otoh, still super pissed that the Neko Case show tomorrow was cancelled. WAAAAHHHHHHHH!

MEEE TOOOO! Though, so far, it has just been rescheduled, to an unknown date that they are still working out. So we may yet be able to go! SOMEDAY.

Yay for clean son, Laura!

We actually know where the headlamps are located, for once.

I feel like this is a sentence I could have typed about my own household. (We have many headlamps, no lie. There is the This Is For When Tim Goes Camping headlamp, and the Well It's Pretty Old But It Still Works So We'll Keep It [somewhere] In Case the Power Goes Out headlamp, and the 2 matching headlamps that my dad gave us, which are the My Dad Bought A 3-Pack of Headlamps at Harbor Freight Tools and Kept 1 for Himself But Gave Us the Other 2 Headlamps headlamps.)

And there might be one in the car's glove box, too.

Our new couch and chairs arrived today! It's the first new living room set I have purchased since my very first set 16 years ago! I feel all fancy and adult.

Gris and Karl, it's good to see your pixels. I hope things work out in Brazil, Gris.

So far in my part of NC there's mostly been the occasional stiff breeze and rain shower. I'm sure it'll intensify tomorrow. Still, I have rye whiskey and multiple charged battery packs, so here's hoping for a good weekend.

In unrelated news, I'm going to Helsinki for my birthday! A friend has the option of bringing someone with her to a conference in October, and she asked if I'd like to go. Of course, I said yes. So I'll have a week to explore a lovely city in the country half my family came from, back around 1890 or so. There's probably a second cousin or two to look up. I'm sol ooking forward to it.

ETA: OK, that spider video is adorable.

I woke up to surprise cramps & a liquid gut (related.) Called into 2 meetings, mostly slept the rest of it off to the point of anxiety nightmares with my feline hot water bottle, Loki, on my torso. He's really good for that. Right weight and warmth. Not amused at my body starting to replay my 20s every few months. Doesn't help that I haven't been able to swim this week & that usually mitigates things somewhat. But my pool opens tomorrow & I'm fucking there for80 laps, week away bedamned.

We are supposed to get rain. A lot of rain and wind , but it won't be as strong when it gets through here. There might be power outages due to downed power poles and trees. Especially since the ground is already saturated.

Weather~ma to those of you who need it. It certainly looks scary from here. Brzail~ma for Gris and Brazil. Hi, Karl. So so good to read it, Laura. Feel better~ma, sarameg.

I am waiting in my living room until my dad will come and help. After the hornet drama a few days ago, apparently a small bird got into the house in the early hours of the morning. Looks like the cats had some fun with it too. It is still alive and either in shock/wounded, but I'm really not good with any flying thing, so I mainly try to keep the birds away from it and wait for help.

And I really need to leave to get some things done before everything closes for the weekend, but can't leave the bird alone with the cats.

Update: alas, birdie didn't make it.

I'm sorry about the bird, Shir.

So far here things are a little gusty and occasionally rainy. I still have power, which is nice. On the other hand, that means that I should probably try to get some work done. Mostly, I want to shop for travel stuff. Does anyone have suggestions for good walking shoes that do all right in chilly, wet but not snowy weather?

I'm inland and on fairly high ground, but we're getting warnings about heavy rains and high winds, possible flooding, trees falling (the ground's so wet that the roots don't hold), power failures, etc. I was in the grocery the other evening to pick up a few things and they were out of milk with people asking when there would be more. sigh ....