Oh, Teppy, thank any Deity Listening. May it go easily and well.

AHAHAHAHAHA

They're in there on a side chat bitching to one another about performance reviews. Ken is bitterly disappointed that HR will not accept "This person is awesome; they should keep being awesome and we should pay them more so they won't fuck off and leave me doing their job, too". I am entertained out of all proportion to what is actually under discussion.

So now that we've settled on a MCM vibe for the garden apartment it really helped shape our decisions on furniture to get and seek out.

I've been wondering how to use the social space on the 2nd floor (where we'll be moving in). The current tenant has a big wooden dining room table in the dining room, and the doors completely open to the living room creating a large, open space with lots of light.

However, the first floor tenants (who have a 5 y.o. son) have those doors closed so that the dining room and living room are discrete spaces.

While the second floor is beautiful the way its done, we really don't need a large dining room with a big table. Aside from Thanksgiving and Xmas we don't have big sit down dinners.

So I'm thinking we'll close those doors and do something different with the dining room.

And Jacqueline and I have hit on the idea of creating the Lily and Vivian Charles Drinking Parlor in the dining room. Yeah. So we're going to need a bar and probably some loveseat action.

If you're going to have a bar, did you know you can get Baby Yoda/Child tiki glasses and shot glasses? just a thought

the Lily and Vivian Charles Drinking Parlor in the dining room.

YAAAAAAAAAAS

Eye patches required?

We do get raises, hooray! Less than inflation, boo. Still, better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick.

Timelies all!

Weather's been nice and warm the last few days, which is good since we still don't have a working furnace. (I'll have to ask Gary tonight if the furnace people have told him when the replacement will be installed. I didn't get to ask him yesterday as he had a dinner attached to his meeting, and didn't get home until almost 10.)

BTW< I am having a Caesar salad today. I ordered from Panera and I got a bread bowl of French onion soup to go with it to maximize both croutons and starches. Sometimes my decision making is pretty questionable.

I didn't manage to get pie yesterday, but I did get a Caesar salad today!

Eye patches required?

I might have a brandy snifter filled with stylish eye patches should you want to put one on.

Perfect.

I got an apple pie from McDonald's yesterday which I felt barely counted, but it is still pie even if it isn't round.