Yes, do take care of your own brain, Cass!
That's so sad about your cousin, askye. It all sounds so avoidable. Well, not all, I guess, but a lot. Adequate care doesn't seem like too much to ask for.
On my seventh birthday, I wanted a toy fire truck, and I didn't get it, and you were real nice about it, and then the house next door burnt down, and then real firetrucks came, and for years I thought you set the fire for me. And if you did, you can tell me!
Xander ,'Same Time, Same Place'
Natter 77: I miss my friends. I miss my enemies. I miss the people I talked to every day.
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.
-t - Dec 21, 2021 4:17:16 pm PST #11573 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
msbelle - Dec 21, 2021 5:41:50 pm PST #11574 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Cindy - Nilly is good and says hello to everyone. Shir was on also and is very busy finishing up her dissertation.
Omicron SUCKS ASS. Our new case rate in the state is vertical. Straight vertical. Our Gov is positive. The County Executive in my workplace (not my building) is positive.
I would like time off, like a week or more, to stay inside and ignore things.
-t - Dec 21, 2021 5:44:47 pm PST #11575 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Ooh. I think you should have that, msbelle, fwiw
Consuela - Dec 21, 2021 11:22:01 pm PST #11576 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
The covid scare from our division holiday party seems to have not infected anyone else, yay. But the news about omicron is such that I just bailed on a work trip to the mid-Atlantic in late January. That will be at the peak, and from what I hear folks in those offices are not masking. No thank you!
Best of luck to everyone. It's gonna be another weird Christmas, but at least we won't all be outdoors? (It's raining here.)
Toddson - Dec 22, 2021 6:28:46 am PST #11577 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
The testing lines in DC are really, really long. Early morning, over a block at Farragut Square. Other places, they can be two or more blocks. Test sites are running out before everyone in line can be tested. I'm not sure if the demand for tests is a good thing or not; obviously, running out of tests is a bad thing.
I'm often the only one in our office, although my boss prefers to work here than at home. I think that's been positive, since I think we're on a friendlier basis than before. Everyone else is working from home almost all the time, including the three that have moved out of state. The office is formally closing down starting Friday and through the new year. I'm looking forward to being able to sleep late and goof off during that time, although coming back is going to be a pain.
Laura - Dec 22, 2021 6:55:14 am PST #11578 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Brendon was able to get a rapid test yesterday at his PCP's office. I have seen a huge spike in testing at the practices I work with. This is a good thing.
At this point, it looks like a quiet Christmas at home with DH. I thought about visiting with my MIL or my sister, but both of them should be isolated because of health issues so I am going to hold on that for now.
Trudy Booth - Dec 22, 2021 8:12:30 am PST #11579 of 30000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Tested this morning. I saw a testing van parking and ran over to it - two guys beat me so I was third in line.
By the time they started testing half an hour later there were thirty people in line.
Crazy.
Laura - Dec 22, 2021 8:30:40 am PST #11580 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
I've seen how the city testing sites are swamped. Miami apparently is too.
Toddson - Dec 22, 2021 9:08:51 am PST #11581 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Well, I was LDB'd. sigh
However, I offer you a claymation carol (definitely not LDB). It does show that fezes CAN be cool.
meara - Dec 22, 2021 9:14:19 am PST #11582 of 30000
I have not been tested but do have a couple of rapid tests I stocked up on before I set out on this crazy trip. Not as good as a PCR but better than nothing.
Also weird: dog woke me up in the night so I got up to let him out and nearly fell over my ankle hurt so bad. Why? No idea! I didn’t walk a ton or twist it or sit in a weird position or anything, but I am suddenly limping like a Mf today and in tons of pain! Rude!!!