I’m sorry, askye, that is so frustrating. Your Mom is lucky you could come up.

Relying on people does sometimes bite the big one. Not as much as not having someone to count on, though. And nobody really goes it alone. (we all need doctors or mechanics or people that cook in restaurants.) (At least she knows you won't steal her purse and stuff.) Maybe there is something wrong with her balance that could be fixed? I mean, not always, obviously, but the way to get treated for something is to face up to it not sweep it under the carpet.

I’m sorry, askye. There are lots of things that can be the cause including dehydration which is a bigger with the elderly.

Yikes, David. Glad it wasn’t worse.

Heartwarming memories per my calendar of the Hec and JZ wedding. I understand the element of melancholy but mostly I remember it being magnificent and magical.

On the road. Got to NC last night.

I have an objection to register about today's Connections.

"Palm" and "Pom(eranian)" are not homophones.

Dana you made me go do connections so I could read your spoiler font, and while I did get it with no mistakes, I immediately said “oh I bet what Dana said is…” and I was right. And I agree with you. (I ended up with the last four because I’d gotten the others and not because I knew what they were supposed to be)

Heartwarming memories per my calendar of the Hec and JZ wedding. I understand the element of melancholy but mostly I remember it being magnificent and magical.

I have a pile-up of associations with this date now: Our wedding anniversary, JZ's memorial, Bay-To-Breakers this weekend (and the bizarre memory of having to cross the race full of people running in dinosaur costumes with JZ's ashes to deliver them to her mother).

22 years ago, Jacqueline and I got married. And it was magical.

In a moment of synchrony, shuffle just pulled up The Smiths "There Is A Light That Never Goes Out."

I only saw pictures of your wedding but it was magical.

(((David)))

We have answers for mom! She has statin intolerance. They must have called her first thing because she let me know before 830.

She will go off her meds and they are going to monitor her. She has an appointment on Monday and I guess she is going to drive herself. Because I work and I have Tuesday off but if I switch my day off to Monday that means I work 6 days In a row and I cant do that.

I'm going to see how she's doing tomorrow and see if I should go up there tomorrow or wait until Tuesday.

Mom update. The dr called her back and said after doing some research the statin allergy/intolerance could cause auto immune issues so she has ordered some more bloodwork and I'll take mom to get that tomorrow. Also her follow up appointment is Wed there was a miscommunication at the doctor's office or something.

Also this isn't Mom's regular doctor. Her regular doctor is in Sweden celebrating her 40th birthday with some friends in a No Husbands No Kids trip so tbe dr mom saw is another in tbr practice that is covering for her.

I also heard back from the retirement community really near me. They have a 3-= year wait for apartments and a ten year wait for villas. I figured it was a long shot.

Health ~ma to your mom, askye.

Go, regular doctor with the friends trip, though! Squad goals... maybe for 60. Which is only 18 or so months away, holy wow.

We are watching my latest addition to the comfort movie list tonight, yay. I don't particularly need comfort, but DH just procured it. It's Project Hail Mary. I'm so happy to add it to the arsenal.

Well... that's a natural question for the group, isn't it?

What are a couple or three of your go-to comfort movies?

(Mine are not all especially great movies, but they make ME happy. Independence Day, for example.)

So... what are yours?

What are a couple or three of your go-to comfort movies?

JZ had some lesser known rom coms on VHS that she loved: The Cutting Edge, Fools Rush In (Matthew Perry and Salma Hayek). Also Holiday (Cary and Kate) and African Queen.

Comfort movies for me: Miyazaki, especially Howl but also Kiki and Spirited Away and Porco Rosso. Also 80s comedies like Something Wild, Bull Durham, After Hours, Only You (Maris Tomei and Robert Downey, Jr.). Classic Screwballs: Lady Eve, Bringing Up Baby, Philadelphia Story, More the Merrier.