Fay, I'm glad your show went well, and you had a good time clubbing. You certainly deserve a chance to cut loose.

omnis, I'm glad your date went well. I'm not good at the courting dance either, so I'm afraid I cannot offer you any insights into what the woman is up to. It does sound good to me, dropping her an email on Monday.

Continued ~ma for Byron.

I don't know about any other Buffista households, but here there was a lot of cat-snuggling last night. I even picked up Sammie and snuggled her for all of 20 seconds. Which is about 10 seconds longer than she usually lets me. With Harvey, it wasn't that we snuggled him more. That would be damn near impossible without putting us on tube feedings and hooking us up to catheters. It was more that while snuggling him, I was extra conscious of it.

Is that good?

Sure. I don't think she's "up to" anything, omnis -- I think she enjoyed the conversation and the fact that there weren't any awkward silences, and would like to have another. Give her a chance to email you about the show, like she said she would, and don't read anything into it if she doesn't get the chance right away.

Kristin, I'm glad the surgery went well. Recovery ~ma for both of you.

I am back at work, for another day of personnel files and a professor's RA who is working on cleaning up a brief he wrote due at the Supreme Ct tomorrow (the professor is out of the country).

So, Sunday she could do the e-mail? So If no e-mail, drop her one on Monday thanking her for the fun night?

That sounds about right.

Speedy healing to Byron.

I think I have a bike ride date for tomorrow.

Today I am going to make cupcakes. I am thinking about making a white cake with fresh raspberries, then brush the top with lavender liqueur, and figure out some kind of lavender frosting (white chocolate, maybe?). Several years ago I did a chocolate cake with morello cherries. I might do that one again too.

Many furry hugs to Byron.

So If no e-mail, drop her one on Monday thanking her for the fun night?

why wait until Monday? I think that the 2 day rule thing is stupid.

Quick healing for The Dread Pirate Byron. I love that name. Hugs for Kristin & ND.

I had to skim many hundreds of posts. I've been buried all week. The internet has been down at home so I have to do all my work at the office. I've been going in after I do the school drop and work in my jammies for an hour, then home to shower and eat, do the other school drop then back to the office. I usually do at least half my work at home. Since I have to cram it all into office hours there is no time for internet play. pout

So, yeah, back at the office. DH promises to get the internet fixed at home by this afternoon. Basketball playoffs are not so much fun on the itty bitty office tv. And too much to do to watch tv without laptop.

Now I want d's cupcakes.

I think that the 2 day rule thing is stupid.

Agreed. What feels right makes sense. Rules stupid.

Eh, I don't agree. If omnis had said "I'll e you about the show" and we were debating whether he should do that now or wait two days, sure. But in this case it's more about giving her the chance to follow up before jumping in.

OTOH, nothing wrong I can see with a quick "had fun last night - look like a great day for a hike" (or, alternatively, "hope the rain doesn't mess up your hike" depending on the weather which I am too lazy/not stalkery enough to check).

So the answer is: Do whatever you want to do!

Aren't we a helpful bunch?

I think a short email like the one Brenda suggested is good. As long as it's just one, I think sooner is always better than later.

Last night I dreamt that I was on trial for a crime I didn't commit. The courtroom was packed with my supporters and I was up in a thing like a jury box, looking down on the crowd, waiting for things to get started. A little old lady in a house dress with steel grey hair approached the box and offered up to me a plate of freshly cooked bacon. I picked the juiciest piece and held it up to the cameras proclaiming, "even trials go better with bacon!"