Ugh. I hear that, ND. (OMG HOW AM I IN MY MID THIRTIES?!? I WILL BE 40 SOON! IN FIVE YEARS!) ...I really thought I'd feel like more of an adult at this age.

Vortex, I think I spent some time in that papasan while you still had it.

Had a lovely day finishing the weekend in Portland. We meant to get up and have breakfast and leave town, but we slept later than planned, and the first place we went was closed, and then we had to wait forever at the second place, and then we walked past Sephora so we had to go in to get my birthday present, and then we had these free cupcake coupons, so we had to go there, and suddenly it was like, 2pm. Eesh! And then it took forever to get home, and we had to stop for a carwash, and gas, and tried to go to Costco but it was closed so we went to Whole Foods...and spent all the money...and then came home and realized we'd forgotten stuff, so ran to Trader Joe's...and only ended up cooking half the food we'd planned to. More tomorrow I guess.

Ha, I always buy more at TJs on vacation than I need to.

Glad HHN is going well, but I do hear you on the aging thing. Have you been keeping up on your new fitness regimen? I'm kinda hoping the new stuff I'm doing will help with the gear hauling later on.

They really are the best, Pix.

I wonder what is wrong with me. It's the early mornings that are getting harder for me.

This evening I sat down to watch a couple more eps of Doctor Who (still in series 1) and both cats were being all cute and sweet. Rosie spread out next to me with all her feet just touching my leg and Gilda curled up on the back of the sofa with one leg wrapped along the side of my neck.

No. I've not been on top of the fitness and that is part of the problem.

It's raining and I don't wanna go back to work.

Rosie spread out next to me with all her feet just touching my leg and Gilda curled up on the back of the sofa with one leg wrapped along the side of my neck.

Aw. Kitties.

I've not been on top of the fitness and that is part of the problem.

Word. I'm appallingly out of shape. My sister and I walked two miles by the river Sunday morning, and I swear, it was about all I could do. Especially with heat/humidity. Then we spent the afternoon trolling antique malls, and by the end of the day I was wiped out. I better get my lazy ass moving again and get used to walking all day before I go to the UK, or my friends will unintentionally kill me with exercise.

I've not been on top of the fitness and that is part of the problem.

Part of the club. But I have good intentions!

I really need to step away from the politics on Facebook. 1) my Friends made up their minds long ago 2) having to research and fact check stuff before sharing is exhausting and I hate posting stuff that isn't really real. But it is hard when so many people on the internet are wrong.

I've been trying to add more walking into my life, now that I don't have it in my commute, and have been semi-successful. I did a bunch this weekend, but also went for a walk one day after work last week! And walked to dinner and back another night. So at least there's that. I feel like I'm basically out of shape, so was heartened after moving when my mother said she was wiped out from going up and down all the stairs -- I didn't actually notice that.

I really need to step away from the politics on Facebook. 1) my Friends made up their minds long ago

Close to 99% of my friends on FB are of a more-or-less similar political bent as me, so I don't generally see posts praising Romney and/or vilifying Obama. The problem is when a friend posts something pro-Obama and their comments get lit up with angry frothing people who disagree. I see those comments and want to jump in, and then realize that it would have absolutely no effect other than to pump up the commenters' RAAAAAAAAGE even more.

So I have to scroll by quickly, even when it's something I agree with. It's not good for my state of mind (or my blood pressure) to engage.

I have two Facebook friends who have liked Mitt Romney's page. One of them is a gay latino who's in a union and probably owes a bunch in student loans (he was a PhD student), and the other is a single mother with a child with a seizure disorder, i.e. a pre-existing medical condition. So I guess it's true that not everyone votes in their own interest.

I only have one "friend" on FB whose political views are diametrically opposed to my own. Thank goodness. I'd have to close my account if I had to wrestle with that crap every time I looked at it. I wouldn't mind talking to some reasonable, smart Republicans; I've gotten some good, different perspectives on things from them before, and even changed my mind on a couple things in the past. But I cannot find amongst my circle of acquaintances any reasonable, smart Republicans. I can quote facts that back up my viewpoints; they just make stupid cruel jokes and redistribute lies and post clever macros. (If it rhymes or has clever wordplay, it must be true! Right?) It's sad.

I should have unfriended her a while ago, I guess; she's the only person from my high school who has ever friended me, and I wanted some connection there, I guess. Don't know why; I didn't give a shit about them then and I still don't, and looks like the feeling is mutual. I'm sure they all know I used to be a stripper, so I suppose they're shunning me or something. (It was a private school run by the Church of Christ.)