Ow, Sara!

Good job, Burrell.

I'm still not all the way unpacked, but I will be tomorrow. Then still to figure out where everything goes. But at least I'll get rid of the boxes.

Several risks were described in a planning document. The company chose to take the course of action for which the risks were evaluated, and what was feared actually happened. Is there a less jargony way to say "the risks materialized" without being horribly verbose? The jargon in this case is probably the most succinct, but affects me like chalk scraping on a chalkboard. I'm willing to add a few words to avoid that, but I'd hate to replace a three word jargon-filled sentence with a paragraph.

Seriously, how do we do this?

It's a real talent, I tell you. Only thing that hurts (that didn't before, I'm an achy mess) is the elbow and it is barely bruising so far, which is shocking. I have eraser-sized bruises on my hands from glancing blows with the lane dividers and ones on my knees (remarked on tonight by the new guard) that I vaguely remember brushing roughly against shit. But land on my elbow first-contact with force such that I'm breathless enough that I can't immediately utter FUCK and my mind immediately goes to the fact my neighborhood nurse is out of commission if I need free advice? No bruising yet.

I tossed in cinnamon and a rooibos ruby red chai teabag into a pot and have been boiling that on and off for moisture the past couple days. Also, for sticking my nose over it and inhaling.

Pumpkin is SNORING. It's hilarious that my skinny little cat is a snorer, but the fatass, NSM.(She's so slender that I sometimes am concerned that Loki's diet -not that it seems to be working- is affecting her, but she's not shy about butting him out of the way, and doesn't act ravenous, so.)

Hey, I got out of the house! Missed the boat parade, but found my parents and saw their pictures of said parade (and also of grass planting earlier in the day) and had dinner. The boat parade kind of makes me sad, anyway, so not terrible that I missed it.

Way to go, Burrell! That sounds super productive. You are welcome to my wine - I don't think I have anything open but we can fix that, we have the technology (I did have a glass with dinner, so silliness levels may be elevated).

Typo, I think you have it as succinctly as possible. We run into that a lot with my work and here, much more than that is taken as not accepting the responsibility for taking the risk.

Tomorrow is bake all the cookies day. Today has already been shop for all the ingredients day.

Is there a less jargony way to say "the risks materialized" without being horribly verbose?

"I told you so!"

Several risks were described in a planning document. The company chose to take the course of action for which the risks were evaluated, and what was feared actually happened. Is there a less jargony way to say "the risks materialized" without being horribly verbose? The jargon in this case is probably the most succinct, but affects me like chalk scraping on a chalkboard.

Plus, I've been reading Doctor Who synopses, and I find myself expecting the materialised risks to start chanting "EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE!"

For synonyms: ensued, transpired? I think my preference may be "were realised".

Brrrr.... Noah had to march in a parade in our town with his Boy Scout troop. It was around 45 degrees and he had to be in uniform so he was a bit cold. There was lots of waiting but he was ADORABLE. Our house is also chilly, but I finally vacumed our only heater (a floor heater) and so we can at least turn the heat on now.

I'm going to go to sleep in a night cap, not with a night cap, but wearing one as my head is cold.

"As it was written, so did it come to pass" is a favorite of mine. You have to judge your audience for that one, though.

Kat, that amuses me immensely.