Thank you for the birthday wishes! I'm about to finish off a very tasty slice of chocolate cake from Magnolia Bakery. I've otherwise been enjoying a quiet day at home since next week is full-speed-ahead on A Christmas Carol load-in.

Epic, so much spine~ma to you.

Shir, I hope your migraine has abated. Thank you (and Nilly) for continuing to check in and share your thoughts here.

Happy Birthday, aurelia!

All the ~ma for your lumbar puncture and tests, Epic!

I did nothing for most of the day (headache this morning) and then drove to the burbs and bought some hair stuff and spent a bunch of money at goodwill. And I could go out to a Halloween party but I still feel lazy and don’t have a costume. So I am on the couch. I feel very boring but…oh well.

I went to a Bizarre Bazaar today on one of our pedestrian streets. After, ended up going to a UConn Hockey game (we lost, despite a 5 on 3 and even I know that was bad), then to a brewery for food, but after we ordered nachos, the kitchen decided to suspend orders because they were backed up, so we left and ordered pizza. Hung out on my rooftop for a while with the firepit, but got cold and windy, so then hung out at my friend's apartment and now I'm home. Tired.

A Christmas Carol load-in

I start my Christmas Carol work shortly as well.

Happy Birthday!

This reminds me of an Israeli rom-com I saw in the 90s, which I'm sure I'll never be able to identify, but folks were going about their lives with gas masks on hand, etc.

Was it "The Song of the Siren"? ( [link] ) I've read the book forever ago, but have never seen the movie, and I have to admit how much it amuses me that you have watched an Israeli movie which I haven't.

(Bonus trivia: the man who portrayed the guy the heroine doesn't end up with, Yair Lapid, became a politician and was even the prime minister of Israel for a very short while)

(Does the USA Netflix carry Israeli stuff? I know that there are several differences between the Israeli Netflix and the USA one, because of legal rights issues or stuff like that, and that even in our Israeli account, there are suff you can find when the interface is in English that can't be found when the interface is in Hebrew, but I wonder if it also works the other way around.)

Laura, this skipper thanks you for the wonderful meara a few posts ago - I'm with you on everything you've written there! Have a safe voyage, however you end up taking it!

(meara, you're a noun, you can never be boring!)

Belated birthday wishes, lots of health wishes and all good vibes to all! Have good restful Sundays, please, OK?

Timelies all!

Brendon's plans for doing some outside work before he leaves in a few hours just dissolved as it is 39F and raining now. Going into the 20s every night for the next week so it is time for me to head back to Florida too. Hopefully, I'll be able to finish some of his list after he leaves.

hugs and healing~ma to all. Happy birthdays to everybody.

on my laptop I can't use the quote text, or I can't figure i out. so no meara-ing.

Shir and nilly so good to see your posts. pity such a bad reason for checking it, though.

I think I've had a stressful week and then come hear and realize it wasn't That Bad.

My niece, Crystal, is on an airplane winging her way to San Francisco!

I'm so so happy I can do something nice for her. She's a nurse, 42yo single mom of two (the eldest --an adult --is looking after the younger who is finishing middle school).

She carried the heaviest part of the cancer care for my sister, and really hasn't been unburdened by responsibility for decades. I don't know if she's ever had a fun vacation. (She texted me from the plane asking if she should tip the Flight Attendant after receiving a G&T.)

She's a total sweetheart and has a wry sense of humor. Really enjoy her company.

I intend to spoil her as much as I can while she's here with breakfast at Zazie and drinks at Alembic and poking around Japantown and the Mission and North Beach.

Oh, that should be a nice visit. What a lovely thing for you to do!

Was it "The Song of the Siren"? ( [link] ) I've read the book forever ago, but have never seen the movie, and I have to admit how much it amuses me that you have watched an Israeli movie which I haven't.

(Bonus trivia: the man who portrayed the guy the heroine doesn't end up with, Yair Lapid, became a politician and was even the prime minister of Israel for a very short while)

I think it was! And huh -- you never know where actors are going to end up!