Chloe's moving slowly, but that could be from the extra Tramadol. She doesn't seem to be limping or favoring one side over the other, so she may just be sore and/or doped up. So I'm going to take that as a cautious good sign.

And the thing with the cranes,

I'm giving them a certain amount of slack because they're cousins. Their moms, say, are sisters but their dads could be anything. If they're second cousins it gets even easier.

Mostly I want to make out with Daniel Dae Kim. Or Danno. And while Jack Lord will always own my heart this McGarrett is growing on me what with being tall and gorgeous and hard-bodied and having some intreiguing ink they never let me get a good enough look at.

I thought Kim was Korean!

Wait, isn't he? Are you talking about the actor or the character DDK plays? According to imdb, he was born in S. Korea.

"takes a cat his shots"

New Orleans has very distinctive language regionalisms. For example, you don't "go to the grocery store," you "make groceries." Love it!

Sox, just try to appreciate the American Girl stuff for being age appropriate and let the extended family do the buying!

For reals- I am actually getting an American Girl doll for my niece for her 6th birthday next month. (we got her brother a Nintendo DS for his 6th birthday, so fair's fair.)

I did a bad thing. As in, telling a not-altogether truth.

The bff called saying that she is driving into town this morning.

I'm booked for most of the day, so anticipate needing all my energy for my clients.

Plus, I needed to have an orientation with my friends who took care of Bartleby while I was sickest. I'm watching their store over this coming weekend so they can have a much needed vacation. They have Greyhounds and want to go to a huge Gh event at the beach. I owe them so big, I will watch the store whenEVER they need me.

So, I neglected to mention to the bff that the orientation this morning was basically a 5 minute conversation about me spending time in the store tomorrow.

Which, okay, I didn't actually know it would only be 5 minutes when I talked to her...but I didn't call her back when I finished it either.

The lie was 'I'm booked' vs. 'I'm not really in the mood to see you.'

It's not a total lie, given that I do have prep to do for my clients. So, yeah. It would have been a stretch that ANY of the last three days I kept open for her would not have been.

I feel icky.

it sounds like she started it.

Which, okay, I didn't actually know it would only be 5 minutes when I talked to her...but I didn't call her back when I finished it either.

Eh, I don't know that you are obligated to do that. I think that you're being too hard on yourself. It's fine if you don't want to get into the fact that you're annoyed with her behavior and are not in the mood to see her right now. You have a busy day, and history has shown that she may not even show up when she said she would!

Seriously, bonny- please cut yourself a break. You didn't do a bad thing.

Well, yeah.

But I should have been more direct.

eta:

You have a busy day, and history has shown that she may not even show up when she said she would!

Heh. That's a fact!

maybe. Ime, not everyone appreciates that.

But I should have been more direct.

You've been through a traumatic physical situation that you're just starting to really recover from... I think that you can put the discussion with your friend about how her behavior impacted you off to another time, when you are better equipped to deal with it.

You can be direct later. Don't beat yourself up for it today!