Not a recent photo, but found it yesterday. From... spring sometime? No matter, I just like it.
Dylan's ear healing up beautifully. The cold from this past month has left me with some sticky congestion that just will not clear. Went in to work last Monday, was done about 3PM, so I put in for 2 hours leave. And it wouldn't take it, so I talked to my admin - who informed me I was supposed to be on leave the whole week. He laughed, because he's done the same thing, and told me we'd take care of it later, and to go home. Just as well, though, for a finger fracture pt who needed to have surgery arranged for tomorrow - and that likely would have been missed since no one else was there to do it.
Being a bit unwell on vacation isn't ideal, but at least I had plenty of time to rest after multiple nights of very poor sleep - due to lack of adequate breathing through mucous.
Dylan's brother, SIL and niblings in town, we had a very nice dinner with them. Good kids, which from me is really saying something. We also went to one of Dylan's work-friend's for her dog's 15th, celebrated with a Quinceañera. Good people and conversation, fun music.
And I got a message, my eldest brother's wife of over 50 years died. Of course I called him back, because I decided this is my duty. Grief I understand, and I know how to approach it, which means that if I can, I must. Still, a conversation that adheres. His father about 11 years ago, his mother 3 years, his oldest daughter, 6 years ago, now his wife, this is cumulative grief. And now I have his voice in my head, and the voices of my abusers refreshed.
gods.
