I totally want a do over on this day already and it's only 10:30 for me. Woke up feeling ick with a stomachache which prompted massive moodiness and a short-temper which then caused me to pick a fight with Lewis. While I wasn't completely in the wrong, I did overreact and now I feel completely unsettled and out of sorts.

Do over please?

I suppose flowers would be nice now and then, but mostly it's not something I care about much. Or, to put it another way, any small gift is just as nice. Possibly the best "just because" gift I ever got from someone I was dating was the guy who gave me a set of Umbrella Academy pins. It was super thoughtful; I'd been geeking out over the comics earlier, and he remembered and went to the comics shop and picked them up for me. Very sweet.

Glad to hear the interview went well, askye!

Sorry you're having a bad day, Barb. Would it help to apologize to Lewis?

Possibly the best "just because" gift I ever got from someone I was dating was the guy who gave me a set of Umbrella Academy pins. It was super thoughtful; I'd been geeking out over the comics earlier, and he remembered and went to the comics shop and picked them up for me. Very sweet.

Yeah, I'm more into that sort of thing. Flowers seem so generic. I don't like giving for the sake of giving; if I'm giving you something, I want it to have meaning.

Sorry you're having a bad day, Barb. Would it help to apologize to Lewis?

I did-- problem is, I've had a lifelong history of doing that even when it's not warranted, just for the sake of keeping peace, which then has left me even angrier/unsettled. In this case, it was a warranted apology, but it's hard to shake the angry/unsettled.

Perhaps I should just go to bed.

I want it to have meaning.

Flowers have lots of meanings. Apparently you're unaware of the Language of Flowers.

Well, I'll remember that if I date a floriographer.

Well, I'll remember that if I date a floriographer.

Or somebody into Victoriana, possibly even a Steampunk.

There's rosemary, that's for remembrance; pray, love, remember. And there is pansies; that's for thoughts.

There's fennel for you, and columbines.

There's rue for you and here's some for me: we may call it herb of grace a Sundays.

Good luck askye! On our last visit I commiserated with the vet...Your job is about 33% animal care and 66% dealing with difficult people, right? She looked like she might cry from gratitude over the understanding.

As for flowers. I'm a former...sometime current florist. You'd think that would make me a huge fan. Not so much, really. I do love them, but to have them in my house, they must be special and long lasting. Roses...never. I've spilt too much blood over them.

I do love the scene in Stranger than Fiction when Will Farrell's character says to the baker, "I brought you some flours." That made me really happy.

Want to give me something? Give me nail polish (though I'm sort of on a break from it right now)

Which reminds me, I have some nail polish for you.