ita, I don't know if you are going to see your sister for Christmas, but if you do, I found the perfect gift Travel Spice Kit

Take your favorite flavors on the road with our Travel Spice kit filled with 20 savory herb and spice blends from around the world. An absolute must-have for the chef or foodie on the go, our kit also makes a great take-along for the traveler who wants to have the comfort of familiar flavors when at their home away from home.

At first glance I read "Travel Spice Kit" as "Space Travel Kit" and I wondered for a moment where exactly ita's sister lives.

Lunch break is delightful. My classroom is so beautifully quiet.

Sue, that's newfangled stuff, and I'm ignoring it. Apart from the credit card parking meter stuff, there have been no useful advances since the 80s.

Vortex, I wonder if she'd even get it.

Zuisa, this is funny to me (and possibly to ita) because she and her sister came to visit DC, and when we went out to brunch, ita's sister sent the server back to the kitchen 2 or 3 times for spices so she could adjust her food.

I don't even think I could name enough spices to know what to request for food. This is why I don't cook much.

And I'm sorry if I am excessively chatty! I just literally have nothing to do other than maintain some semblance of order in this classroom. Hence lots and lots of internet.

Zuisa, have you met us? Excessively chatty is what we do

No concrete Halloween plans yet, though I've put out a feeler to Inappropriately Young Guy about what he's doing. I might go see a Rocky Horror screening in a neighboring town if he's free or if I find friends who are game.

It occurs to me that since I have access to a couple of discarded wheelchairs, I'm really just some fishnets and a pair of stiletto heels away from having a workable Dr. Scott costume.

The RHPS Glee ep made me realize it's been years since I saw a RHPS live show. I'd love to do that. There used to be one at our local theater here but it's been closed for seismic issues for a while now, sadly.

Morning, all. I am am awake, and I feel better than I have in two days! I guess that''s why people always drink toddies for colds in old-fashioned books!

I was using the bit of rum left in a bottles someone had brought to a party; I may need to invest in some rum. Purely for medicinal purposes.

Although I apologize for inflicting the garble on y'all. Those little keys are SLIPPERY, I tell you!

I'm going to send out some resumes, do some cleaning, go to the library, and then tomorrow I'm going to try to put together my Zombie Apocalypse outfit for the party tomorrow night.

Zuisa, have you met us? Excessively chatty is what we do

Thanks. I think that the only thing I do more than chat is worry that I am being too chatty, so my brain is lodged in a pretty vicious cycle between wanting to talk and wanting to show some sense of propriety.

RE: Halloween, I think that if I can find the necessary articles of clothing in my house, I will dress up as Kim Possible. I don't have any other plans aside from handing out the candy on Sunday night. I would LOVE to go to a party on Saturday, but all my friends live in a different time zone. But I was a theater major (sort of), any excuse to dress up is a good day in my book!