God, Jilli, reading that made me want to weep. And we're not as bad off as other places here in Utah, it's "only" 96 and very low humidity. Though I did get sick from the heat earlier today.
That's one spunky little girl you've raised. I'm gonna eat her.
The Mayor ,'End of Days'
Natter 70: Hookers and Blow
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Connie Neil - Jun 30, 2012 2:58:57 pm PDT #12261 of 30001
brillig
Kat - Jun 30, 2012 3:21:07 pm PDT #12262 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Holy Mother of God! Today we had an argument at 6:00 AM. I cleaned the bathroom, including mopping but haven't done the rest of the house yet. Then I locked us out of the house at 8:15. Noah had to climb in the window to be our hero after I was accused of breaking the screens.
THEN we drove to West LA for the Bureau of Sanitation open house where we played on trash trucks, got an avocado tree and ate sausages. Then K went to Krav and I went to Walmart (ptooie) to get protein powder and other stuff.
Back home to sell our spare twin bed then off to Bevmo for fixings for sangria for my 40th birthday party and to the grocery store. Then I chopped fruit for tomorrow night sangria.
Now I'm baking chicken and mac and cheese.
msbelle - Jun 30, 2012 3:30:43 pm PDT #12263 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
too much.
although mac & cheese sounds yum.
-t - Jun 30, 2012 3:36:14 pm PDT #12264 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Mac & cheese does sound yum. But my takeaway from the story of your day, Kat, is: avocado tree! Awesome!
Liese S. - Jun 30, 2012 3:44:28 pm PDT #12265 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Ha, I was getting ready to post almost word for word what -t did!
Lee - Jun 30, 2012 4:00:35 pm PDT #12266 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
The is very cool, it's true.
sarameg - Jun 30, 2012 4:09:40 pm PDT #12267 of 30001
That's a lot, Kat.
It's cooling down a bit outside, which is good for all my poor neighbors. I saw the elderly lady across the street sitting out on her porch, so took over a thermos with water and ice and and order to her and the lady next door (whose name I shockingly don't know!) that if they need anything, to let me know.
Jesse - Jun 30, 2012 4:12:17 pm PDT #12268 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I am going to call Stephanie's dog sitter, dog shitter.
Good one.
Poor cats! Be more healthy.
I made it to the wedding in plenty of time, and had a good enough time. It was hot as shit in there, so luckily it was a family friend and I just left with my parents. And got compliments on my dress from two stranger ladies on the way home!
sarameg - Jun 30, 2012 4:22:36 pm PDT #12269 of 30001
Nice!
Wow, just saw the numbers on the outages. BGE serves about 1.2 million customers. 418K lost power. That's a fucking THIRD.
Making more ice in my meager 3 trays to give to people. Erik was pathetically grateful when I asked him if he would prefer one of the ginger ales that had been in the fridge. But I remember being there. Smallest things in the face of no power go a long way.
Now just to hope that tonight's storms don't take me out. A little nervous about that given the flicker last night, though that was probably the rest of the grid around me blowing.
Turns out the weather phenomenon we had has a name: derecho.
Jesse - Jun 30, 2012 4:30:03 pm PDT #12270 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I am incredibly grateful that I haven't been in a blackout in superhot weather.