My deepest apologies, but of course you do need new things.
I see your uhhhhhhhhhhh and raise you a gnyeh.
Buffy ,'Potential'
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.
Laura - May 20, 2022 8:57:35 am PDT #15243 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
-t - May 20, 2022 9:01:02 am PDT #15244 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
It is officially bike to work day. I am, of course, working from home, but I did ride down to the train station and back, and got a Bike to Work tote bag out of it, so that's nice. The e-assist thing will take some getting used to, I don't really feel in control of it yet, and sharing the road with cars remains scary (I thought there would be not many cars at 7:30 on a Friday morning, and there weren't many in comparison to actually busy streets, but there were more than I wanted!) but it's a start! The train station is a third of the way to the gym, so that gives me an idea of how hard that will be (and the rest of the way is on dedicated bike paths, so other than crossing a couple of roads there is much less to worry about in the way of cars). That'll be my interim goal before trying to actually bike to work which is pretty much all on streets without actual bike lanes or much shoulder but the same distance.
lisah - May 20, 2022 9:13:26 am PDT #15245 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate
Your ring sounds gorgeous, JenP!!
DavidS - May 20, 2022 10:17:36 am PDT #15246 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
That'll be my interim goal before trying to actually bike to work which is pretty much all on streets without actual bike lanes or much shoulder but the same distance.
Zoom! Look at you go.
Emmett and I are attending a memorial today for one of his old baseball teammates who died at 25 in a ski accident. It's giving me lots of feels. Not least because I'll be seeing a lot of people I haven't seen since 2014 (and that was a reunion in itself, since the team won the championship in 2008).
I was able to print and frame a picture of that team that I can give to his parents.
-t - May 20, 2022 11:13:05 am PDT #15247 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Oh, how sad. That'll be a nice gift.
Trudy Booth - May 20, 2022 12:41:14 pm PDT #15248 of 30000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Niece is missing her her stage debut because she tested positive for COVID.
She's pretty crushed - but she's vaccinated and we're all safe. Yet again, let me say, not getting the damn shot BEWILDERS me.
JenP - May 20, 2022 1:42:55 pm PDT #15249 of 30000
Thanks, all! I'm very happy with it.
David, I'm so sorry. That is just heartbreaking beyond measure. It's a lovely gift, the photo.
-t!! Go you! Fantastic! I am following your biking saga with interest.
In my own fitness news, I'm working with a trainer at the community center, and she is awesome, and it's going well. She's great about getting that I'm still in PT for the shoulder and working with that.
meara, definitely new thing worthy!
ETA: that stinks, Trudy. Bah.
lisah - May 20, 2022 1:55:00 pm PDT #15250 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate
Wish me not expiring from the heat tomorrow during our big charity bike ride!! Fortunately, msbelle will be here to rescue me, just in case.
Sheryl - May 20, 2022 2:14:50 pm PDT #15251 of 30000
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
The weather this weekend here will be July. Highs in the 90s. Fun, fun, fun.
Matt the Bruins fan - May 20, 2022 2:40:50 pm PDT #15252 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
In the space of the last 32 hours I've found out that the co-worker I was paired with on my main project is in the ICU, that my landlord is urgently trying to sell my apartment, and that Mom's brand new refrigerator is on the fritz yet again. Enough, universe! Take a coffee break or something.
In less stressful news now that it's done, I wrangled Little Meg to the vet Wednesday and she's now recovering nicely from being spayed, with a clean bill of health on all tests. Kudos to the two vet techs who managed to extract her from my car after she broke out of the carrier and initiated a game of whack-a-mole with us.
