I rented out the local skating rink for 2 hours on Thanksgiving Day. It may only be me, but I will skate and eat pizza.

This sounds brilliant!

Askye, I hope you recover from your concussion quickly.

Shrift, that’s a sucky development. I hope your niece has an easy time of it and no one else gets it.

I’m making Thanksgiving dinner for a couple of vaccinated friends. I should be fun.

I’m continuing on with NaClYoHo, and it’s starting to really show. My kitchen is looking really nice. I’m less worried about making my house presentable for guests next week than I would usually be.

I'm sorry, shrift. That sucks.

Doctor is advising that the rest of my sister's family not get tested if they are fully vaxxed unless they have symptoms. WTF? Whyyyyy.

I was going to say, "Because the fucking CDC never updated their fucking guidelines to accommodate the reality of the fucking Delta variant," BUT apparently they have, so it's just because the doctor is a fuckeroonie.

Per the CDC:

You [i.e. vaccinated people] should still get tested if you’ve had close contact with someone who has COVID-19 or if you have symptoms of COVID-19.

When we've had exposures, we've been told to test about 5 days after.

Had the 2nd showing to the couple who looked at the house in June, including her parents this time. Should hear from them today with an offer.

Offer~we~can't~refuse~ma would be appreciated.

Walked my first 5K today, yay. My original goal had been to run it, but I slacked off on training! So, now I have a baseline time that is very beatable. Bright side! Plus I got to see my cousins, so, win all around.

Woo JenP! I really enjoyed the 5Ks when I did them. Social plus shiny medal. Very satisfying. I always walked. Maybe next year I will do them again.

Was it a Turkey Trot?

Very good Jen! Always fun to have a goal that’s easily beatable!

Timelies all!

Gary has just gotten his COVID booster shot. Tomorrow is my turn.

My niece is doing all right so far. My mom tested negative 5 days after last seeing her, now waiting to see if the rest of my sister's family tests negative or not. I'll start testing myself soon for exposure while traveling.

I'm trying to take deep breaths and adapt around my parents' habits, although I did walk out of the room when Ted Cruz came on Face the Nation this morning until my mom offered to mute him. Bringing my noise canceling headphones was a good idea, since it's hunting season and I can't go scream in the woods.

Nightmare in Waukesha, WI—just north of Milwaukee—an SUV sped right through a holiday parade shooting and running people down. WTF???

I took the kids shopping for gender-affirming clothes today. Lots of fun sweaters!

Offer-ma!

Good job, Jen!

I just ordered an iPhone 13 (because my SE refused to charge anymore) and now I have to go pick it up downtown, then deal with the hassle of hooking it up to my service and getting Venmo etc. up and running on it.

Note to self: write Apple ID down before I go downtown because I can't fucking remember it and my old phone doesn't work.

eta: I forgot to post this. So now I have a new iPhone. Much bigger and redder. But it still doesn't work because I need an updated SIM card which should arrive by FedEx by tomorrow.

Can I just say it's Super Fucking Annoying to try to deal with Apple and my carrier when they want to send me Second Party Authentication numbers to my old phone when it's down to 1%. And that frickin' SIM card tool gets lost one millisecond after I put it down.

I did most of my running around today getting food for Thanksgiving, but you know what the cruel injustice is? I had no working phone to count my steps! Do they even count? Do they even exist?