I lurked for a very long time and when I finally delurked my first tagline was sophia talking about the wolf pack: “I was surprised when they ate the pig, but I was SHOCKED when they ate the principal.”

Happy birthday, Theo!

I hope you don't get Covid (hey, a person can dream).

It is true she's been sick since last Tuesday (tested neg on Tues, didn't test again until Friday), and I'm ok so far, so maybe I really am magically immune???

Happy Birthday Theodosia!

Happy Birthday Jesse!

Enjoyed the various trips down memory lane posts. I joined shortly after 9/11 when I was seeking distraction on the internet. No lurking, because I didn't know any better! I found Spike's Bitches first and didn't venture into Natter because it was too fast and I couldn't keep up at all.

Hell’s bells, Cass, I’m about ready to crawl out of my sickbed and strangle your S-I-L myself. WTF is wrong with her?

Seriously, I'll volunteer to hold her down.

Christmas was a lot of food!! Way too much food. My SIL has a nail salon and brought too many fancy treats that clients had left for them. Just exhausted today.

Merry Christmas, a touch late. Ma~ to all in need and I saw that congrats are due to Jess. Happy Birthday Theodosia!

maybe I really am magically immune???

Here's hoping.

On Christmas Eve my grandmother (and all the neighbors in her wing) had to be evacuated from their apartments because of a burst sprinkler pipe. It sounds like her place got the worst of it. My uncle showed up to visit during the chaos and took her home with him. So she is clothed, fed, and cared for by family, but I'm sure she feels hopeless and helpless. She couldn't keep any food down that night.

I haven't heard any updates since then, but my uncle had been in contact with the building manager and I think my brother is going to call my uncle and see if he can get in to try to salvage photos and her genealogy files. We're concerned that any remediation company will just throw everything in a dumpster.

Not really that awful, but my water heater decided to quit, yesterday. When I showered after all the pre-event prep it seemed like I didn't have much hot water, but I figured maybe I had used more than I thought doing dishes and cleaning. Nope, when DH took his shower this morning it wasn't working. At least our water isn't really very cold. We have indoor functional showers at the beach club across the street, and at the gym, so not a disaster. We knew it was going to have to be replaced. Going tankless, which requires some electrical work to be done. It would be much worse if my water was actually cold. DH is going to try replacing the element first to see if that puts off the replacement for a bit.

The internet and cable here died on Christmas Eve and still isn't back.

Our furnace went out last night and the energy company won’t be out to look at it until Wednesday. Fortunately we have wall units for our AC that also do heat and our rowhome retains heat pretty well.

OMG, you guys! Hang in there!!