I took the day off work to take my visiting 82-year-old mom out to Orange County to have lunch with her 89-year-old friend. Very nice and her friend is still lively of mind, but, lord, two elderly ladies do everything very SLOOOOOOWLY. Getting into the car and out of the car and into the restaurant and deciding what to eat--endless. Plus it was a 90-minute drive each way, so that was today for ya. Not really onerous, but definitely time consuming.
They should film that story and show it every Christmas.
Xander ,'Same Time, Same Place'
Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes
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.
Scrappy - Jan 26, 2011 3:09:16 pm PST #19227 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Steph L. - Jan 26, 2011 3:10:06 pm PST #19228 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
My onerous task for today was making a fool of myself in front of upper management.
Did...did they make you wear a sombrero?
That's an awfully *specific* example. What kind of places *have* you worked, Hec?
tommyrot - Jan 26, 2011 3:24:36 pm PST #19229 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I am now eating cornbread and drinking wheat beer. Nummy!
§ ita § - Jan 26, 2011 3:26:09 pm PST #19230 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I forgot to buy clementines at the store today. But I do have clementine soda. So that's something.
quester - Jan 26, 2011 3:27:50 pm PST #19231 of 30001
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
I put all my dirty socks in a mesh bag, wash them in the bag
I do this, too! And I wrangled socks today as well. that was before I succumed to the cold again and napped a lot.
sarameg - Jan 26, 2011 3:31:21 pm PST #19232 of 30001
I have clementines. I just ate 2. My god, I'm chatty. I guess not being in the office means I have excess chat.
beth b - Jan 26, 2011 3:34:12 pm PST #19233 of 30001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
Clementines and banana for fruit
vegetarian shepards pie for lunch
dinner looks like split pea soup - not strictly vegetarian. possibly with a salad
Jessica - Jan 26, 2011 3:35:32 pm PST #19234 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
The gorgeous white fluffy snowflakes we had this morning have turned to what sounds like hail outside (more likely just ice). I predict a superfun walk to the bus tomorrow morning.
Steph L. - Jan 26, 2011 3:35:57 pm PST #19235 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
vegetarian shepards pie for lunch
We just had that for dinner! (I suspect it has more beef than a Taco Bell taco.)
Amy - Jan 26, 2011 3:36:52 pm PST #19236 of 30001
Because books.
We already have a two-hour delay for tomorrow, and chances are school will be cancelled altogether again. It's snowing sideways right now, and the wind is nasty.
I have excess clementines with seeds, and I'm not speaking to them.