Jess, I'm so sorry. ~ma for you and your family.
Dawn: I think a date should be in a real fancy restaurant, then champagne at a night club with a floor show, then ballroom dancing. Joyce: Unfortunately, we're not dating in a movie from the thirties.
'Get It Done'
Natter 76: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Foaminess
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
sj - Mar 19, 2020 9:13:35 am PDT #18148 of 30019
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Jesse - Mar 19, 2020 9:22:57 am PDT #18149 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I've decided I need a work break to go get some pot. Not my usual jam, but the anxiety is running high here. Maybe it'll take the edge off?
That sounds right.
For me, even just getting up and doing something helps. At the office last Friday, I was really spiraling and then we got a request to put all the desk plants in the kitchen, so I went around and picked them up off desks of people who weren't there, and just that 15 minutes or whatever of walking up and down the stairs helped.
Sheryl - Mar 19, 2020 9:23:06 am PDT #18150 of 30019
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
I'm so sorry, Jessica.
askye - Mar 19, 2020 9:33:47 am PDT #18151 of 30019
Thrive to spite them
I need a drink or a massage . Or both of them. so far today I've gotten the new router set up, stopped Matthew and his Mom from fighting, set up everything I could on the new network, set up the Roku player for his Mom and got her watching Tex Ritter movies to get her away from the news.
And it's 2:30 and I agreed to make dinner but they want to eat around 4:30 (why???) and I said that if I make dinner I'm starting it around 5. We normally use their schedule for dinner and I'm claiming hte next few hours for myself.
sj - Mar 19, 2020 9:37:19 am PDT #18152 of 30019
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I managed to finally get moving on my day. I printed up more worksheets for ltc and she helped me make pasta and beans with the beans we made yesterday.
aurelia - Mar 19, 2020 9:52:38 am PDT #18153 of 30019
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
OH, Jess, I'm sorry. It's good that you got to celebrate with her on her birthday.
I just had my first video production meeting from home. Gilda was a big hit. I'm lucky both cats weren't in the office chair with me.
flea - Mar 19, 2020 9:59:10 am PDT #18154 of 30019
information libertarian
Jessica, I am so sorry. IIRC your grandmother is about a mile from me right now. I am thinking of her and your whole family. I am so glad you had that time last fall.
Hil R. - Mar 19, 2020 10:04:32 am PDT #18155 of 30019
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I just put in a grocery delivery order. I wasn't able to get a delivery time at Meijer, so I redid my whole order at Kroger, and it's being delivered Monday. Now, need to get some prescriptions refilled at CVS, and hoping that they're allowed to deliver controlled substances. (If not, I've got a couple of friends who aren't isolating as much as I am who've said they'd pick stuff up for me if I need it.)
Topic!Cindy - Mar 19, 2020 10:09:46 am PDT #18156 of 30019
What is even happening?
Jessica, love to you and your whole family. I am so sorry you're going through this.
Nilly, I hope you're enjoying your first night back with your family by now.
Hang in there, Buffistas.
P.M. Marc - Mar 19, 2020 10:38:27 am PDT #18157 of 30019
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I'm so sorry, Jessica.
My parents (and brother) have been sheltering in place since pretty much the beginning of the month when we brought them a bunch of supplies from Costco. They did have their new fridge delivered (with three people in the house instead of two, they didn't have enough space, apparently, though there's a fridge in the basement, too, so IDEK), but Mom's a retired nurse and taking every precaution she can.
I really hate that I don't know when I'll next see my medically fragile octogenarian parents, gotta say.