Ramblings of an itinerant rocket scientist...

Quick proof of life post.

Sister's life seems to be on the road to some improvement, although original issue of concern hangs out there still being a concern.

Dad has had a terrible viral infection. Saw him a week ago laying in bed and was taken back to when his mother was in the same bedroom dying. Saw him on Saturday and he was better. Sister saw him on Sunday and observed how terribly he was doing, which was still, per departing brother, better.  L-- took him to the transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE) and found he was supposed to be monitored 24 hours after, so he stayed with her.

Brother traveled on Sunday to take the California Bar on Tuesday and presumably failed. (He kept explaining he wasn't getting studying done, it was all about memorization, nothing he works on is covered, and he was definitely going to fail.) Yesterday he found a dear friend died of a heart attack.

Excellent kitchen adventures included steam juicing (although the instant pot got in some confusion about depressurization and lied about keeping the lid locked) and making bay scallop egg rolls with bits of veggie bacon.  Also had made blueberry sheet pan pancakes which i took to my Dad and brother on the Saturday.

Christine and i have made reservations for a vacation. We haven't been on a vacation in ages, since the 2017 eclipse. And haven't been to the beach together since ... a Monterey Bay trip? Was that a wedding? Wow dim recesses of memory.) For Reasons i am both looking forward to it and also tempering my expectations. And it may be rescheduled if Dad has medical needs. Still, it was a reach for something positive.

Weather has been dreadfully horribly humid and sauna-like. My temperature sensor in the part of the yard that gets full sun much of the day recorded a heat index of 135°F. No movement on fixing the fence that is a prerequisite to getting kittens (also, we won't get kittens before going on vacation). Contractor we hoped to work with on the barn isn't available/responsive. So on to a random person, i guess.

Continue to escape to novels. Much left undone.