As Willow goes, so goes my nation.

Oz ,'Selfless'


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.


Jesse - Apr 09, 2022 7:25:42 am PDT #14383 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I have a real stupid problem. I really want to see this movie (Everything Everywhere All At Once), but schedules don't work with various people I might see it with. No problem, I'm happy to go by myself. And it's on the big screen at my local independent theater! ... But not today. There's a live show tonight, so the movie is in a small side theater today. I don't want to wait weeks to see it, but do I want to travel to potentially a bigger screen? HMMMMMM


JenP - Apr 09, 2022 7:53:32 am PDT #14384 of 30000

Tylenol and muscle relaxant for the win. Getting some food now.

Jesse, that is a conundrum. I have no good advice. I suck at delayed gratification, so I know I'd go see it in the smaller screen, but, you know, strength to you!

Laura, next weekend the sea life begins! SO exciting.

Food for Jen now. Oh, I said that already.


Jesse - Apr 09, 2022 8:01:44 am PDT #14385 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Jesse, that is a conundrum. I have no good advice. I suck at delayed gratification, so I know I'd go see it in the smaller screen, but, you know, strength to you!

I think you're right, and I will. Support local businesses also!


JenP - Apr 09, 2022 8:08:01 am PDT #14386 of 30000

Bonus! I support your decision.


Jesse - Apr 09, 2022 9:17:04 am PDT #14387 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I am actually doing things this morning -- a few minutes ago, was vacuuming (via roomba), doing laundry, AND doing my taxes!


meara - Apr 09, 2022 9:35:15 am PDT #14388 of 30000

Wow Jesse, look at you productive!

I am having allergies here on the east coast (took covid test but also have had an issue of face and eyelids itching and now peeling?!). But I tried to buy lotion tissues and accidentally got some that have VICKS smell as part of them?!?? Whyyyyhhg.


JenP - Apr 09, 2022 9:55:36 am PDT #14389 of 30000

I am sitting up now. And watching Netflix. Progress is different on different days.


Jesse - Apr 09, 2022 10:05:58 am PDT #14390 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I can see where Vicks lotions might be nice in certain circumstances, but not as a surprise!


DavidS - Apr 09, 2022 10:21:53 am PDT #14391 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

JZ was up and out the door early as she tries to get Wifi set up at the Garden Apartment (we've been poaching - with permission - from one of our tenants). But Emmett & Kalena will be moving in next week and need their own connection.

Our poor tenants have had an onslaught of contractors over the last week dealing with three different issues (dry rot in the windows, repair the back stair, tiles in the bathroom).

We hadn't planned on fixing things immediately but we were told that contractors were booked out for months and there were supply chain issues with getting materials so it was best to get things started now and hope for mid-summer.

But everybody was available Right Now, and the windows needed to be fixed Immediately (cracked panes pose hazard to pedestrians below), and the back stairs needed to be fixed Immediately (because the 2nd floor tenants need to get all their stored stuff out of the attic and it's not safe) and the tiles were just going to be a one day job (until somebody stole the contractor's catalytic convertor and he had to reschedule).

Anyway, the wisteria is coming into bloom and the camelias already are in bloom so it's very lovely in the back yard and the bees are happy to visit.

The thing we had planned on and knew was going to happen, but has accelerated on the schedule and has turned out to be very nice is....we're seeing Emmett all the time. Whereas before it was every couple months, and during lockdown we went six months without seeing him, now we're seeing him weekly. And soon he's just going to be living our neighborhood.

It's great. He and Kalena have really struggled during parts of the lockdown so having the opportunity to re-start and live in San Francisco is just a huge clearing of the clouds for them. I can see how unburdened they are becoming. Which is how it ought to be in your early 20s.

Matilda is meeting up with Parks & Rec this afternoon for her summer job orientation. She'll get her assignment then too, but we're expecting her to be at the same camp she did last summer because they loved her.


dcp - Apr 09, 2022 10:49:34 am PDT #14392 of 30000
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

...the wisteria is coming into bloom and the camelias already are in bloom so it's very lovely in the back yard and the bees are happy to visit.

Pictures?

In my neighborhood the maples have been blooming, which gives me a little hay fever, and the Bradford pears have just started to pop. Nothing from the redbuds yet.

But it is a nice day, and I think I am going to try to get out and about and look for photo ops.