'The Message'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Clearly I am a horrible daughter.
Nah, I'm with you. I often travel with internet friends, and so having a family member with me (particularly my mother) would be something of a trial, because I draw such sharp lines between those worlds.
I have walked the dog. Now I must vacuum and then I'll go to a meeting. On my day off! Sheesh.
I got up heinous early and went to the ENT, who said I don't have an ear infection and probably never did. Yay, I guess? Means I'm good for travel, now. Amusingly, I ended up seeing FOUR doctors, plus an audiologist (they do hearing tests--I'm losing some, in one ear). The first guy came in trailed by a Japanese cochlear implant specialist (??) and a med student, and he went over stuff with me and looked in my ears and used me as an example of "normal" for the med student in my ears, nose, and throat, and then the guy who my actual appointment was with (who's the department head!?!) popped in and looked in my ears and said all good. Madness.
Now I'm sleepy and don't want to do work.
I joined my mother in Montreal once during the comedy festival. Despite her having met these people 20 years ago, I maintained strict radio silence between the two camps. She was very good about it. She got some of me, friends got some of me, I crept out of my parents' hotel room in the middle of the night for random shenanigans.
Shenanigans (excluding this usage) has been used in this thread 10 times in 16,964 posts. That's kinda amazing.
I am the shenanig*n leader! And Liese is second!
And how random that you looked that up, Kat.
In non-shenaniganish news. I have a bad cold and am at work. Where is my medal?
It's a good word.
Laundry done, only one load, though. Treadmill done, 30 minutes. Not bad. Now shower and dress for work. Bleh.
ETA: and emptied the dishwasher.
I looked it up because Frankenbudda (I think?) used it yesterday and then you used it and I was like, "What's up with all of the shenanigan use!"
Y'all want to know what is so yummy it's insane? Brie & pesto with grape tomatoes on sourdough toast. I also have marinated olives and a cakeball for desert! Lunchtime WIN!
I hate when people are late for my meetings, especially when they're on my team and outsiders are on time. Hmmph. I also hate when that means the meeting runs late.