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April 17, 2018

First, Barbara Bush passed away tonight. What a gift she gave us all!  It's refreshing for someone to be so candid about her end-of-life choices and talk about what isn't talked about: deciding on comfort or palliative care. She had a bourbon Monday, and went gentle in to that good night Tuesday.  No wonder her Secret Service code name was Tranquility.

In case you missed it, in 2016 her granddaughter Jenna dressed as her for Halloween, then called her grandma on air. To which Barbara joked "I heard [Jenna] was going to dress up like a witch, so I did too." HA!

Second, a shout out to all my fellow allergy sufferers because the hills are ALIVE, you guys.

The good thing about allergies (or colds or whatever) is that Sudafed makes you not hungry!
  • Breakfast: Pumpernickel toast with cream cheese and lox.  And two cats that stalked me (see: lox).
  • Lunch: Leftover pasta from last night and an apple.
  • Snack: Saltines, to get that gross allergy taste out of my mouth.
  • Dinner: Half a turkey taco, half of a small avocado, and some homemade Corn Salsa with Lime with tortilla chips (thanks, Chris!).


The bad thing about allergies (or colds or whatever) is that Sudafed makes you super lethargic.  So exercise today was just a walk around the block with coworkers.

To that end, we'll give it a Sophie Wessex, looking a bit like she had some allergy medicine herself.

And one more of Barbara in an evening gown with the Queen, for the road.


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