Hey, watch it with the extended vocabulary — there are children here.

After the rash of measles fades, there is desquamation.

She had been working desultorily on her book for several years.

The shock of my news had worn off, and now she'd want to know where I was, how I was doing, and she'd sniff out that I was with someone. “I just wanted to check in on you.” That was Mom. Totally unashamed about momming me.