I got caught up in A Thing! So that's another half-hour down.

Woo, Thing Catching Up!

I am wasting my day off. Well, not doing what I intended to do, which was see a movie and clean some of the things. I guess I still might, but it doesn't seem likely.

It's not too late! But also, you do what you want!

I've got a cat on my lap and a lot of TV to catch up on, so I'm in a pretty good place right now.

I'm visiting with my sister and have done little work stuff the last couple days. I did swim laps for 45 min yesterday and an hour today! Ran to pick up a thermometer to see how frigid my sister's pool is, and 74!! You may not think that is cold, but generally I want my pool to be 80. I'm telling myself I burned lots of calories with my body trying to keep warm. My NY sister opted for soaking up the sun, but I am not good at the whole lounging thing.

My DIL has talked my son into doing 5K events with her. This is a good thing. I may join them. Also they told me a couple days ago that it won't be too long before they do the baby making thing. They brought it up; I am not that mom. Anyway, with her EDS her doctor wants her to be finished with pregnancy stuff before she turns 30 and she is 24 now. Not doing this tomorrow, but starting to think more seriously about when because they both want children. She has lost 30 pounds in the past few months, intentionally working with a nutritionist. She is 6 foot tall and just trying to be as healthy as possible before getting pregnant. They are both super responsible and planners. They both feel that DH is going to be the absurdly doting grandparent, and maybe I'll participate. They get that I adore them but babies have never been my thing.

One of the other girls at F's school told F that she is not her best friend. I wasn't prepared to deal with this type of thing yet.

I for one welcome our new shrift overlord. Sign me up!

Seconded. Could you temporarily relax Australia's immigration laws for a select group of "consultants," shrift?

There's a former MP in New Zealand with your first name, who is married to someone with your last name.

I'm sorry, but shrift's name should just be shrift, like Cher, but with no upper-case letter.

This reminds me, yesterday, I saw someone on Twitter suggest that when you forget someone's name and don't want to ask it, you can ask them, "Have you ever thought of adding an 'ita' to your name?"

That, of course, made me start imagining how that conversation would have ended for a forgetful person who tried it on ita. Pinkies were involved.

flea, I'm glad Casper squeaked by with a passing grade and that you can go to your concert without that hanging over you.

My DIL has talked my son into doing 5K events with her. This is a good thing. I may join them. Also they told me a couple days ago that it won't be too long before they do the baby making thing. They brought it up; I am not that mom. Anyway, with her EDS her doctor wants her to be finished with pregnancy stuff before she turns 30 and she is 24 now. Not doing this tomorrow, but starting to think more seriously about when because they both want children. She has lost 30 pounds in the past few months, intentionally working with a nutritionist. She is 6 foot tall and just trying to be as healthy as possible before getting pregnant. They are both super responsible and planners. They both feel that DH is going to be the absurdly doting grandparent, and maybe I'll participate. They get that I adore them but babies have never been my thing.

That's exciting, Laura. I wish them the best.

They both feel that DH is going to be the absurdly doting grandparent, and maybe I'll participate. They get that I adore them but babies have never been my thing.

But just wait until the babies turn into PITA teens! You will be right there to shape them up!! I mean, I imagine.

sj, that is so hard. I still feel my kid's pain worse than my own.

Jesse, I have always been pretty good with teens. I enjoy then and find them fascinating in many ways. I will absolutely be the gram that the teens come to when they need to complain about their parents. And yeah, let them know the facts of their status as kids.

And Mueller has submitted his report to the AG. Let the weekend of conjecture commence.