Let me guess. We're in a hurry.

Inara ,'Serenity'


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.


JenP - Oct 22, 2023 7:15:04 am PDT #26333 of 30000

Good to hear how the PiKids are doing and to see you, Nilly. So much love to you and yours.


lisah - Oct 22, 2023 7:33:07 am PDT #26334 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate

Glad to hear the Pi kids are taking things in stride and, especially, that your girl is able to see her friend.

Sending love to you all, Nilly


meara - Oct 22, 2023 9:56:15 am PDT #26335 of 30000

Im impressed at anyone managing to hold it together in your area right now Nilly, wow! (Also amazed the children are that old?! Somehow not still toddlers??)


Shir - Oct 22, 2023 11:29:19 am PDT #26336 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".

I can confirm that Nilly's kids are no longer toddlers. Two days before the war started I saw them (and Nilly) with my own eyes.

I'm OK as can be. Here's today's link: [link]


Cashmere - Oct 22, 2023 11:51:33 am PDT #26337 of 30000
Now tagless for your comfort.

PiBoy is at school today (he doesn't like school on principle, and he dislikes anything that takes him away from the Minecraft server (goodness, I hope I'm using the right word) he's building, so I consider him even attending school as a win

Oh, Nilly, I am so glad your kids have a bit of normality in this awful time. My kids spent a few years playing Minecraft and I hosted a private server for them while they were at their peak.

The families continuing everyday life amaze me. I will always hope for your family's continued safety.


erikaj - Oct 22, 2023 11:56:02 am PDT #26338 of 30000
I'm a fucking amazing catch!--Fiona Gallagher, Shameless(US)

definitely.


NoiseDesign - Oct 22, 2023 3:41:24 pm PDT #26339 of 30000
Our wings are not tired

Nilly and Shir, thank you so much for the updates. You are both constantly in my thoughts.


askye - Oct 22, 2023 4:44:29 pm PDT #26340 of 30000
Thrive to spite them

Thanks for the updates, I hope y'all can stay safe in all of this.

My new work schedule has kicked in, or I think it has I'm supposed to alternate weeks having Sunday and Friday off and Monday and Tuesday but the most recent week added to the schedule has a Thursday off so I'm confused.

I either have allergies or a cold. I'm leaning towards allergies, which I know it's not really the season but I think something at work triggered them. I have been using hand sanitizer and washing my hands a lot (mostly because they get so dirty ) but I haven't really been masking and I'm going to start. Maybe it will help with the dust and stuff I keep inhaling.

Mom was going to come down but she hurt her ankle somehow , she's not sure she said she woke up and it was hurting, so I told her to stay home. Her landlady let Mom know she is planning on selling all her rental properties and getting out of the landlord business...she's offering Mom to buy her place at below market but that is about $50,000 more than what they talked about 3 years ago and there is the issue of steep steps and a tiny bathroom that isn't anyway to make it handicap accessible. One of the units in the little duplex community she lives in just rented for about double what she is paying now-- and the place is tiny. I don't know what is going to happen.


aurelia - Oct 22, 2023 6:53:00 pm PDT #26341 of 30000
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

Nilly and Shir, thank you for continuing to check in here. And Shir, thank you for the links you've been posting. They've been really meaningful.

My mother was supposed to text me after my grandmother's heart surgery on Wednesday and I've heard nothing. I'm posting in the hopes this will manifest a phone call from my parents.


aurelia - Oct 22, 2023 8:07:35 pm PDT #26342 of 30000
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

Posting worked. I got a call from my dad with an update. My grandmother's valve replacement on Wednesday led to a pacemaker on Friday and a very weak 97-yr-old who isn't eating. We'll see. I'd really like to be able to pass the book I'm reading on to her after I'm done.