Yay California!

The California Supreme Court has ruled that same-sex couples have the right to marry under the state constitution. 4-3, but that's good enough (one of the dissenters basically said she's in favor of marriage equality but doesn't think the state constitution guarantees it).

Also points to the BBC, for the headline "California lifts gay marriage ban," with the pleasant suggestion that allowing same-sex marriage is not only the right thing to do, but the normal thing, with the rule against it having been the anomaly. (The UK offers same-sex civil partnerships, not called marriage, but I'm not sure precisely what the differences are.)

My mixed-sex marriage is in no danger from this ruling, of course: my beloved cattitude and I are staying together because we want to, not in order to distinguish our heterosexual relationship from homosexual ones.

[That makes two US states that will perform same-sex marriages, I think three that have "civil unions," and at least one (New York) that does not perform same-sex marriages but recognizes such marriages legally entered into elsewhere, including outside the U.S.]

Yay California!

The California Supreme Court has ruled that same-sex couples have the right to marry under the state constitution. 4-3, but that's good enough (one of the dissenters basically said she's in favor of marriage equality but doesn't think the state constitution guarantees it).

Also points to the BBC, for the headline "California lifts gay marriage ban," with the pleasant suggestion that allowing same-sex marriage is not only the right thing to do, but the normal thing, with the rule against it having been the anomaly. (The UK offers same-sex civil partnerships, not called marriage, but I'm not sure precisely what the differences are.)

My mixed-sex marriage is in no danger from this ruling, of course: my beloved cattitude and I are staying together because we want to, not in order to distinguish our heterosexual relationship from homosexual ones.

[That makes two US states that will perform same-sex marriages, I think three that have "civil unions," and at least one (New York) that does not perform same-sex marriages but recognizes such marriages legally entered into elsewhere, including outside the U.S.]

gall bladder recovery

Today was better than yesterday, despite the bits where the incision in my navel hurt; some of that seemed to be the result of getting up and walking around at lunchtime, but that was also long enough after I took the morning's painkillers that they'd probably worn off.

This morning my boss said she didn't really expect me to work a full day until next week, and indeed, I left the office around 4:15. The difference is that yesterday, I left at 4:00 because I was in significant pain. Today, I left at 4:15 because I was feeling warm and vaguely out of focus, which isn't nearly as bad from the inside (though both states are detrimental to working accurately and carefully).

julian_tiger just spent about 15 minutes sitting on my lap. He hadn't done that since before the surgery: the day after I came home from the hospital, he tried to get on my lap, stepped on my then-very-tender belly in the course of trying to get settled, and I had to push him gently off. He hadn't tried since, until today.

I suspect that one reason today went better is that instead of pants, I wore a dress with only a vaguely defined waist, so no constriction anywhere on the abdomen, and all the weight supported from the shoulders. It's also a very bright, colorful garment, and got quite a few compliments. (If I wear a dress tomorrow, I doubt it will be as praised; I think the next option is a sort of cream-colored thing. I don't own a lot of dresses, because most of the time I much prefer pants. This is not much of the time.)

gall bladder recovery

Today was better than yesterday, despite the bits where the incision in my navel hurt; some of that seemed to be the result of getting up and walking around at lunchtime, but that was also long enough after I took the morning's painkillers that they'd probably worn off.

This morning my boss said she didn't really expect me to work a full day until next week, and indeed, I left the office around 4:15. The difference is that yesterday, I left at 4:00 because I was in significant pain. Today, I left at 4:15 because I was feeling warm and vaguely out of focus, which isn't nearly as bad from the inside (though both states are detrimental to working accurately and carefully).

julian_tiger just spent about 15 minutes sitting on my lap. He hadn't done that since before the surgery: the day after I came home from the hospital, he tried to get on my lap, stepped on my then-very-tender belly in the course of trying to get settled, and I had to push him gently off. He hadn't tried since, until today.

I suspect that one reason today went better is that instead of pants, I wore a dress with only a vaguely defined waist, so no constriction anywhere on the abdomen, and all the weight supported from the shoulders. It's also a very bright, colorful garment, and got quite a few compliments. (If I wear a dress tomorrow, I doubt it will be as praised; I think the next option is a sort of cream-colored thing. I don't own a lot of dresses, because most of the time I much prefer pants. This is not much of the time.)