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.

So the captain of the baseball team personally asked Matilda to join.

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.

That's very exciting!

$75 for six pills. I said yeah, I haven’t hit my deductible just yet and that’s fine. But how much would the other three pills be with cash? He looked….and said if I wanted to pay cash all NINE pills would be $30

How is that possible? I mean, I know it's because we are not living in a well ordered society, but damn, that is stark. See also guy Consuela met, yikes. Vague good wishes towards him, wherever he is.

Mathilda playing baseball makes me happy. I hope it's a good experience for her.

Did not end up watching the super bowl at all, not even half time. Just couldn't be bothered. Had a great day being out in the world on Saturday but was peopled out on Sunday to the point that people on a TV screen would be too much, I guess.

Did not end up watching the super bowl at all, not even half time. Just couldn't be bothered.

We always go to my mom and stepdad's for the Super Bowl, even though I never care about who's playing (unless it's the Bengals, which is vanishingly rare, last year notwithstanding). It's pretty much an excuse to eat chili and various snacks. I brought brownies and my aunt brought cheesecake, and so we all discovered that cheesecake on a brownie is REALLY good.

Ooh. I have seen things labeled Cheesecake Brownies although I don't know what that means in a practical sense. I was thinking about watching with my folks but they weren't sure if they were going to bother either and I was kind of surprised by how late in the day it starts. I get used to football being a morning/mid-day thing all season with evening games being a sort of rarity, I couldn't adjust (even after barely watching at all during the season)

I used to throw a Super Bowl party but didn’t even consider it this year. Which I was sad about but maybe next year?

kind of surprised by how late in the day it starts

Yes -- when we first started SuperBowling, probably two decades ago, we'd start our bowling games when the Superbowl started, but this year (2019 was the last year I did it; they did do a 2020, but I was in the hospital) -- I was like, uh, start bowling at 6p on a Sunday and THEN go out for dinner? What am I, under 40 or something? No thanks.

So we started at 3p-ish, bowled two games, and were sitting down to dinner by 5:30p. Much more civilized. (We also used to bowl three games. Not anymore!)

someone on twitter said the whole halftime show was a pregnancy announcement and the dancers were sperm

Ooh. I have seen things labeled Cheesecake Brownies although I don't know what that means in a practical sense.

Usually a brownie with some cheesecake marbled in on top. Delish!!

Oh, -t, my mother's trip was this weekend and she didn't end up taking the train after all (her host insisted on a million-dollar Uber!).

I am home sick from work, with what is turning out to be a run-of-the-mill cold, but I don't know how to handle it In These Times. I guess I could be working from home, but since I usually don't, I don't have all my stuff, but going into the office seems rude somehow?

someone on twitter said the whole halftime show was a pregnancy announcement and the dancers were sperm

Pretty much. eta: and she pulled out her own brand makeup compact and touched up her face