Thanks, amych! I'm good for now. The hotel has a free breakfast and I don't have to leave until noon. I figure I'll wait until the last minute to check out, then grab fast food on the way home. I have plenty of bottled water to last until ~6, when things will probably go back to normal.

The cat's been a real trooper about dealing with a new space and all. I know, a reasonably comfortable motel room isn't an objectively terrible experience. But this is the first time in eight years he's left the apartment area. He has no idea why his world has changed or what's gonna happen next, unless he understands English way better than I thought. And he's just checking things out, chilling, eating a little food, drinking a little water. Most importantly, using the litter for it's intended purpose instead of marking the new territory. Good kitty!

Anyway, I'm thinking moving back north with him (if/when it finally happens) might not be too terrible a travel experience.

Kind of good to know that, at least -- Resilience Cat!

Timelies all!

Glad things went well Susan!

We've got a busy day of music here. First is the Folklore Society's Mid-Winter Festival, then a houseparty/filksing at a friend's place. I don't know how late we'll stay at the latter. That depends on Mr. S.

I wonder if it is more practical to lay in stock of quality water filters and/or equipement to make a solar still plus chlorine bleach to kill microbes for long term use. And then have only a modicum of bottled water to get you through the period of time it takes to gather sufficient water to get your well/rainwater collection/access to streams or groundwater up and running.

Susan, I'm glad you are on the mend.

I'm banking on my backpacking purifiers (I have two with cleanable filters)and easy access to the water in the slough, personally.

I wonder if it is more practical to lay in stock of quality water filters and/or equipment to make a solar still plus chlorine bleach to kill microbes for long term use. And then have only a modicum of bottled water to get you through the period of time it takes to gather sufficient water to get your well/rainwater collection/access to streams or groundwater up and running.

assigning WindSparrow to water duty for the Buffista bunker plan.

Glad it went well, Susan!

Blue/purple hair intrigues me, but I'm afraid of what bleach would do to my already fragile hair. So then I thought about just coloring the bottom inch or two, so that the damage would be contained. Problem is, I don't have a stylist, and I don't know where to go to get it done right.(Probably not the Hair Cuttery) Ah, well, I probably should let it grow out a bit, since I just got it cut.

If you want to come up to Bmore we can hook you up with an awesome stylist who specializes in vibrant colors.

I'm banking on my backpacking purifiers (I have two with cleanable filters)

Which ones do you have?

I wonder if it is more practical to lay in stock of quality water filters and/or equipment to make a solar still plus chlorine bleach to kill microbes for long term use.

I wonder how my parents would react if I started having stuff like this delivered to them. I've wanted to do that with windmill parts for years. My biggest prep so far was laying down a chunk of change to have all the scheduled maintenance done on my car last week. If I can figure out a place to safely store two gas cans I should have a reliable way to get from here to my parents house.

My feet are still cold after this morning's rally, so I think I'm going to go get a pedicure. Maybe without polish, because how long would I have to wait for it to sufficiently dry?

Yesterday I read that the Swedish Bakery (in Chicago) is going to close. It was open for nearly a century - but apparently people don't want quality baked goods?

I'm pretty sure this is where my brother got his wedding cake. And I know that quite a few of my niece's birthday cakes came from there.

So sad.