I'm trying to figure out when I'll get to see my parents and sister again. I'm thinking maybe Thanksgiving. I usually fly to NJ, but I'm not sure that I'll feel safe on a plane yet by then, so I'm considering driving. It's about a ten-hour drive, which is possible to do in one day, but I've never done it in one day before. I always stay overnight somewhere in Pennsylvania and split it into two days. But I don't know how safe hotels would be, either. I guess I can figure it out closer to then. And all of us could get tested before I go. And I could stay for a few weeks at least.
Played with Kaylee. Sun came out, and I walked on my feet and heard with my ears. I ate the bits, the bits stayed down, and I work. I function like I'm a girl. I hate it because I know it'll go away. The sun goes dark and chaos has come again. Bits. Fluids. What am I?!
River ,'War Stories'
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.
Hil R. - Jun 26, 2020 8:28:09 am PDT #22831 of 30019
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Jessica - Jun 26, 2020 8:47:06 am PDT #22832 of 30019
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I am going next weekend to a family party that will be outside and I am happy to stay away from everyone, but what about going to the bathroom??
Supposedly using another person's single-use bathroom is pretty safe, actually, as long as everyone washes their hands. But personally I have been appreciating how Covid is forcing all of us to limit entertaining to 2 hours in order to avoid the issue!
-t - Jun 26, 2020 8:50:12 am PDT #22833 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Sitting around doing nothing is valuable, meara! But do ANYTHING besides working is my advice
Jessica - Jun 26, 2020 8:59:59 am PDT #22834 of 30019
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I got my first post-Covid non-home haircut today and it was WONDERFUL. My head is no longer covered in frizzy split ends AND I got to talk to THREE PEOPLE in person outside my immediate family!
DavidS - Jun 26, 2020 9:21:37 am PDT #22835 of 30019
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I got my first post-Covid non-home haircut today and it was WONDERFUL. My head is no longer covered in frizzy split ends AND I got to talk to THREE PEOPLE in person outside my immediate family!
So jelly!
Today is JZ's dad's birthday and coming so soon after Father's Day it's been hard on her. Made more complicated by tomorrow being her birthday and she really just wants to hunker down and slide past it without notice.
He used to always tell her, "You're the best birthday present I ever got!" So it's all tangled up.
That said, Matilda and I will be making a cake.
Tom Scola - Jun 26, 2020 9:22:52 am PDT #22836 of 30019
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
I have a haircut appointment for tomorrow. I am so excited.
DavidS - Jun 26, 2020 9:28:07 am PDT #22837 of 30019
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I have a haircut appointment for tomorrow. I am so excited.
We're going to need before and after pictures.
msbelle - Jun 26, 2020 10:21:29 am PDT #22838 of 30019
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
vent warning -
The IT department at work has created a website that employees must use to gain entry to buildings each day now that we are doing some re-opening. 3 questions/fields - it captures the data and date and you get a green go or red stop.
It is a WEBSITE - web address to go to.
They are calling it an App in all the re-opening webinars and powerpoints and handouts to all 8000+ employees.
I was like "um, it't not an app - it's a website - that is confusing - we should change it in our presentations" to my boss and team. Big boss said it is the term OIT is using!?!?!?!?
Consuela - Jun 26, 2020 10:38:46 am PDT #22839 of 30019
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Science Friday has a piece on these socialization-during-pandemic questions right now: [link]
Theodosia - Jun 26, 2020 10:58:19 am PDT #22840 of 30019
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Hil, my cousin had to travel from St. Louis to Myrtle Beach to attend the closing of several properties, so she and her husband made it as a several-stage camping trip, which meant that they didn't have to worry about dodgy hotel rooms, and could give a quick spritz of Lysol et cetera around the campground bathrooms to be sure they were clean of virus.
I'll let you know in two weeks if that worked -- but I suspect it will as a strategy.