He doesn't travel well. He's like fine shrimp.

Anya ,'Touched'


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.


Laura - Jul 08, 2019 2:31:57 am PDT #9334 of 30019
Our wings are not tired.

Ah yes, I remember those lice combs well. Fun times.

I am in Otter Lake! And back on line! Got up early this morning and set up my work phone and computer environment and am ready to go.

Camp is in okay shape except for a burst pipe from winter that will have to be dealt with before I have running water. So I have the full camp experience with walking out to my pump to fill buckets with water to flush. Oh well, could be worse. I kept pointing to the thermometer last night in excitement because it was in the 50s. Woo!

Three days on the road with DH hauling the boat and the dog, and me stopping a bunch of times to charge. I love my car more than ever because autopilot is the bestest thing ever for long trips. Hands free singing along with streaming Broadway tunes, ahhh. DH did not have as much fun with multiple trailer issues. But we made it here at the same time despite differing routes.

Highlight of the trip was breakfast with Maria in PA and meeting her SO. Traveling with vehicles filled with stuff, and towing, and Skinner makes it easier said than done to arrange F2F visits.


Jesse - Jul 08, 2019 3:34:21 am PDT #9335 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I am back at work. That seems less fun than being in Otter Lake, even with working there!


DavidS - Jul 08, 2019 4:38:02 am PDT #9336 of 30019
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

I am back at work. That seems less fun than being in Otter Lake, even with working there!

I am not at work, but recovering from our eight hour roundtrip taking Matilda to camp, plus the end of this grotty cold that gave me pink eye.

However, the gunkus seems to be coming up and out, and my eye was merely gummy instead of crusty this morning so I think I'm at the end of it.

I'm trending the right direction anyway.


Jesse - Jul 08, 2019 5:02:19 am PDT #9337 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Ugh, pink eye is terrible! The last time I had it, I got it accompanying my friend's children to the doctor. They did not have pink eye, but I'm sure I picked it up in the office!


DavidS - Jul 08, 2019 5:28:34 am PDT #9338 of 30019
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Ugh, pink eye is terrible!

It fucking is! Anyway, it's markedly better this morning so I'm hoping I wake up tomorrow with clear sclera.


sj - Jul 08, 2019 5:34:34 am PDT #9339 of 30019
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

My uncle is having surgery today. Any~ma would be much appreciated.


Calli - Jul 08, 2019 5:37:53 am PDT #9340 of 30019
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

Much surgery~ma to your uncle, sj.

Pink eye sucks. I managed to make it 51 years without having it, only to succumb this past spring.


-t - Jul 08, 2019 5:47:26 am PDT #9341 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Surgery~ma

I have running water and do not have pink eye, so I guess I am ahead of the game this morning. I am at work, which seems to be neutral?


Jesse - Jul 08, 2019 5:51:01 am PDT #9342 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Best to your uncle, sj.


Jessica - Jul 08, 2019 6:00:50 am PDT #9343 of 30019
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Jess that sucks about the kiddo but yay not having to treat it yourself?

Definite yay. And I saw some pics of her at the weekly Sunday night camp shindig, so it looks like they let her out of the infirmary pretty quickly.

Hope all goes well with your uncle, sj.

Pinkeye is worse than lice.

I am back at work today also, and it's fine, I guess? But "I'd rather be paddling" is more or less my default whether I've recently taken a vacation or not.