Thanks for checking in, Shir. So horrible. Constantly thinking of you and everyone there.

I’ve been actively avoiding the news, so I’ve only gotten bits and pieces. I didn’t realize how bad it was. Shir, I’m so sorry you and everyone there has to deal with this.

Y’all are making me blush. I’m so touched by your joy in my joy. Had a lovely affirming chat with beekaytee this afternoon.

My local EDS group was full of chatter about allll the symptoms I’ve been having, because weather-related flares are a thing. I don’t think I realized until now that I have them. The migraine is still lingering and I had to leave work at lunch time.

Migraines can definitely be very weather related.

I don’t usually watch hardly any tv but am visiting my sister and they keep the tv on the news all day and night. It’s been a lot…I can’t even imagine living through it.

Buffista hivemind! Later this month (20-22) I am going to Salem with DH, my son, and GF. It is a farewell excursion. On the way home we will drop Brendon off at Logan to head to Florida, and I will follow somewhere around the end of the month with the animals. We are actually staying at an Airbnb in NH because the rates closer to Salem are crazy making—also the advantage of a full kitchen to cut down on eating out.

Lana (GF) has sent me links to various tours, but I am sure some of you have been there and might have some recommendations. In particular, they are both avid readers and will want to stop at a bookstore. But ya know, touristy tours are always family fun.

Any ideas will be appreciated. We may even go to Boston and do the aquarium thing on Sunday because DH will be staying in a Boston hotel Sunday night before his super early flight on Monday.

and they keep the tv on the news all day and night.

I used to do that, but news burnout is real. Now if we have background noise it is HGTV or old syndicated series that we don't have to pay attention to, like Star Trek and such.

I like being on the east coast for work purposes—I can start at 9am and still have time to catch up on emails before all my meetings start—but dislike for my goofing off purposes—I’m used to message boards and news sites having lots of new content by the time I log on in the morning!

I'm pretty used to running out of Internets between 10am-12pm every weekday.

I'm going to see Werner Herzog speak tonight!

Yeah I think partly it’s that usually there’s been more posting from the east coast but also that I’m usually busier in the morning and don’t have as much time to read the internet before I have to start work. The combo is leaving me feeling like I’m forgetting to check some important interesting corner of the internet every morning!

My BIL and SIL just left after a very unsuccessful visit, so I'm enjoying the quiet. Until my 3-hour block of meetings starts in half an hour.