Askye- I dealt with the guilt thing of getting rid of usable stuff by thinking about how happy the stuff might be with someone else. I was also frantic and just threw usable stuff out, and that was OK too.

Also, do you maybe have a coworker who loves loud chaos? When I worked retail, there was one woman who liked to fold and organize in the next department over, and we would sort of trade off- she would fold and organize my area, and I would deal with her chaotic customers. I am not sure if stores are staffed enough to allow this now

SJ- I hope you have an asthma attack free day!

JZ- my perfect manager really appreciate my grateful post on Facebook? We are doing all sorts of machinations right now to keep me at the higher pay grade, but get me back reporting you her instead of dotted line getting my work from her. For me the thing that matters in work happiness isn't so much the work, it is the boss. So that is to say a note, or a note shared with her bosses might be very nice.

Timelies all!

Happy Thanksgiving, US buffistas!

Happy Ritual Sacrifice With Pie Day, Sheryl!

Happy Thanksgiving! I slept in, brought some cookies I baked last night to my neighbor and chatted with her a bit and checked out her house--she's the mirror image of my place, but I hadn't been in to see how she had arranged it (which blew my mind how different it looked even though in a lot of ways we have a similar setup/stuff). Then I boxed up the brownies I had made, the pie is in the fridge, and I baked the rest of the cookie dough (still can't figure out why it's not like it should be, but it still tastes fine--too much brown sugar maybe? Or something?). Now chilling a bit with some marzipan stollen from TJ's, and then to shower, assemble green bean casserole, and head to my friend's house!

Yes. Happy Thanksgiving!

I still can't quite get used to it being this late. I go to Maria's and it starts at 3. My family eats Thanksgiving at noon!

askye - unused yarn and other crafts stuff can go to senior centers and like facilities, if that would assuage any guilt.

We are spending our Thanksgiving traveling to Argentina. It's only a 3 hour flight from Sao Paulo (our home city), but with a 2 hour drive on one end, a 1 hour cab ride on the other, two passport controls, buying Argentinian SIM cards, and emergency airport McDonald's it is still a 12 hour travel day. But we are almost to our AirBNB and Buenos Aires is gorgeous, even from the cab.

How cool, Gris!

I was very snappish at lunch, both friends getting way more on my nerves than they should. I am able to muster lots of patience with my residents, who have the excuse of much greater age than my friends, but honestly both of them are bundles of dysfunctions these days.

I think I need to go play some calming computer games until I'm ready for direct human interaction again.

Zen, did you use the gmail addy? Nothing turned up in my email.

We were going to Thanksgiving with my Dad, his ladylove, and all of her family (we've done this for a few years now), but guess who woke up with a massive migraine? Someone please drill a hole in my head, kthnxs.

It should be there now, Jilli.

I went to the wrong theater despite knowing which theater we were going to, realized it after I'd found a parking spot and gotten into the theater, cursed myself, broke speed limits going to the right theater, and got in my seat while the last preview played. That's enough adventure for today. My foot hurts and I'm going to take a nap.