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Did you grow up getting hives? My sister's eldest has had a second bout that took him out of school for a whole week, and i'm sure she'd appreciate your experience at lola_kristine.

Greycie Loo is snuggling with me this morning. She's a very active snuggler and thus my hands are not free to leave comments as she taps my face and nips my wrist. I'm absolutely smitten with her, so the fact she's requesting attention from ME far overwhelms the annoyance.

No 7 am meeting today. I haven't attended it for weeks, which is agreeable, as the 8 am daily standup is draining enough. Yesterday's commute in was longer than expected, and i called my mother after sitting through the "standup." She's worried about her sister, and i had to cut her off in the midst of her reflections to go into the office. I called my mom back on the commute home, and felt the oddity of the eight hour pause in my personal life that was work. It was good to have a long voice visit with Mom, and the request she's given me -- to reach out and support my aunt -- is a welcome one.

I participate in the evacuation training yesterday, and it was rather enjoyable. More enjoyable by far than sitting and steaming that the work another manager and developer were due to give me weeks ago still isn't done and they seem to have gone off on vacations. I struggle with Right Action here: i have developers who could work on these scripts but i don't want to patch up the dysfunction any more. I can't solve the real problem with my team, so the dysfunction needs to be visible before anyone who can address the real problem will fix it. Exhale.