From the time I left the office, through my pedicure, through stopping at Ulta, up until I reached my hotel room, I had a raging debate in my head whether or not I was going to hit the treadmill. The con-side wanted me to focus on school work and just taking a freaking break while the pro-side kept whining about packing my workout gear and wouldn't I feel better and I haven't taken a good walk for a long while. The pro-side won. Per my PT, I kept a slower pace that I've become accustomed, but I got two miles in before my hip started hurting.

Then I got back to a smoke alarm with a dying battery. And somehow the hotel doesn't have a spare 9V battery. How is that possible?

I didn't realize how much I've been isolating myself from news and commentary until hitting the airport yesterday and overhearing conversations I'd just rather not or having to flip through a zillion tv channels to find something that didn't make my brain fry. I guess I've been living off of Netflix for the last week.

Wow, a journalism conference at this moment in time...and the gross Bannon stuff has got to be very immediate for you and your colleagues. I can't imagine.

Yeah. I can't speak about any of that specifically with this being a public forum and me still working at the school in question, but I will say that my first and secondhand knowledge of that man make the horror of his appointment even worse.

Anyone else want to go to Mexico during the inauguration?

I'm torn between heading out of the country that week or going to the march in DC. Some of my co-workers have asked if I want to go.

Anyone have ideas what I should get for my Trump-voting dad for Christmas?

A lump of "clean" coal?

I very much want to get in the car and just drive away with no set destination.

Head north.

Then I got back to a smoke alarm with a dying battery.

Oh, thanks for the reminder. I need to take a 9v home.

First day of tech for A Christmas Carol and so far the quote-of-the-day has been "Can we hear the poop music again?"

Well, I was trying to do homework for my class, but Stanford's website is down. I guess this means it's time for vodka and TV.

Did they give you a new room, Suzi??

Pix, dang.

Irish bakeoff?? Ooh. Is this on YouTube or some piratical site, or what?? I dig Irish accents...not as much as Scottish ones but still!

Did they give you a new room, Suzi??

No the hotel is full. I'm in a mini-suite and there is a detector in the "living room" in addition to the one in the bedroom. But you can bet I'll be talking with a manager in the morning. I should just start packing spare 9Vs with me but then again, I shouldn't have to.

Irish bakeoff?? Ooh. Is this on YouTube or some piratical site, or what?

I found it on a piratical site, yes. Could be on Youtube, too, I suppose.

Wait, they just left you in a room with a beeping smoke detector??? No. someone's ass can go buy a battery. Fuck that.

Yeah, Pix, I was not mentioning the name on purpose, because privacy; I'm sure the details are abhorrent, but I'm repulsed enough with just the info readily available publicly.

I'm all grotty from cleaning, so I want a shower, but if I'm going to shower, I should just dye my hair. So naturally, I'm just lying here paralyzed with inbreeding.

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Just going to leave that weird autocorrect here so other can enjoy.

I meant "indecision."

So naturally, I'm just lying here paralyzed with inbreeding.

Ha! Thanks for leaving it. I need a chuckle.

In project sell the house DH bought a bunch of smoke detectors for any rooms that didn't have them. We had an inspection ($450!!!) to get a brutal list of every single little thing that could be found. I think there was 96 things on the list. Mostly silly stuff, and it is down to like 30 I think. Focusing on something other is pretty much essential.

Also, going ahead and having people for Thanksgiving. It is tricky.