One of our staff retreats involved flying 3000 miles (and then an hour or so bus ride) for a 3 day stay. That was the good one.

I just... can't even imagine that. Cannot.

Hey, Zen, if you're around? Do not need wake up call - repeat, wake up call not needed. THANKS.

Yeah, there's nothing like two full days with people you don't like and can't trust.

See, I like most of my co-workers. I used to like all of my co-workers, but now we have a few bad apples. Only a few, though.

there are a precious few people on earth I would want to spend 2 full days with on a retreat.

but I'm an introvert.

Totally off your game, yes.

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That was funny.

I think I hit the end of today's spoons. But I've also hit the end of today so it works out.

EEEppp! OK, so the space shuttle is flying around LA tomorrow, before landing at LAX and making it's way through the streets of LA to it's new home. One of the fly over locations is The Queen Marry in Long Beach Harbor (3 miles due south from my new condo on the hill)! Another location is Disneyland, which is 13ish miles due east of my condo on the hill. Now, they are not posting the official route (as far as I know). But.. it looks like they are flying to SF first, thend own the coast.... so... I'm hoping they come down the coast, at Queen Mary, turn inland, fly past my place, and head to the happiest place on earth, then swing north again to head towards LAX. And hopefully I can see it real good!

If there are any LAistas who want to come over, you are more than welcome to the Construction Zone.

I'm annoyed that I've been spending TONS of time in LA lately, but of course not when the shuttle comes! Sigh.

Trying to convince myself that I should go to sleep now, and that I'll really truly wake up early and do work and work out. But I know me. Morning Me believes nothing is more important than more sleep, until I'm either starving, need to pee, or have a headache that is crying for painkiller.

Hey, Zen, if you're around? Do not need wake up call - repeat, wake up call not needed. THANKS.

I was not around, but I didn't call you because I forgot, so I'm glad it was okay that I did.

Major family hysteria drama meltdown last night and I didn't go to bed until 2am, exhausted and slept through all alarms, then late to online conference meeting but I don't care. Honestly, if this weren't my family I'd be out. Kid who's "starting her own business" has taken THREE trips to Europe since losing her job and is leaving for UK Sunday AND has booked herself another cruise for next month, and yesterday one of her credit cards lowered her (ridiculously enormous) credit limit and now she has no "money" (ie, thecredit she was planning to live off of the next six months) cue emotional meltdown and screams of being "scammed by the bank. I don't need people in my life who respond to an offer of financial help and advice in a time of difficulty with screams of I'm a Person Too Respect Me and Get Out Get Out and further screaming audible from outside the house. And my sister's now at my house crying and blaming herself for being a bad mother (not) and I just want to go back to being a hermit with cats.

Said "kid" is almost 30 years old.

I am the most emotionally stable person in my family. (a) holy shit we're crazy, and (b) how the hell did that happen?

So, perhaps her mother need not loan any money at all if these trips are mostly vacations (and not something for the business).

That sounds tiresome, Zenkitty. Maybe you could respect her personhood's ability to get her own damn money and get out get out get out whilst carrying your checkbook.

I'm sorry this is rough on your and your sister.

I'm tired today, mostly because I hosted my bookgroup's monthly meeting last night and was about two hours later than usual getting to bed. Which wouldn't be so bad, but I've been dealing with insomnia most of the week, so I started out with a bit of a sleep debt. This afternoon might suck a bit.