foreign wars.