This is all the stuff I'm taking home (unless they have a secret pony waiting for me that I don't know about): [link] After 18 years, 2 bags and one small box for my toys. t edit And my Avengers cup, which I am currently using and therefore cannot pack until I leave for good.

Steph, today has got to be hard.

One of the pieces of advice we got when we were wedding planning that I thought was good was that one the day we should hold hands, and keep holding hands so that we experienced it together. There are always people trying to pull you apart for "one picture" or "just a minute" but handfast we stayed, and we ended up with memories that really were our day.

I had the biscuit, smonster, and it was yummy. Thanks!

One of the pieces of advice we got when we were wedding planning that I thought was good was that one the day we should hold hands, and keep holding hands so that we experienced it together. There are always people trying to pull you apart for "one picture" or "just a minute" but handfast we stayed, and we ended up with memories that really were our day.

I generally stick close to him at parties because of my social anxiety (unless our besties are there, because I can chill and snark with them and feel fine [they also have similar social anxiety issues -- together we are like the Voltron of Awkwardness]). OTOH, the wedding guests are just family and the aforementioned Voltron of Awkwardness, so I should feel chill.

But yeah, I'd rather we be together a lot of the time, obviously.

Shir, did you get anything else? What did you put on the biscuit?

Steph, that must be super duper surreal.

Man, this anxiety is kind of crazy pants. I feel twitchy, like I'm overcaffeinated, but I'm not. Can't decide whether to run errands or take half a Xanax and putter around the house.

this anxiety is kind of crazy pants.

I am so full of anti-anxiety meds that people can probably calm down just by standing near me.

Aw Steph, I'm sending you a swimming pool filled with ~ma, so you can float in it. Hopefully, it's nice and cool, so it will help battle the heat wave too. Splash around in it. I hear it's safe if you accidentally get a mouth full, so no worries there. Just please, no peeing in the pool.

Shir, that was quite a busy day. Mine was busy, but all in the same location. I hope the police were responsive, and will address the idiot properly. What other yummies did you eat, aside from the biscuit at the NOLA cafe?

ION- Yesterday was a LONG day. Left for work at 7am. Got home from work at 2am. Major push day to load in the summer theater show, with the "let's build a theater in the park" that we do on our campus. I'm exhausted. I took today off. Woke up with major headache (not sure if' migraine level, but close). And it appears my battle with the ants, that I thought was done, is not. Now they are coming up thru the drains. And the condo is CLEAN. It's just ant season, I guess. So, I need to go out, and buy some traps, which worked great last year. But I was hoping to spend all day in pajamas, resting. ::sigh:: Tomorrow we have a conference up in Oakland. So I get to fly out with my boss, and another coworker at 6:45am, spend the day in a conference, that the more they send emails about, the more we all agree, will be the biggest sack of bullshit, which makes waking up at 4:30 no fun. Thankfully, it's scheduled to end around 3:30. And then we fly out at 6:30pm. Blah.

One of the pieces of advice we got when we were wedding planning that I thought was good was that one the day we should hold hands, and keep holding hands so that we experienced it together. There are always people trying to pull you apart for "one picture" or "just a minute" but handfast we stayed, and we ended up with memories that really were our day.

This is beautiful, Sparky.

I'm totally passing it on to the couple I am marrying on the 2nd.

He's deploying shortly after the ceremony, so this is timely advice, indeed.

Coming up through the DRAINS?!? Do I even want to know how ants get in the drains?! Shouldn't that stuff be...waterproof? Draining to other waterproof pipes, where there are NO ANTS? Eek. (...I might be a little anti-bug)

I'm being fairly productive this morning, but must rant:

OMG COWORKER SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP. Do not send me literally 10 emails trying to get me to rearrange my schedule. I realize that I would be a convenient person to have do this, as I have both the authority and the knowledge, BUT I do not intend to (a) rearrange my schedule or (b) fly home late Friday night and fly out again on Sunday morning. I'm sorry if that bothers you, but TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER. Also, we just re-arranged all the duties on our team, and YOU HAVE NO VISITS, SO WHY NOT DO THIS ONE INSTEAD OF ASKING ME TO!? Grr.

She's annoying anyway, but then they put her in a position of privilege (no travel) and semi-authority (reviewing our reports) and it drives me bugfuck.

And the toilet seat cracked. Ugg. So much for a day off.