Emily is excused from facing the day.

Local soda promotional campaign has reached its first milestone, employer of a beneficiary of soda largesse has arranged for regular deliveries, why not do so yourself?

Odd to be sleeping on a fully functional bed again, now I know how it must feel when elderly priests have a burger on friday, cop a feel off a passing nun, etc. Woke up to 'Alone Again/Or' playing on my computer, my decadent sins will reap discipline, apparently. Certainly feel like I've been beaten with the rod of harsh correction (on top of the usual ugly stick, of course), life is a constant challenge for those with the gift of prophecy.