(I'm suddenly convinced I have the ancient nicknames of Gud's kids wrong -- wasn't she the cutest baby and your older daughter the cutest toddler? or was that a sequential thing referring to one or the other? is there a whole nickname series I'm missing? Anyway, much love!!)
Question: Will hiding in a cavern with stockpiled chocolate goods be any part of this plan?
Xander ,'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.
amych - Aug 17, 2020 2:10:12 pm PDT #24975 of 30019
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Sheryl - Aug 17, 2020 2:22:00 pm PDT #24976 of 30019
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
7 seems to be the time when Mr. S turns into wild thing. Don't know why.
Topic!Cindy - Aug 17, 2020 3:42:35 pm PDT #24977 of 30019
What is even happening?
There was definitely a cutest baby/kid in the world thing, amych.
Gud, I'm wishing your daughter all the best and that as her transition progresses, she'll start to feel some more confidence.
Hec, I'm shaking my fist at your school district on Matilda's behalf. This is ridiculous. It's particularly ridiculous in a distance-learning situation. I mean, it's not like space is an issue. (I know it will matter long-term, but I don't care to be reasonable.)
We had a very good morning, and then somewhere around 3 it was like ltc flipped a switch into crank mode.
Me too, ltc. Me too.
sj, if we lived closer, I'd have you send her over in the afternoons and we'd go on secret cookie benders together. I'm sorry your afternoon was rough.
I'm sorry, Sheryl. Everyone's tired by 7, which never makes it easier.
Nora Deirdre - Aug 17, 2020 4:23:13 pm PDT #24978 of 30019
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
Hooray for gender discovery! Happy that your youngest was able to identify and start moving in the direction that was right for her, Gud.
You know what I just started doing that I have discovered I fucking hate? Painting out trim/baseboards. It takes a level of exactitude that is really hard for me to maintain for, like, more than 10 minutes. It also involves a lot of bending which is not great on my back!
sj - Aug 17, 2020 4:40:32 pm PDT #24979 of 30019
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Thanks, Cindy. She was honestly so delightful this morning using her tablet and then doing art while I was trying to take a class online that I was not prepared for the total 180 after lunch.
DavidS - Aug 17, 2020 4:48:40 pm PDT #24980 of 30019
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Hec, I'm shaking my fist at your school district on Matilda's behalf.
I think that made the difference BECAUSE WE GOT AN OFFER!
So tomorrow I will accept Matilda's slot at Raoul Wallenberg HS. Which is a smaller HS, with a strong academic record (rated 8 out of 10 in the district), and actually the HS which is physically closest to us. Also one of her close friends is going there.
Also, they play softball in the spring.
I might get a night's sleep tonight.
Steph L. - Aug 17, 2020 4:52:38 pm PDT #24981 of 30019
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Hec, that's great news! Is Matilda happy with the school?
Tom Scola - Aug 17, 2020 5:08:02 pm PDT #24982 of 30019
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Woo!
-t - Aug 17, 2020 5:08:38 pm PDT #24983 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
WOO MATILDA GETTIN EDUCATED!!!
Beverly - Aug 17, 2020 5:09:24 pm PDT #24984 of 30019
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Yay for Matilda's school!
I think it was The Cutest Baby in the World, and then The Cutest Toddler in the World, and it was sort of dropped after that. The younger never had a 'cutest' designation, that I remember.
I'm glad she's making her journey to comfort with who she is, and she's lucky to have supportive parents.
In elders they call the cranky afternoon and evening time "sundowning." I think really it applies, no matter the age.