Inner circle rather than party sounds like the right call. {{{smonster}}} I'm sorry it's all been so fraught.

That is just wow, Jess. Wow!

Oh, and quester~ma! I don't think I posted when I first thought it this morning. Not braining great at the moment.

Smonster I’m glad you have a good inner circle.

sj that sucks that you did all the prep and then didn’t get the colonoscopy! I woke up from that so refreshed. Seriously. I felt great that day.

Smonster- I might have missed, does R like carrots?

timelies

thanks for the ~ma, -t

(((smonster))))

and Nilly, i loved that you called us Y'all!

the day was long but I think I'm going be ok with the job. not so sure about the health. I started sneezing this morning.

Oh no, quester, I hope you aren’t getting sick.

Update: car is okay to drive, mechanic cleared all the codes and wants me to come back Mon so he can check them again. It might all have been because I didn’t tighten my gas cap enough, we’ll see.

Great night with inner circle. It was the first time R got to hang out with them outside of PARADES, which is not exactly conducive to conversation. My inner circle, by the way, is Heather’s fam here, so they are Buffista-adjacent. I wouldn’t know them without her.

It was, in fact, perfect and low key and sardonic. And R had fun, they like them too.

Also we may try to hold on to my apartment by kicking out current roommate and finding someone to pay more of the rent who’s cool with us spending occasional weekends here. R should start their new job 11/1 (hallelujah) and so our financial situation is about to get a lot less stressful. It’s significantly more than they were making before.

Smonster- I might have missed, does R like carrots?

I think so, but they prefer broccoli. Why do you ask?

I’m glad things are looking better, smonster.

Well, that stinks, Laura, I'm sorry. Asshole bone spurs.

Update after going to the chiropractor. Since things like shots and hip replacement sound awful to me I went to see what my options were. He did some stretching and deep tissue stuff, read my x-ray reports, and suggested SoftWave treatment. Have to do 8 sessions, but after the first one the pain is gone. Apparently it is good for degenerated arthritic joints, and will last a good long time, with potential refresher sessions down the road. Worth a try.

But still it's really nice to have co workers to geek out with about things.

That's great, askye. I hope that this ends being a good working environment for you.

Work drama, higher ups want to meet with some of us regarding issue with boss.

Eeep! I hope this results in an improvement, msbelle.

starting a new job on Monday and it's stressing me out. 

Lots of new~job~ma, quester! Along with a dose of health~ma.

Nilly, you always write the most thoughtful and loving posts at this time of year. Thank you for including us and educating us. It is such a pleasure to have you as part of this community.

Very much what smonster said.

Update: car is okay to drive, mechanic cleared all the codes and wants me to come back Mon so he can check them again. It might all have been because I didn’t tighten my gas cap enough, we’ll see.

That is a frequent cause of those annoying lights.

It was, in fact, perfect and low key and sardonic. And R had fun, they like them too.

That's great to hear, smonster. Sorry there was so much stress leading up to the inner circle gathering.

I almost have stairs, probably will by tonight. I've been sleeping on the couch this past week while my upstairs was unavailable. The upside being not having to go downstairs in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom. I pick up Brendon in Albany tomorrow night so it would be cool to be able to go upstairs.

In other mememe news, I dropped off my wedding rings to maybe have them redone. The jeweler needs to see if they can do what I want. Several years ago I made the mistake of giving my diamond to Bobby to give to his fiancé. In its place we put an amethyst because his intended and I shared February birthdays. Since the estrangement it has bothered me when I look at my hand and see that reminder. I decided to replace it with a pearl in the center and then two tiny diamonds that belonged to my great aunts on either side. The diamonds were on a ring of my mother's. Anyway, I hope they can make it happen in the bands I have. I hope they can make it happen.

Thanks, Erin. My stomach is still not terribly happy about the whole thing, but I’m rallying for date night with TCG. His birthday was yesterday. So we’re going to a movie and dinner tonight. Also Oppenheimer is 3hrs and 5 minutes?!? I must really love TCG.

Timelies all!

It is raining here and Mr. S is down until tomorrow. Trying to figure out how to keep him amused.