high elf

heh

coming down from that trip is gonna be a bitch.

Oh Steph, man that's hard.

I totally understand the general idea of letting the people in your life do the dumb stuff they're going to do. No one is my puppet (YET), so even when I think "Well, *I* would do that differently," I have to let them do their thing.

But the problem is when "their thing" seems so directly harmful. I know I can't make Tim's dad do what I think he should, but the way he's continuing is just contributing to the morass he's stuck in, compounded by very real dementia. And I can't force Tim and his brothers to have the hard conversation they need to have before something bad happens. Argh.

The last thing the woman from Northeast Portland probably expected when she got up Tuesday morning was that she would be attacked by a sword-wielding elf.

I'm sending that to my brother. (He and my SiL are very likely moving to Portland within the next year. He needs to know what he's getting himself into.)

In somewhat related news (to my question above, not to people's difficulties with relatives), do other editors ever get actually angry at stuff they're editing? Not because of content, just because it's in such shit shape?

I think my parents, having dealt with the decline of my mother's parents, learned some lessons about aging. At least, I hope so, but I can envision my mother being equally as stubborn as my grandmother was about not moving out of her house.

YES, Dana. Also, insent to your profile address.

do other editors ever get actually angry at stuff they're editing? Not because of content, just because it's in such shit shape?

Hell yes.

Pretty much what I've found from couponing is that you'll save a lot more at the drugstore than at the grocery store, at least percentage-wise. If you're not too particular about what brand you use, then you can get stuff like deodorant, body wash, soap, shampoo, etc., for free. For most OTC meds, if you pay attention to the sales and coupons, and buy them when they're cheap if you know you're going to use them eventually, you can get them at about 50-75% off. For groceries, I usually end up saving somewhere between 30% and 50% -- the coupons and sales aren't for as high a percentage of the cost as the drugstore ones are, and there are almost never coupons for things like produce. (Although, once in a while, there are, and there are some savings apps that will pick one or two produce items each week and give you 50 cents or so if you buy them.)

I'm in denial.

Also cold, bored, not looking forward to my goal review in four minutes, and I feel greased out by the burger which doesn't usually happen at the Counter.

I don't have what it takes to make it through an entire day anymore, it seems. Embarrassing.

English teachers should have this: [link]

Steph, Tim's father is very close to being my grandmother!

I have never diagrammed a sentence, so they always look abstract and cool to me, but not overly meaningful. Which is a plus in a poster, if you ask me.