Tonight I had a dinner with my nephew and SiL, which means I've had dinner with my entire family this week. My SiL is in town for work, but my nephew does have a Dr's appt. to keep that chain going. (It's because he's part of a long-term drug trial so no sudden emergencies there.)
A year and a half ago, I could have eviscerated him with my thoughts. Now I can barely hurt his feelings. Things used to be so much simpler.
Anya ,'Dirty Girls'
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.
Sue - Jan 20, 2019 3:45:26 pm PST #4127 of 30019
hip deep in pie
Laura - Jan 20, 2019 4:09:32 pm PST #4128 of 30019
Our wings are not tired.
Ha, good to see family, particularly without emergencies!
My SIL arrived from NY so we had a get together at other SIL's house. Much joy and laughter. Rhonda was exhausted from all the hours on the phone arranging flight changes for the storm that never actually happened at her airport.
Jesse - Jan 20, 2019 4:18:44 pm PST #4129 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I had Maria here this weekend! We just went out to eat and hid from the weather. Good times.
Now tomorrow I'm REALLY going to hide from the weather -- the forecast is high of 10.
sj - Jan 20, 2019 4:29:32 pm PST #4130 of 30019
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I was planning on getting a lot done over the long weekend, but instead I'm sick and am spending all of my energy on coughing fits.
aurelia - Jan 20, 2019 5:16:22 pm PST #4131 of 30019
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
The HoI guys were specifically shouting at the one black kid in the school crowd
The kids were the ones to point out that they had a black kid with them. They even shared that they have another black classmate who couldn't make the trip.
Hil R. - Jan 20, 2019 5:18:23 pm PST #4132 of 30019
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Ugh. A friend of a friend is commenting on every post about this with, "Why isn't anyone talking about how horrible those other guys are?" So I posted a bunch of articles about how they're a hate group. Apparently that's not what she wanted -- she wants everyone to talk about how horrible those other guys are instead of talking about the kids, not in addition to.
sarameg - Jan 20, 2019 6:53:50 pm PST #4133 of 30019
Lunar eclipse! Also, 16 degrees and 20mph winds, so I'm not lingering to admire.
Laura - Jan 21, 2019 2:40:08 am PST #4134 of 30019
Our wings are not tired.
The eclipse was awesome! I'm not going to say it was warm out, maybe mid 50s, but it wasn't so cold that I couldn't hang outside for about 15-20 minutes barefoot in my jammies. I expected to sleep through it, but the dog wakes me a couple times a night to go outside because of the stupid water pills she takes and she woke me 10 minutes before totality! She was very confused when I went outside too, and stayed outside.
Laura - Jan 21, 2019 4:34:34 am PST #4135 of 30019
Our wings are not tired.
Black coffee: Grocery delivery remains the best thing ever.
I have to see if Whole Foods takes back the insulated bags though because I have too many of them.
Jessica - Jan 21, 2019 4:44:17 am PST #4136 of 30019
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
It was 10 degrees (2 with wind chill) at midnight so I saw about thirty seconds of the eclipse before running back inside. I've seen some really nice timelapse videos from folks with telescopes on tripods this morning though.