Oh, as usual, dear.

Today was a paperwork day for me, so there were two direct care staff on duty. One was a middle-aged white woman; the other a young Somali woman. Guess who cheered the loudest when whatever 5 o'clock news they were watching announced the higher court decision on the travel ban?

I love it that my people have each other's backs.

Thanks for the birthday wishes! Had a good night out with my bestie. Though the movie...well, nothing needs to be said about that. But good food, good drinks, an amazing cupcake, and great company.

Came home to find that my daughter stopped at our Persian restaurant to bring me some saffron ice cream. I guess ice cream to go is not a usual request so they had to get approval from a manager, but I have quite the treat waiting for me (too full tonight). If you ever have the opportunity to try saffron ice cream. Do it. Seriously. I woouy;dnt steer you wrong.

It's no Grey Gardens, but there's a very affordable mansion for sale in Nova Scotia. [link]

I'm in love with the sun room. I'll just note that I can do electrical work and carpentry. NSM plumbing.

One of the events in Chicago this weekend involves mooning the T tower.

Man, I want that house real bad now.

Aurelia you are welcome to come to my house and do electrical and carpentry.

I had friends over for dinner. Five of us and we drank I think 4.5 bottles of wine plus my roommate then came home and we broke open the whiskey. I will regret this in the morning

Also someone stole the skunk trap? I hope it already had a skunk in it. They deserve that.

I don't drive and it's not commutable otherwise and I'd have to live there to afford it

considers the merits of adding "Nova Scotia chauffeur" to his CV

Happy Birthday Suzi!

Tonight at the grocery store, the toddler of the man ahead of me in line got angry over being denied something and threw his shoe at the cashier's face. I'm pretty sure if I'd ever done anything like that I'd have been whisked out of public view faster than a Mossad target. Not sure whether to be supportive or judgmental of big camo-clad guy quietly telling kid to stop rather than aggressively curtailing behavior.

Man, that house looks great, but I worry about the condition of the floors. The rest of the woodwork looks lovely: why is there white wall-to-wall everywhere? Hmmm.

Yeah, I immediately wondered just how bad the floors would have to be to justify that (stained!) carpet everywhere rather than restoring the original hardwood. Also side-eyeing the plasticy 90s bathtub. That place calls out for claw foot tubs. The foyer and library look awesome above ground level, though.

I feel like the odds are decent that the people who chose that kitchen also chose wall-to-wall regardless of the condition of the floors. Source: Many hours of HGTV.