Good luck with that -t.

askye I really hope you get some relief.

Happy birthday weekend meara! I’ve been trying to get away camping but it turned out to be in the 90s this weekend so just as well. We got cheated out of a big storm that hit all around us last night. Not here though.

There is, as far as I can tell, no difference whatsoever between grits and polenta except what you call them.

We grew up with a third variety, cornmeal mush. Boiled, chilled, sliced and fried, often with bits of pork. Served with butter and or syrup. Anyone else have this? It was a favorite from my New Jersey side.

Happy birthday, meara! I hope you get to enjoy it a little?

I filed an emergency maintenance request for a leaking kitchen sink (water starting pouring out of the garbage disposal unit) on Saturday evening and have not heard back yet, so I just called. Was told nobody had contacted me because it's not an emergency and technically I have functioning kitchen. Even though I had to clean up a small flood of water and have a bucket under the garbage disposal and a bucket in the sink so I can empty it out in a functioning drain.

While I understand where they're coming from and someone is coming to replace it on Tuesday morning, I'm really not pleased with the lack of communication. A lot of my job is escalation management and telling me what to expect is a pretty basic component.

That is fair shrift! I had that happen (garbage disposal failed and had to be replaced, water was pouring out of it). They ought to be able to do it quickly! And if they can’t, what is their timeframe. Booo. It takes like, an hour. (Ah, I see Tuesday. But still! That’s slow)

That's some bullshit maintenance, shrift.

Happy birthday, meara!

Our house is filled with the sound of cursing in two distinct yet equally indistinguishable accents: Tennessee & Ireland.

Because the window guys are finally putting our turret windows in.

Turret windows hooray! Lack of communication on kitchen leak boo!

Yay turret windows!

They ought to be able to do it quickly! And if they can’t, what is their timeframe.

Exactly! Manage my expectations, people.

That is extremely interesting and thought-provoking, meara.

Well I had a telehealth appointment at 2:40. I was unaware the dr's office would call and I had tot ake that call before I went into the appointment. Finally realized it when I got my phone to call them and saw the missed message.

Maybe they did this last time and Id ont' remember.

So now I'm waiting for the dr to be free and join the appointmnet. I guess. I don't know how this is supposed to go.

I should have done more to protect myself against Covid.

It's hard to protect yourself against disease when infected people insist on spending time in your space while taking no precautions.

Happy birthday, meara!