That's nuts.
Sorry, Captain. I'm real sorry. I shoulda kept better care of her. Usually she lets me know when something's wrong. Maybe she did, I just wasn't paying attention...
Kaylee ,'Out Of Gas'
Natter 73: Chuck Norris only wishes he could Natter
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - Dec 21, 2014 4:28:17 pm PST #13152 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
-t - Dec 21, 2014 4:42:18 pm PST #13153 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Better is good, Ginger. Hope strength follows soon.
Safe travels, travelers.
Cat is sleeping on my right hand, hard to type.
Calli - Dec 21, 2014 5:12:09 pm PST #13154 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I hope you feel up to traveling soon, Ginger.
I'm also flying out tomorrow, but just up to MI. I mailed such presents as I bought straight up, so I should be able to get by with carry-ons.
Ginger - Dec 21, 2014 6:36:54 pm PST #13155 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I know that as far as my mother is concerned, any day I can get there will be Christmas, but I was really trying to be there for Christmas. My only accomplishment since Thursday has be the creation of piles of wet Kleenex.
meara - Dec 21, 2014 7:50:58 pm PST #13156 of 30000
I am almost all packed, except things I'll need in the morning. Somehow I filled not only the suitcase I'm checking (with clothes, shoes, etc), but also an entire duffle bag (with food and presents) and my backpack (with my purse, computer, etc). Good grief--and that's WITH shipping probably half the presents directly to my sister! Really wish I didn't have to schlep the duffle bag around but it would be bad enough if the airline lost my bag of clothes (heaven forfend). If they lost all the presents I'd go batshit. And it's a duffle bag I'm not fond of so maybe I can ditch it in Indy and just carry the backpack on the way home. Maybe.
Burrell - Dec 21, 2014 7:55:38 pm PST #13157 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Safe travels, all!
meara - Dec 22, 2014 3:56:54 am PST #13158 of 30000
And good morning...I woke up almost two hours ago and am now waiting to board my plane. I hate flying back to Indiana--not only is it heinously expensive but my choices seem to either be leave godawful early, or get in at midnight (which is not nice on my sister either picking me up or being awake to let me in the house when I eventually get there!)
Cross your fingers my bag gets there with me, and I don't utterly blow the diet I've been on since 12/1! So far it's been working but it's much easier to stick to when I don't leave the house and eat alone. Eating family meals or going out to dinner or whatever will be a big test.
Theodosia - Dec 22, 2014 4:12:17 am PST #13159 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I am once again driving in circles. I will drive out to the Catskills on Wednesday.
Dana - Dec 22, 2014 4:31:26 am PST #13160 of 30000
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
I get to head to the doctor today to get antibiotics before we leave town tomorrow. I guess it's better than going to work?
Strix - Dec 22, 2014 4:47:45 am PST #13161 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
We leave in the morning of the 24th to travel up to Iowa, and come back the evening o the 26th. I still have a few gifts to get, wrapping to finish and some baking to do, but it's under control.
Maria came to KC yesterday for the day and we had a WONDERFUL time! Total spontaneous visit, and it was a marvel of synchronicity -- Micah came in for his holiday stay the same day WITHIN 5 MINUTES OF MARIA'S FLIGHT, in the same terminal, and, when Micah's bag got sent to who-knows-where instead of KC, I already had to drive Maria back to the airport and the bag was ready to be picked up!
Maria got to meet my darling husband and my sweet boy, Micah, and we had a loooong, delicious, Bellini'd fancy brunch at a swank restaurant in downtown KC. We talked, we cursed, we laughed, we charmed the waiter...it was too short a trip, but it was absolutely bloody fantastic.
Later, I couldn't find the travel menorah I had/have somewhere, so I made one from the zillion tea light I have on a blue place mat, elevating the...shumash? that one candle, and Micah, pronounced Jewish-scholar-expert-in-residence, pronounced it fine.
And then he got a Deadpool poster, and freaked, because Deadpool is his FAVORITE FAVORITE OF ALL FAVORITES. And then we lay on the couches and watched Edge of Tomorrow, because Winter Soldier is only for rent in the stupid Redboxes right now, and we were all in PJ's.
REALLY. GOOD. DAY.