Good thoughts for Papa T, sj.

My phone kept autocorrecting sj to she.

Leg~ma for your Papa T, sj.

Well I splurged today, and ordered a new couch! I have hated my old leather couch for years, and I'm so excited to get my new custom couch with blue velvet upholstery.

Now I'm cruising online estate sales looking for cheap old persian rugs...

sj, I hope your Papa T is feeling better, soon.

Teppy, I am sorry to read about Tim's dad, and that I'm just finding out.

I didn't realize I'd been gone from here that long. Winter kind of punched my psyche in the gut this year.

First! I think I missed Topic!Cindy's birthday, which may have been yesterday.

It was, Laura. Thank you. I jumped in, instead of scrolling or doing the John H. Natter diet, yesterday. I'm just catching up, now.

Well I splurged today, and ordered a new couch! I have hated my old leather couch for years, and I'm so excited to get my new custom couch with blue velvet upholstery.

We got a peacock velvet one. Ordered it in October, got it in January! It's the first adult couch we've ever owned. AKA, not from Craigslist, IKEA, or a thrift store. (We have an IKEA loveseat in the front room, which is the only couch-like object we'd purchased new before this.)

Hoping for swift clot resolution for him, sj.

Blue velvet sounds fancy!!

I had an I retesting evening—met a friend downtown for a drink to celebrate her new job, we ended up at a random place but had a couple drinks and some apps, and I was going to drive her home when other friends texted so we met up at a different bar and had some drinks there, and it was such fun. I miss that kind of fun!

Oh, because "poutine" sounds too much like Putin. That took me an embarrassing amount of time to figure out.

Oddly enough, Putin is literally spelled Poutine in French because if you don't spell it that way it would be pronounced too much like putain (whore).

Oh, interesting, and adds to the understanding of the unappetizing nature of poutine at this time.

I have So Much To Do, but the final novel of The Expanse series has me wanting to do nothing but read. So I figure that getting up as early as I do, 5 this morning, I am justified in spending some of those waking hours reading instead of packing. But then it will be done, and I will be sad, but I can't help myself, and so.

Oddly enough, Putin is literally spelled Poutine in French because if you don't spell it that way it would be pronounced too much like putain (whore).

That's hilarious, Megan. It also takes the poutine name change of the the realm of even-less-sensible-than-Freedom-Fries.

Good luck with your home sale, and finding a dock, Laura.

Good luck with your purchase, JZ and Hec.

Hi Plei.

Papa is feeling better today. I was able to talk to him on the phone last night, and he sounded good. He'll still be in the hospital for a couple days while they resolve the clot. I'm going to take him lunch tomorrow while ltc is at school, and my inlaws are going to pick up ltc from school so I don't have to rush home since I have an hour plus drive to get there. Thank you for the good wishes. I know I should be grateful that he has had a good, long life and relative good health up until this point, but I haven't been able to see him much for the last couple of years because of everything. I just want to be able to spend more time with him.