Congrats to her and her fiance, Gud!

Congratulations to the couple! So happy making to read.

Also happy making - I just read a FB post from a guy I knew in college talking about how he’s been getting his girlfriend (wife? I forget their actual relationship. I don’t really talk to him I just see his posts sometimes) to watch Buffy and they are up to OMWF. I’m not going to explain to him why I in particular am so pleased, but I’ll tell y’all that I am :)

Congratulations, Gud!

Congrats, Gud!

I've started going to a writers' group that meets every other week at a local coffee shop. At this Tuesday's gathering, a new person joined and introduced themselves as having just graduated high school. Which made me feel elderly (and probably did the same for everyone else at the table--I'm pretty sure I was the oldest person there, but not by a lot). I asked them which school they'd gone to, and it turned out they were one of Alex's classmates, though the two of them barely know each other. Still, small world, and something of a reminder that my child is an adult now, given that his peers are out there hanging out in coffee shop writing groups with me and my peers!

Congrats to your daughter, Gud!

Congrats, Gud! How is it that you're about to have both kids married when it doesn't seem that long ago that you were building a rocket ship in the backyard?

Happy almost Birthday to Mr S! I hope it the weekend goes well.

Congratulations, Gud!

Off to the airport to pick up DH. Me, packing, packing, packing. I have managed the last couple weeks to do a damn fine job not going to the grocery store and clearing out the fridge and freezer. I like to get the freezer down as much as possible before hurricanes might happen. This afternoon DH gets a pedicure (I went yesterday), and this evening birthday dinner with MIL. (do they still have menus without pricing because MIL is a pain that way) Then tomorrow Otter Lake bound.

My brother is visiting this weekend -- yay! I am the designated airport retrieval lackey, and his flight gets in about 2:30 today. I can't wait!

He has to have back surgery in September, though nowhere near as complex as Tim's surgery. But he does have to have a curvature corrected and 2 lumbar vertebrae fused, so it's similar to Tim's surgery. Since my brother's surgery is after Tim's surgery, Tim is going to be my brother's recovery Yoda and share all the tips and tricks for a smooth recovery. Because Tim isn't supposed to lift, bend, or twist after surgery, and because using the toilet does indeed involve some twisting when you're finished, Tim has taken the opportunity to get a bidet attachment for the toilet. He is *very* excited. When I told my brother about it, he said "This is *great* -- I can use Tim as a proof of concept to convince [SiL] that we need a bidet attachment!" Clean butts from sea to shining sea, man.

Tim's surgery is a little over 2 weeks away, and I just want it to get here. He's having so much difficulty with standing, walking, and sitting right now (in the sense that he can't do any of them for very long before he needs to switch to something different [ie, standing to sitting, sitting to walking, etc]). Initially his plan was to work until the surgery date, but he might have to start his chunk of time off earlier. We'll see.

My long Covid fatigue does seem to be truly gone (knock on wood), which is excellent timing. I'm up to 25 minutes on the bike 4 times a week (and also yoga once a week) -- my goal is 30 minutes on the bike 5 times a week (and also yoga once a week). It's pretty great to feel human again and get shit done.

Yay for getting past the long Covid!

Clean butts from sea to shining sea, man.

I just installed one at my sister's house and it works great.