Lovely, Consuela!

Awesomeness, Kiba!

IANAD, but are you gasping too? is there a chance you could have asthma?

I used to, but these days my breathing isn't too bad, even when my heart rate gets way up there. IANAD either, but Dr. Google seems to think EITHER I'm out of shape, OR I just happen to have a very high heart rate to start with because all those calculators are whack, OR I have a terrible heart defect which is also why I get migraines. (Or all of the above???)

f you were applying for a passport for your kids or spouse, would you think that somehow those people didn't need to come to the appointment?

Uh...no. Maybe the kid, I guess? But not if I actually took a second to think about it.

Maria that sounds very tasty! The only reason I did not break my diet this morning and go get a delicious slice of quiche from the fancy french bakery is I got out of the house, walked to Trader Joe's for the cream I needed for my coffee, and decided six blocks to the bakery was too many blocks. ...laziness wins?

Suela, those are great looking pictures! I'm kinda jealous!

Kiba, congratulations!!

People need to bow down the awesomeness that is shrift.

I am applying a mixture of "CALM YOURSELF" and "HERE ARE PERTINENT DETAILS" and "I KNOW YOU MAD, BUT WE ARE BETWEEN THIS ROCK AND THIS HARD PLACE TOGETHER."

preparing to don her armour.

That phrase all on its own sends chills down my spine.

UGH, meara. What a clusterfvck.

What Zen said.

Also, Daylight Savings Time is causing fun scheduling problems for us globally, so don't feel too bad about failing time zone math. It happens.

I mean, I've had hay fever all week and I am wincing that I made a typo in an email, so maybe I also shouldn't feel bad about that. Note to self: be nicer to you.

preparing to don her armour

I'm marathoning Vikings today, and this fits in perfectly.

Kiba, congrats! That's great news!

Consuela, I am jealous of your run. (I've never said that before.)

Vikings:

preparing to burn a replica boat

I initially misread that as "burn a replica village" and thought, whoa, maybe they're really getting into the spirit of the whole thing a bit too much.

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Work is not distracting me. I'm living off my mantra of "you can't do anything further on that house until you hear back Sunday night/Monday - stressing over it is not going to change anything". Perhaps I need a more succinct mantra. "Chill out, woman".

The house we almost offered on a couple of days ago is still showing as available, so I wonder if that offer for over the list price fell through. I'd be much happier in the house with the current offer, but the townhome may still be a backup plan.

Note to self: be nicer to you.

YES, BE NICER TO YOURSELF. All of you. Be nicer to yourselves.

I hope everyone's work situations chill out.

"burn a replica village"

Hmm, go find an abandoned film set, set up some quickie buildings, a fake monastery for verisimilitude, call some friends--My kind of party!