Tonight, my former brother-in-law died. He was my youngest sister's ex and father to my nieces. He had been an alcoholic for years, tried to go off of it cold turkey without any help. He ended up losing consciousness and his brain was without oxygen for about 25 minutes. He spent several days in a coma before they pulled the plug. I haven't communicated with him for years. I don't mind them, but I'm not looking for condolences really. I feel like those belong to his family. Anyway, I mention it because if you have someone in your life whom you Love who has a drinking problem, try to stress to them the importance of getting help if they would ever like to stop. This was horrific for his girls, and I would hate to see anyone else go through it.

@DavidGoldfield It's good for a smile if nothing else.

@bcpaws4ever I don't know if you are old enough for this, but I wonder if the area agency on aging might know of some helpful resources.

Over lunch, I finally made my bubble tea. It came out really good I think. I obviously didn't pay close enough attention. I thought what I was getting from Amazon would be some sort of dry hard things that I would have to cook. Instead, what I got was a sealed quart container of popping Boba pearls. This makes sense, because how could those even be dry. Anyway, it's one less thing to prepare, and I like it. When I finish this container, which won't be for quite a while, I may get some tapioca and try with that.

Instacart, I really don't think candy pumpkins belong in the produce section. Just clarifying that because you didn't seem to know this.