Go, Lisa and team! Well done!
Gud, that sounds like a great offer and you definitely have a lot to think about.
Steph, FWIW, I wouldn't go either. I'm also giving your FIL stink-eye for even contemplating it.
Buffy: He ran away, right? Giles: Sort of, more. turned and swept out majestically, I suppose. Said I didn't concern him. Buffy: So a mythic triumph over a completely indifferent foe? Giles: Well, I'm not dead or unconscious, so I say bravo for me.
'Same Time, Same Place'
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.
Maria - Sep 04, 2020 1:06:28 pm PDT #25741 of 30019
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
Steph L. - Sep 04, 2020 1:09:41 pm PDT #25742 of 30019
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I'm also giving your FIL stink-eye for even contemplating it.
I mean, he's developing dementia, so I don't think he really understands how serious the pandemic is. I'm willing to give him a pass, but I cannot believe that Tim and his brothers think it's fine for him to be there. They are smarter than that.
lisah - Sep 04, 2020 1:20:44 pm PDT #25743 of 30019
Punishingly Intricate
Thanks, everyone! I did nothing but sleep late and read my book today.
I'm sorry Tim's family is being like that, Steph. Bob's family has had all kinds of ill-advised (if outside) events this summer but fortunately there was no question about us flying out to be at them.
-t - Sep 04, 2020 1:27:42 pm PDT #25744 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Whew! I have been trying in vain to set up a blood donation appointment online for weeks and I finally gave in and called instead and they set me up in 3 minutes. So that's a relief.
Jesse - Sep 04, 2020 1:50:27 pm PDT #25745 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I also bought the new Louise Penny from Amazon but I don't have a local independent bookstore to love I do have a Barnes & Noble that is just one town over, which I guess is better than Amazon? But I don't have a Nook
You're OK! Especially for an eBook! My mother is having Amazon ship her a hardcover instead of walking five minutes to, again, the independent book store we love.
-t - Sep 04, 2020 1:53:02 pm PDT #25746 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Thank you for the absolution and a head shake towards your mom
Jesse - Sep 04, 2020 2:16:44 pm PDT #25747 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I meant to have several italics in there, but you get me.
Sheryl - Sep 04, 2020 3:48:22 pm PDT #25748 of 30019
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
I don't have an independent bookstore anywhere near me, so I buy mysteries from the mystery bookstore on the Eastern Shore, and other books from Powell's. Back when there were still meatspace conventions, I'd buy what I could from the book sellers there.
aurelia - Sep 04, 2020 4:38:51 pm PDT #25749 of 30019
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Good luck with the decision making, Gud.
I'm not a fan of mac and cheese, but Mac being cheesy is adorable.
Keeping any sort of regular schedule has been a challenge for me mostly due to migraines. I've either had two this week, or one that ebbed a bit while it switched sides of my head.
I never paid much attention before, but I now realize that my "normal" temperature is 97 to 97.5. Does that make me cool?
Trudy Booth - Sep 04, 2020 5:04:17 pm PDT #25750 of 30019
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
My Aunt Carol died last night.
She had been in the hospital with COVID and was released to a care facility. She was testing clear and getting stronger. Then last night she had a hemorrhage. The rushed her to the hospital, got the bleeding under control, sedated her, intubated her, were talking about various means of investigating the bleeding, other things started going wrong... and then she died.
My mother is shattered. She was supposed to visit her big sister in the end of March but the trip was cancelled. She was afraid they'd never see each other again and she was correct.
I went to work today because if I can't be on my way to my mother I might as well keep myself distracted and I knew today's sorting four months of mail project wouldn't take much brane.
Friends of mine are having a small outdoor wedding on Monday which I'm making myself go to. The carefully distanced pre-wedding events I'll play by ear. Again... if I can't be with my Mom...
We're not saying anything on social media yet because there are still relatives to reach.
It's a big family, it was almost impossible we would get through this unscathed.