I hope that yesterday being such a quiet day here meant that everyone was enjoying holiday festivities with loved ones, or a having a nice peaceful Sunday
JZ and Matilda got dressed up for Easter. Then Matilda and her friend Mia got dressed up an entirely different way to go to Japantown for the Cosplay festival that's part of the Cherry Blossom Festival (which usually doesn't overlap with Easter).
I did my standard Sunday ramble through the Panhandle, stopped and chatted with my favorite comic book clerk at Comix Experience, and on the way home I stopped at Alembic for a drink. There I wound up having a fun conversation with two visiting Canadians (from Calgary!): Sheila and Matt. I got to give them lots of tips for things to see in SF and they were excited to try Zoetrope Cafe and 826 Valencia.
So... careful yay?
A motto for our age.
Mia got an Easter basket (well, an Easter gift bag filled with Easter candies and a chocolate bunny) and said she'd never had an Easter basket before (she'd go to egg hunts and there were goodies in the plastic eggs and she'd get to keep those, but never her own basket).
Also have feelings about stuff, which I'm told is just part of being human but I still dislike.
Ugh I hate that. But also good luck with the being picky for a new job—it’s hard but important!
I went to a dog class yesterday to try to learn how to get my dog to behave on leash (he’s fine off leash) but he was a big weirdo to the trainer lady (usually he likes people, but her he was VERY skeptical of despite treats!) which made it a little hard for her to give recommendations (small class of one dog at a time in the class but all reactive to other dogs or to people, and I was like “no really normally people isn’t a problem!”
It is a Monday afternoon and having to listen to someone else haltingly give training I wrote is sapping my will to live.
It is a Monday afternoon and having to listen to someone else haltingly give training I wrote is sapping my will to live.
That sounds excruciating.
Sometimes I think about how if I were willing to do more stuff I could change jobs and move up in my org, but that would almost guarantee I'd have to go to more meetings so, no.
Aw, Dana, that's bad.
Yesterday I went to the movies! With friends! Who said "Hey, you two wanna come see EEAAO with us -" and the next thing I know we are proving that a 6'5" person can fit in a MINI - this meant friend and I were sitting cross-legged in the back snarking on an acquaintance's recently published book ("What did you think?" "It's heartfelt -" "And?" "It's a random collection of scenes and someone should have taken her thesaurus away before she got more than two paragraphs in." "Oh, thank heavens, we agree on this. Can I use 'heartfelt' if she asks me what I thought? It's fruitcake in book form, I couldn't get through it").
Today I have baked muffins after a cake failure, made polite conversation with the completely unexpected service techs here to do the spring HVAC inspection, written a "You are failing at notifications again" email to the property management group, and played another round of "Are we moving or not?" with my dear spouse. (Who is still processing the unexpected death of his dear friend and co-author three weeks ago, and helping his niece go through personal effects remotely is a heartbreaking thing, so I am not pushing. But argh)
Oh, amyp, that sounds so hard and sad for your spouse. Hugs to him, and to you while you love him through it.
Today's letter is the letter B! B is for birthday and beekaytee and beth b! May it be a beautiful day!
Cheers, Laura and everyone, for the birthday wishes. I can say without reservation, this has been the least interesting birthday of all my years.
The building manager assured me last Thursday that today would BE THE DAY that resolution would arrive. This being day 47 of our being adrift. I waited for everyone to get over their holiday re-entry before emailing. Then, I emailed again. Then, I called and the manager said to wait 15 minutes while she checked on something. That was two hours ago. Any bets that she plans to call me back today?
Didn't think so. msbelle totally called that one.
I am now looking at the Balto environs for my next landing spot.
It really, truly is time for me to leave DC. One of my clients is lobbying for LA. Another has a house outside Atlanta. I am open to whatever is right for me.
In other news, Todd has gotten much better and is back home. I called to check on her a little too late today, but will follow up in the morning. Her spirits are much higher and she is moving around fairly well.
Epic, I am so sorry to hear that you will need to go through some stuff, but it sounds like there is a team moving quickly for you. All the healing ~ma coming your way.
Hec, I don't know what it is about that style but it grabs me deep down every time I see it. Were I to visit your house, I would be too distracted by the carpet to make small talk!
Laura, the marina community near where I was before, was truly like its own Brigadoon. The characters were fascinating, and got along better than any solid building I ever saw. It's something about the can-do spirit, I think. Plus, the dog community among residents was adorable and surprising. Not a lot of pocket dogs, but all calm and friendly pups.
Happy birthday to my birthday twin! I hope yours was great.
Hey, Shir! Much good luck on your job transition. May it be easy, quick and fullfilling.
Kaiser just let me schedule my second booster, hooray! Going for Moderna after having Pfizer for all previous
