Yes, Kat!

I should finish cleaning up before my inlaws get here, but I'm exhausted and ltc is napping. So, I'm hiding in bed til they get here.

Can one use "chillax" as an adjective, or is it just a verb?

Calli- I know Pultneyville! Welcome to your niece!

Thanks, Sophia! She's not really fannish, or any kind of Buffista spirit baby, but I think she's kinda awesome all the same. She's a music teacher married to a conservative (actual, not political) Christian minister who just got his parrish in Pultneyville. If you have any suggestions for good music venues or the like, I'd love to pass them on to her. I understand the U. of Rochester is affiliated with the Eastman school of music, so I have high hopes she'll find her niche.

I'm gonna say yes, Dana. As in "this coffee shop is totally chillax" or somesuch?

Sara, a friend of mine is having her gallbladder removed today (she was in Portland on vacation, had terrible pain, and the hospital there said she could wait to have it removed at home if she went straight to the hospital when she got home). She thinks she can go to a Christmas party Saturday night. That seems optimistic.

Her Saturday is the equivalent of my last night and my gallbladder was no longer in inflamed attack mode when removed. Could I have gone to the wine night? Sure. But honestly, it was the first day I was permitted shower, first day all my plumbing was working in normal and expected ways, and I had no desire to get out of fuzzy pants or think too hard about finding a comfortable place to settle. I do think it is a Ymmv, and I'm actually a little surprised at how well I'm doing.* That said, I wouldn't say anything unless she's asking for other experiences for comparison.

Sometimes you need goals to avoid focusing on that thing now. Mine was teleworking by Monday so I could write this week off (and be surprised if it went better than planned, because that's what my brain needs.) Some people do rewards-goals. I do endurance-goals.

*(but I'm still fucking impatient about it.)

That said, I wouldn't say anything unless she's asking for other experiences for comparison.

Yeah, I wasn't planning on piping up unless she asks. I just wondered if that was a bit too soon to be socializing. Plus the party is about an hour's drive north, and that seems like a lot of travel on a cold night (an hour up there and an hour back) when she could just be snuggly in her pjs.

The travel would have been too much for me. Heck, I didn't want to put on enough clothes to be ferried to the grocery 10 minutes away this afternoon!