Nice, Calli! Art seems like a good impulse.

I totally get the just-drive-away impulse as well, although I am falling into my usual hide from everything mode. Which I was already well into, frankly, so there's not much more I can do in any practical sense. Possibly I will bounce into some other coping mechanism, that would be nice.

Poor ltc, ear infections are so awful.

In the midst of all the world craziness I decided my best move was to buy art.

Me too! I just put a downpayment with a friend who is having the first curated museum show of her work.

ltc's allergies has turned into what is probably an ear infection

Ugh. Ear infections are the worst. Hope it clears up quickly and painlessly.

Thanks, Hec. This week hasn't worked out exactly the way I was hoping it would, but we're still planning on seeing vw and Stitch tomorrow to celebrate Stitch's birthday since ltc doesn't have a fever. ltc woke up crying because she thought the fact that her ear hurt meant she couldn't go.

My coping mechanism today seems to be to eat all the things. How does that help? No clue.

I got my second shingles shot today.

Congrats on new job!

Congrats on housing starts and closes.

Boo ear infection. Seems like tele-visit should be allowed for that.

I got my second shingles shot today.

Oh man, I have a huge welt from my first shingles shot (that I got Wednesday morning). It's almost comical.

I often have the urge to get into the car and just drive to Oklahoma. It's not that far, and then I will have been to Oklahoma.

Have you not been to Oklahoma, Dana?

It's been a while since I had the urge to just drive away. I kind of could right now, pack up the cat and the laptop and go. Maybe that's why doing it is less appealing, I wouldn't be leaving anything behind.

I've had the impulse to abandon my job, my apartment, everything, and just (as they say) light out for the territories. But I am (dammit) a grown-up and too old to start over.

For ltc - try a heating pad or something warm. I had constant infections (ear, sinus, throat) and warmth would help the ears.

I have never been to Oklahoma. I wonder how long it takes to get to Arkansas from here, where I have also never been.

I never have the impulse to run away, because I already ran to the one place I want to stay.

I do, periodically, have the impulse to hunker down and not leave San Francisco though.

Just talked to our Realtor and he squeezed $15k out of the seller to deal with the undocumented HVAC issues. We're about two weeks from the close of Escrow and we've been warned the lenders will want ridiculous amounts of documentation about every little thing and there will be so many things to sign.

But we are still on glide path for landing [knock wood] so far.