I could deal with a golden girls scenario even as an introvert as long as I had a quiet room of my own when I needed it.

When I asked my doctor friends they were all like “yeah, you won’t get your hand held but they’ll do a good job” when I asked where to go.

Yeah, Harborview provides excellent care. I was just surprised they couldn't handle it at Northwest (though I think it was an issue of capacity rather than capability), and it's a pain to get there and park.

Oh Susan that sounds terrifying! Glad your friend had a good support system to help her recover.

sj, hostessing can be so stressful even if you’re just hosting loved ones. Hope you can give yourself some grace and space to enjoy the holidays.

I am so in for a GG scenario.

Hugs, supportive fist-bumps, and protective bubble-wrap for everybody, as appropriate and desired.

Shir, lovely to see your posts; seeing your "I love you" always makes me mist up, but in an incredibly good way. My usual greeting specifically for Christmas is usually, "Peace on Earth, goodwill to folks," but that sticks in my throat this year even more than it did last year. So much love to you and Nilly and your family and friends.

I am going across to the East Bay tomorrow to have Xmas dinner with some old friends. This is my first real social outing since BayCon in July, and I'm having some anxiety about it. I've always been an introvert, but ... yeah, the past four years have definitely taken a toll.

Susan, yikes! It’s good to hear your friend will get good medical care, though.

Something at brunch today gave me food poisoning, but not bad enough that I had to skip Christmas Eve dinner at my mom’s. (I did not eat anything at Mom’s; just drank sparkling water for 6 hours.) My tummy had better be back to normal tomorrow.

Man, the one thing I can always count on at my mom’s is amazing fucking wine and lots of great cheese. I had my gluttony planned for the day! And then my plans were foiled. Boo hoo.

KITT the new car drives like a dream. It’s delightful.

Happy Holidays, Buffistas.

GG plan should include Golden Guys. I'm hear for the "sometimes I want to be alone" and "sometimes I crave company".

Shir and Nilly, always thinking about you! thank you for checking in.

Healing~ma for that need it.

Well the perils of a golden girls situation is you might have a night like tonight where we all suggested Christmas movies, voted on them, turned the first one off an hour in for being depressing, turned the second one off ten minutes in for being awful, and then everyone either wandered off or fell asleep when we picked a third one…

I'm absolutely down for golden girls and guys.

I need to get more social with my condo neighbors. This year I hope to have a regular time I go to the gym and pool to connect with the same people regularly. Also, I want to start a book club. There is a condo bulletin board for organizing such things. When we do have social gatherings here I always enjoy the neighbors, and when we share the public areas everyone is always nice. It is a wide variety of ages and nationalities. 2024 goals - be more social and embrace my inner extrovert.

Merry Christmas and/or magnificent Monday to all!

Well the perils of a golden girls situation is you might have a night like tonight where we all suggested Christmas movies, voted on them, turned the first one off an hour in for being depressing, turned the second one off ten minutes in for being awful, and then everyone either wandered off or fell asleep when we picked a third one…

This was us last night! We picked Netflix movies that were supposedly most liked and so forth. The first one was just bleak and awful and bad. The second one was considerably better, because song and dance, but is never going to be a classic. I thought we would try something new, but I think we may have to go back to Miracle on 34th Street and A Christmas Carol next year! Maybe White Christmas too. Something to be said for the classics.