Back to life, back to reality. At the bus stop to go to the airport. It is misting. We had no rain our 5 days here, so glad we had the parks without it.

Good on Bernie’s people for taking charge with image, making Merch and donating proceeds to charity.

The owner of the salon I go to is watching BtVS for the first time and he has some Feelings about the 90s hair that is happening in S1. I wish we weren't all stuck at home, I would love to hang out at the salon talking about Buffy with him! (And my stylist, and the mutual friends who also get their hair cut there...)

Thinking good thoughts for your family, Matt. I hope they all have an easy course.

The ibex are so adorable!

I've been somewhat social media absent, and really need to be more absent. I was surprised to be so emotionally exhausted after the Inauguration. The relief depleted me.

Anyway, I need to be super focused on my house. We have a very serious potential buyer with means who wants to meet with us their next visit to my city end of February. This means I have construction projects to finish, and the biggest job, going through about 20 bins that were in storage and are now in the house. DH is dealing with scanning about 180 boxes of medical records that occupy another area of the house. Then they can go to the shredding folks. It is just a lot, but it needs to happen. I so wish that I knew someone local who was good at getting rid of stuff. I have things that would be good for eBay, or Amazon, or consignment shops, but no way I have the time or patience to do it myself. And also I need to go through it all. Sigh. There are things like the china MIL gave us when we were married. The kids don't want it, and I'll probably not use it again. It is just all a lot.

Jess, I want to hear about your salon owner’s opinions!

Laura do you know the pattern of the China or is it handy to get a pic of? I like getting mix match bowls and serving pieces.

I have been so much happier since I quit FB...and I like knowing that I'm not directly contributing to Zuckerberg's wealth. During the last administration I had to stop watching or listening to the news for self-preservation, so Twitter was my only window into what was happening in the world, and at least there the headlines came with internet snark built in...but it's not really good for my mental health either.

Yeah, I take FB breaks, but it remains the only way I see much of my family.

It's a big service for 8 thing, msbelle. I have some of the pieces out but most is packed up. I'll take a picture. I am pretty sure she purchased it when she was in Japan and saved it for her firstborn's wedding. She is that way. It was embarrassing the massive quantity of stuff she gave us when we got married. Ah, my MIL. I wish I had her gifting skills.

That is a LOT Laura.

My dad has this huge storage unit in Milwaukee that we moved a ton of stuff into when he moved in to the cabin. The move was intended to be temporary so it’s a jumble of meaningful family pieces and random junk he thought he would need or couldn’t decide to let go of.

It’s pretty clear that he’s going to live out his days there which makes all the stuff this giant albatross that he’s paying several thousand a year for and nobody quite knows what to do about. Last summer my sister and I decided to go get a hotel for a few days to go through it all and transport only the important stuff to a smaller storage near him in town so it can actually be accessed. But the COVID happened. Maybe this summer.