Oh dear, that shirt in flea's famous tweet does in fact say exactly what she says it does.

Houses where I grew up: My father's widow Kathy still lives in their house, which they bought in '84. My cousin lives in the "family cabin" my maternal grandparents bought in '68, on the Inverness Ridge above Point Reyes. Lisa and I drove by the house where I spent most of '72 to '83 the last (both as in most recent and as in final) time we went to Tennessee to visit my father and Kathy, in 2014. It looks much the same from the outside.

Sympathies to everyone having job and health trouble; I hope everyone gets much better news soon.

Our summer hours started yesterday, so we were allowed to sign off at 2. Or in my case 3 because I had to clean up after an absolute clusterfuck of a conference call involving a colleague who is very young and very eager to use words he used in his PMI certification class but has zero or maybe negative experience actually leading projects. (And since I'm about to formally move into a new PM role here there is every chance that this will officially be my mess to clean up in the next few weeks. So.)

BUT I did eventually log off, and picked up my new SUP at REI which means on future summer WFH days I can blow off steam by driving myself to the public boat launch and paddling for an hour or two. YAY.

Today we're going on a family bike ride with a picnic at one end, so feeling very athletic and outdoorsy.

picked up my new SUP

Nice! I enjoyed doing that in Rarotonga, but I fear it will be more difficult (and colder!) on Lake Michigan.

I didn't know you boated! Cool!

After having Bailey the dog for 7 years, I JUST registered her microchip. And by finding the paperwork know that she is only 8 years old, not 10 like I thought.

So that was a stupid thing I had put off for years and years for no reason (anxiety IS STUPID).

Now to see if I have it in me to do anything else productive today.

It's fucking hot outside, but husband wants to go out again and do more things later. I may need to, because one of the pairs of paints I was planning on taking to Italy is about to give up the ghost.

Today we're going on a family bike ride with a picnic at one end, so feeling very athletic and outdoorsy.

You sounds very athletic and outdoorsy!

I had a traumatic morning taking Buddy to the vet, but of course he's fine now. And I'm hoping the bite and scratches on me don't get infected!

But then I went and had brunch with an old friend and then a walk with a different friend and now I'm home!

Maybe housework tomorrow?? (I realize a person could do housework in the evening, IN THEORY.)

2 loads of laundry. I feel like cooking something, but not really - I feel like having something to eat that I cooked, yes that is more accurate.

one of the pairs of paints I was planning on taking to Italy

Dana, your drawl is showing. I remember fondly a Spanish exchange student we kindly taught how to drawl--"I used hot water and mah paints drawed up." He mastered it nearly perfectly, eventually.

I had to read that twice to figure out what was wrong with it.