There is a wretched haze over the valley, it looks like smoke haze, but I didn't think there was a fire that near. Regardless, my sinuses feel like they've been sandpapered.
Love makes you do the wacky.
Willow ,'Beneath You'
Natter 74: Ready or Not
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.
Connie Neil - Aug 16, 2015 10:36:23 am PDT #3400 of 30003
brillig
Consuela - Aug 16, 2015 11:52:52 am PDT #3401 of 30003
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Still wicked hot here. I'm hiding inside, trying to work on a story. Probably will bail on dinner with Dad tonight: it's too hot to take him out. He had a hard time yesterday, got a bit wobbly when I dropped him off, and it's even hotter today (or it feels like it).
Burrell - Aug 16, 2015 12:31:27 pm PDT #3402 of 30003
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
You could start with your needs.
ah ha ha ha ha! Please, allow me to introduce you to my pathology.
sigh
I took care of lunch, and had a glass of wine with. Also showered today. That's probably as far as I'll get with seeing to my needs, although I do have to go over a bunch of articles for work.
sarameg - Aug 16, 2015 1:18:53 pm PDT #3403 of 30003
I am stanky again. Got up and swam, then errand run and then more war on rats. More floor cleaning and just ate for the first time today, too hot to contemplate it earlier. And now that floors are dry, I can go shower AGAIN. And then launder my gross clothes and do my nails.
Consuela - Aug 16, 2015 1:21:55 pm PDT #3404 of 30003
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Burrell and flea, have either of you read any of the enormous Metafilter thread about emotional labor? There's a lot of insight there on how people are figuring out how to identify, value, and equitably share out the sort of work that mothers specifically (and women generally) are expected to do in American families.
It's a ridiculously long thread, but there's a lot of really valuable meat in it, I think.
-t - Aug 16, 2015 1:49:55 pm PDT #3405 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Today's 5k started later (9:30) and had less shade so was way hotter. But we finished. Took Walter to a Pet Food Express to try out a free sample of their self-service pet wash -pretty nice! I took a tepid shower after we got home and now I think I am done for the weekend. I seriously might just go to bed and sleep until tomorrow.
Connie Neil - Aug 16, 2015 1:52:44 pm PDT #3406 of 30003
brillig
2 5Ks under your belt? I think you're entitled.
Steph L. - Aug 16, 2015 1:54:18 pm PDT #3407 of 30003
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Yeah, plus, don't you get up really early for work?
DebetEsse - Aug 16, 2015 2:01:04 pm PDT #3408 of 30003
Woe to the fucking wicked.
I love the EL thread. I love the EL thread so much,
Consuela - Aug 16, 2015 2:22:27 pm PDT #3409 of 30003
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
The EL thread is pretty amazing.
-t, you're a braver woman than I am--no way would I have started a run at 9:30 today! It was plenty hot at 8.
I nearly talked myself into going to the hamburger place up the street for dinner, so I could get a milkshake, but my sister's tomato plants are going crazy. So instead I'm making a panzanella salad of sorts, and I'll crack a beer in a little while. Or maybe open the white that's in the fridge...