flea family (I love flea in this one)

What a fun picture!

Oh, Lee, I'm sorry about the suicidal bird. I also went to sit in the sun at lunch time because it was too cold inside. Office buildings are weird like that.

None of my devices for telling me how much exercise I am getting seem to be much use in the pool. And I'm not even sure how long the pool is, so I don't know what my 8 (very slow with pauses to rest at each end) lengths ones to in yards or meters. I called the front desk earlier to ask and she said it was "Olympic-sized, I think 25...meters?" So I don't have enormous confidence in that.

Great pictures!

I don't see why pianists can't keep playing detonated pianos. Musician dedication, man.

I would like to be metaphorically patted on my newly coiffed head. I went to get my pre-summer haircut, by the lady who did such an excellent job last time. It is seriously the sketchiest looking salon on the mountain, but lady knows her shit. Fifteen minutes, fifteen dollars, easy peasy. Only she didn't look all that closely at the reference photos this time, because she thought she remembered, and she cut the spiky side too short. I didn't say anything, because, too short. What could she do? Besides, my hair grows fast, so I figured I'd just get it done again, I'd just have to find someone in the midwest. And anyway, she had a couple of people sitting waiting, so I kinda hurried out without looking at it all that closely.

But then I went to buy a bra. Hate. But I found one. It took trying on fourteen. But it fits, is comfortable, and was cheap. So hey, it'll do until I lose this weight. ANYWAY. During all that dressing room mirror self-image fraught bra trying-on, I had a good chance to look at the haircut. And I really didn't like it. But I realized two things. One, the other side really needed to be at a sharper angle too. And two, and most importantly, she also hadn't cut quite on the previous part. So there were some longer short bits still flopped over my head. Which meant that there was room to potentially correct the too-short part.

I waffled, but ultimately vag'd up and went back to ask for an adjustment. She was totally fine, didn't charge of course, and was happy to do it. And I like it so much better now, y'all. I am so proud of myself for going back in and affirming what I wanted. And now I can do less self-image demon feeding!

Gold star, Liese!

Love looking at all the pictures! Thanks

Good for you, Liese. Funny how hard it is to say things sometimes.

I am dying of heat prostration, and perhaps from overdoing it today. Took my daughter to school way early (as in 7 am) to send her off to Catalina, then, despite the heat, went to Long Beach with my son's class to chaperone the field trip. I normally love the Aquarium, but today was too frigging hot for anything but popsicles. It is even too hot to be on the computer for longer than 15 minutes or so at a time. I am currently icing down beer for dinner because, while alcohol may not be a great idea right now, cold beer is an excellent plan.

Good for you, Liese!

Ugh, Lee.

Cute pics!

OMG, tonight is one of my all-time favorite NOVA titles: Escape from Nazi Alcatraz! (Right up there with Bombing Hitler's Dams.)

My eyes are leaking and so is my nose. Trees! Why you gotta be doing this to me?

Didn't you hear? It's a pollen vortex. All the things that would have normally pollinated earlier are doing it now, all at the same time.

I wonder what the next vortex will be.

I really hope it's not a heat vortex.