I feel like I need to send this to our guide & thank him again for all the literal props & handholding he provided my parents.

And Jesus, you've got your own Icelandic saga. And further evidence in my claim of " well, there are no natural predators there, it's just that the island itself will try to kill you."

Happy birthday, meara.

Gud, I love that you are making progress on the new board, bit by bit. You have so much on your plate, so I really appreciate the effort you put in.

I have a financial assessment at work tomorrow. I spent 5 hours wrestling with a $9.02 discrepancy. I wish alcohol weren't so carby.

Thanks for the support, y'all.

You knew it wasn't right. It's good you didn't go any longer.

I did, and I really should have gone sooner, but... depression, etc.

Dammit, volcano gods, that is a dirty trick.

I may have to go back to Iceland to apologize for whatever I did and pour out a libation.

I feel like I need to send this to our guide & thank him again for all the literal props & handholding he provided my parents.

Ha, for real. Not sure a guide could've stopped me going down that crater though!

And Jesus, you've got your own Icelandic saga.

I do! Maybe I'll change my last name to Marysdottir.

And further evidence in my claim of " well, there are no natural predators there, it's just that the island itself will try to kill you."

THAT is 100% true. (It's still mad about the Vikings cutting down all the trees. Completely understandable.)

I wish alcohol weren't so carby.

I have this thought almost every night.

I may have to go back to Iceland to apologize for whatever I did and pour out a libation.

Part of Icelandic health care: "Part G, sub-section R--Basic transportation will be provided to the insured to travel to the location of the injury in order to make proper sacrifice to the spirits/demons/trolls/etc of the region in apology for whatever offense instigated said injury. Insured will determine and provide the substance of the proper sacrifice. Blood sacrifice is not covered."

edit: though, strictly speaking, Iceland owes you weregild, because it injured you, even with provocation.

I will be happy to accompany you to propitiate the volcano gods, Zen. Should you want company.

strictly speaking, Iceland owes you weregild, because it injured you, even with provocation.

Hmm. The trolls may disagree.

But if "weregild" means "man who turns into money at the full moon" I'm totally in.

(I know it doesn't, but I can pretend!)

-t, for sure I'm not going there alone! I need a bodyguard.

I don't know how effectively I can guard against trolls, but I'll try!

Zen, oy. I hope the surgery puts it as right as it can be. Bone~ma galore.

I'm rather miffed that cartilage apparently doesn't regenerate. Because it doesn't have a blood supply. This is not good design, Evolution.