Ugh, I'm going to have to call the stupid job. Why do I have to call you when email is right there?

I think living urns have so much potential to go wrong though. How are one's survivors going to feel if the tree dies, or gets those spider web-y bags of worms?

Eh, I'm not too concerned about that. And really it's the potting soil included that feeds the tree (or tries to counteract the pH of the ashes). Memory Forests are cool, but there aren't any near family or near me.

Getting my body shipped to India for an authentic sky burial doesn't sound too practical.

Just did another round of form signing for the house. Also testing out wire transfer systems and getting an estimation on all costs due at closing. Since Closing is after Labor Day weekend, I'd love to have funds wired over by the Friday before just to be safe.

All kinds of ~ma to your co-worker, Matt.

msbelle, this all happened so fast it's amazing!

Getting my body shipped to India for an authentic sky burial doesn't sound too practical.

You can be shipped into space instead: [link]

Forgot to add that I am not a coffee drinker at all, but I have learned -- through making them, and needing caffeine -- to enjoy a mocha or a latte as long as a LOT of sweetener is involved.

I looked at my texts and I saw the house listing 8/1. Sara went to see it for me and while facetiming me on 8/4. Made the offer on 8/5. Offer accepted 8/6. Inspection 8/15. Request for repairs in 8/16. They accepted request on 8/20.

Yeah it's all really fast, but also so smooth.

Coffee is a morning requirement for me. I set up 7-8 cups to go in the Mr. Coffee before I go to bed, and the wonderful bean juice is waiting for me when I get up. I like it with a bit of milk. Coffee ice cream is also delicious. I haven't tried iced coffee, though. Unfortunately, I can't drink caffeine after noon if I want to sleep that night.

Coffee with 1/2 & 1/2 for me. Iced in warmer months, hot in colder. Both made in Bialetti (aka little Italian job). Somehow just learned about just making iced by brewing in the Bialetti and pouring over lots of ice this summer. Makes the perfect strength for me.

I tested as a non-taster

How do you get this test? I want to get the results and email them to my sister and read them aloud over my mother's resting place--provided they prove I really am a supertaster and not just fussy ans stubborn.

I did the test in a Psych class (Sensation & Perception, IIRC), but I seem to remember looking online after and the strips were available to purchase. All it was was a little strip of paper that you put in your mouth (and chew? maybe?), which to me (and the one other non-taster in the room) was just a plain piece of paper. To the regular, or average, or whatever people, it was slightly bitter. To the super-tasters, it was apparently so strongly flavored it was disgusting and they were actively PISSED at the teacher until someone handed around Altoids.

I'm actually a pretty picky eater despite being a non-taster. For me, it's mostly texture issues, though.