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.
I went for a long training hike in San Bruno this morning with some friends, and when we got back to the car there was a gentleman around my age leaning on his car, looking sweaty and weepy. We asked if he was okay, and he said he had pain from his shoulder down his arm. Which made us all very nervous. We tried to call 911 for him, but he said he had no health insurance and wasn't old enough yet for Medicare. In the end, we got his son's phone number, drove up to the top of the ridge where we got cell coverage, and called the son. Texted him the location where his father was.
I hope he's okay. He really didn't want us to do anything for him but we insisted on giving him aspirin and water and making sure he had someone who knew where he was.
not watching the game, but I paused my movie to watch the halftime show and was underwhelmed. No guest stars even.
Oh, geez, Consuela. I hope he's OK, and, Jesus this country is fucked up with respect to health care, which is stating the obvious, but, good god.
Nearly anywhere else in the world we could have called him some help without it ruining his financial situation.
Lots of visits near the groomers with his favorite treats! Gotta overwhelm the fear with good associations.
Yep.
DH and I have obtained Burning Man tickets for this year.
Fantastic!
Nearly anywhere else in the world we could have called him some help without it ruining his financial situation.
Our healthcare for some is appalling. I honestly thought I was going to die and I still regret my first ambulance ride.
I totally watched the Super Bowl. And was happy with the results. Even loved halftime.
Humph, the picture frame (containing the print of O'Keefe's Radiator Building, Night, New York that I intend to hang in my kitchen) for which I bought a new pane of glass has no visible seams or means to adjust how it fits together, so I can't get the glass in. I seem to have reached the point in settling in where everything I try to do runs into obstructions. I suspect buying a new assemble-it-yourself frame will be cheaper and easier than having the glass trimmed to fit, so that's my onerous task for tomorrow.
I did get my new seat covers installed for the front seats of my car, and started painting a wooden base for some illustrated stand-up figures, so I guess the day wasn't completely unproductive.
I totally watched the Super Bowl. And was happy with the results. Even loved halftime.
Likewise! Although I was paying more attention to the rigging of those platforms and looking for fall arrest tethers than I was to the halftime performance itself.
I watched the Super Bowl and would have preferred an Eagles win, but wasn't that invested in either team. I enjoyed the game more than the halftime show. I may have been tired and grumpy from driving across the state, but I thought the choreography looked like basic calisthenics and hated the costumes. The floating platforms were pretty cool. I'm not really a big Rihanna fan either so that didn't help.
In less grumpy news, I stayed at my sister's Saturday night and between that evening and Sunday morning, we watched a season and a half of The Good Place because she had never seen it. There was much laughter. Saw my brother and his family Saturday afternoon and that was a good visit.
Nearly anywhere else in the world we could have called him some help without it ruining his financial situation.
It is the worst to have to make those decisions. I really hope his son was able to get him help.
Jeez Consuela that’s scary, I really hope the dude is ok. Damn. Healthcare is so fucked up—my one ambulance ride was hugely expensive and I have decent healthcare, so can’t blame anyone who is trying to avoid that, I will sure not take one unless I’m actively dying, in the future.
Heavy fog this morning but it's already dissipated.
There aren't enough girls to field a softball team this year. And the boy's baseball team was also very thin. So the captain of the baseball team personally asked Matilda to join.
She was waffling about doing any sports at all but talked to the coach, and one other girl from the softball team will also join to bring the boy's squad up to 11.
Matilda had been thinking about the baseball team for a while and had started playing catch - first with the boys at school, and then with Emmett - to get used to throwing a baseball after years of softball.
So we went out on Sunday afternoon and threw it around out on the Panhandle, and you know what?
She's good! My dad and her Papou would've been thrilled to see her out there popping my mitt. Her throws were accurate, had zip, and good rotation on them. First batting practice on Wednesday.
