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I case anyone is looking for gift ideas... [link]

You know you're tired when you're scrolling back to put something in your copy buffer to respond to, and you just keep paging back and back and eventually you realize you've forgotten what it was you were trying to find. So yeah, I'm gonna go ahead and say I'm at the diminishing returns portion of the evening and call it a night.

That reminds me, I got and just wore this shirt today: [link]

How much do you normally see your parents, Consuela, if there is a normal? Are you expecting to spend more time with them as part of your mother's acclimation, or is this close to usual?

Well, for the last year or so, I've spent about half of each Saturday with them, from 8:30AM to about 2PM. And often a bit of Sunday, if they come over to my sister's house for Sunday dinner.

Part of the sell of the assisted living facility is that it's 12 minutes or so from my house and my sister's, instead of 30-40 minutes, and without as much of a rush-hour barrier. So I've seen them during the week as well since they moved, if not for very long.

I'm hoping that I won't feel as obligated to spend lots of time with them because they will develop friendships in the building and will go to movies and outing with the other residents. But I'm pretty sure they won't ever be as social as most of the other residents, because Mom just doesn't want to hang out with people she thinks are decrepit old folks, even though she is one herself.

But it will be nice to be able to go away for a weekend and not worry that they won't see another solitary person while I'm gone. People will be checking in on them.

Oh, I quite like that shirt, Nora! :)

My roommate has headed off to meet up with a fellow law clerk and help/assist judges who are doing same sex marriages starting at midnight tonight. Woot! If any of y'all will be awake, her friend is tweeting pictures and stuff:

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Went out to a party for the ARP adults. It was mostly the command staff and the folks who put together the silent auction. It was nice to be out and people liked my peppermint brownie cookies (a new recipe).

It started snowing about half way through the party and I didn't leave until about 11:30. It was quite the drive home. It isn't like I haven't driven on snow before, just not so late at night or without anyone else with me. And to think, CJ had the top down on the Mustang earlier today. Hah!

Nice night next door with new neighbor. Had interesting conversations with complete strangers AND my statehouse delegate and her partner again (last I saw her was at the housewarming of the previous neighbor's. Kinda funny, Smalltimore.)

Neat to see how he's made the house his, plus to impart the wisdom (aka quirks) of Ednor Gardens homes.

Then wishing my brother a happy birthday.

This morning, I need to think about cleaning and shopping and eh.

Timelies all!

Raining here. Could be worse, could be snow.

Suzi, I was driving home from Denver last night at 8:30-9:00 and the roads got really bad in south Denver/castle Rock. I actually slid a couple of times and had to slow way down.

My furnace quit working yesterday. I got it fixed in a couple of hours and it only cost me $110, but now with the snow, I'm really glad it all happened yesterday and not today.

I had some other news I wanted to share with you people but now I can't remember what it was.