Thanksgiving prep is underway -- searched through my cookbooks for the stuffed squash recipe, ordered agar powder for the vegan pumpkin pie I want to try making, and made my adopt-a-turkey donation to Farm Sanctuary. Also made train reservations, and made a deal with my father that he'd try to pick me up on time from the train station. I feel like I'm forgetting something, but I'm not sure what.
Oh! Right. Need to email my mom with the shopping list of stuff I'll need for the parts of Thanksgiving dinner that I'm making, so that she can buy it the weekend before, and it'll be all set for me to start cooking on Wednesday.
I hope he lets me keep it....
How cool is that! My spidey senses were on high as you were describing it. SPY CAMERA! Very cool. Hope you get to keep it.
Thankfully a slow day in here for y'all. I caught up before going to bed. I am made of the ow right now. Too many laps around the super non-ADA building for rehearsals. Nobody wants to cue ahead, so I feel like we are constantly behind. Hate that feeling. In the meantime, low on sleep & hydration, plus tons of running around up n down stairs and hills, plus too much stage haze & fog, has given me aches n pains from the head to the heels. Ow. And noting tivo'd this weekend. So. Nothing to veg out to. :: le sigh ::
Um, hey! So Calistas, everyone ok over there. The over-exaggerating national press is making it sound like there are huge fires in all counties threatening everyone. be safe, ya hear!!
Too many laps around the super non-ADA building for rehearsals. Nobody wants to cue ahead, so I feel like we are constantly behind. Hate that feeling. In the meantime, low on sleep & hydration, plus tons of running around up n down stairs and hills, plus too much stage haze & fog, has given me aches n pains from the head to the heels. Ow.
Oy.
I can't get to sleep. I somehow slept until about 1 today, and took a nap in the afternoon, so I'm now wide awake when I should be asleep. I've got office hours tomorrow morning, where I don't expect to get any students, and then a meeting with my adviser -- I'm not as prepared as I should be, but I seriously doubt that he is, either. (I'm working on an article. It's nearly ready to be submitted for publication. I just need his comments on the last few pages. I sent those pages to him two weeks ago, with specific notes on what I needed comments on. I'm betting he hasn't read them yet.)
oh ya, DCistas. End of February It looks like I'll be in Bethesda for a wedding. Thinking of trying to be there the better part of the week, from Presidents Day thru Sunday morning or so. Am debating, should I stay at BETHESDA MARRIOTT the whole time and just take the Metro to all the sights to see, or get a hotel during the week in DC, and the place in Bethesda just for the wedding. The Bethesda place looks to be $89/night. Which sounds good, but wondering if there is a nice but not fancy place that is safe and good proximity to stuff that would be cheaper. The list of things I'd like to do, that will need to get scaled back: News Museum, new Capital Vistors Center, White House with cool administration, Smithsonian, Spy Museum, Koshland Science Museum, Kreeger Museum, ... aw hell, the Smithsonian could occupy the whole week!
Anyhow, thoughts and suggestions are most welcome. As are gatherings to meet folk.
Thanksgiving. Oof. We're entertaining my in-laws and I have NO IDEA what to serve. They're not turkey people. I need to email my MiL to see when they're coming and start making plans.
The kids and I are also in the local holiday parade THIS Thursday. It's supposed to be 31 degrees.
(((((Beverly))))) I'm so sorry for your loss. You and your family are in my thoughts.
{{{{Beverly}}}} I'm so sorry. My deepest sympathies. I'm glad to know she was comfortable.
Oh, Beverly. I'm so sorry.
{{{{{Beverly}}}}}} So sorry for your loss.
