Bless, Consuela. And you, Tom! And you, Cindy, for bringing up Jason Momoa.

Seconded.

And bless you Amy, and sarameg, who vacuumed her basement, rearranged her drawers AND made cookies, too.

Also, when I posted earlier, I did a huge skip (and not so much of a skim). The first page I saw was in late November. msbelle was having a hard time of it, and meara injured her wrist, and Zen missed a doctor's appointment. Bless them, too.

*Tiny Tim*

Bless us every one.

Travel gods have been with me this trip. All good on the way up. In Philadelphia at the moment. Wasn't pleased with the distance between gates but when I asked dude for directions he insisted on giving me a ride in his zoom cart. Advantage of old age and sweet smile. About to take off for last leg. I am really glad I made the trip. Treated myself to upgrade to exit row. Stretch out and nap if kiddo behind me sleeps.

Double post! Wish me no more crying baby ~ma.

I shit you not, one of the electric burners on my stovetop starting flaming tonight. My 1960 original to this house stovetop. I'm sure this will be an easy and cheap fix.

wraps msbelle in fireproof bubble wrap I'm sorry you're having such a crappy time of it.

Flaming, msbelle??? Eek!!

Thanks Cindy—I've stopped wearing the wrist brace after a couple weeks, here, but still have twinges of pain if I'm bending or putting weight on it. But much much better now than a couple weeks ago!

Now if only my ankle would heal that quickly. Or my life. Ugh. Slept in this morning, between sleeping meds and a migraine. Didn't manage to shower or leave the house, but did have bizzare dreams about distant acquaintances, and watched GBBO Christmas shows. Awww.

I've replaced burners on my stovetop, msbelle. Wasn't a biggy.

Screaming and crying baby never stopped for 3 hours pretty much. Like would stop for 20 seconds, then resume wailing. Now truly I understand that it was more miserable for the child and parents, but right behind my seat. It was not restful.

Yep a flame. The metal of the burner is clearly damaged, so it wasn't food on the burner. I tried to remove the coil burner last night, but could not.

Oh man, yeah, I would've thought maybe food on the burner or something nearby--I hope it was at least ON when it happened? (Because if it was off, I'd be freaking out trying to decide if I flee the possessed house, or stay because otherwise it might burn down)

Got up super early this morning to buy more World Cup tickets (the single-game tickets went on sale today). There was massive traffic on the site, but I eventually got through and bought tickets for two of the US games. Just group stage, not knockout rounds or finals or anything, but hoping it'll still be fun. Prior to this you could only buy packages (and until Saturday, nobody knew who was playing in those games, it was just "here, buy tickets to two, three, or all of the games happening in [city]!") Now I have to figure out how I'm going to get there, and how long I can stay...(this is way more fun than thinking about how I haven't yet bought a single Christmas present, nor have I done a number of other things that are way more desperately needed)