Happy birthday to Jesse!
I am also dreading work, Laura. Waiting outside right now in my car for COVID results; big part of me wishes it would be positive but it isn’t looking that way.
Now, I can hold a note for a long time...actually I can hold a note forever. But eventually that's just noise. It's the change we're listening for. The note coming after, and the one after that. That's what makes it music.
Host ,'Why We Fight'
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.
smonster - Dec 26, 2023 5:44:24 am PST #27644 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Laura - Dec 26, 2023 5:56:24 am PST #27645 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Yeah, you would think that being positive would mean a break, but not so much. Sending negative thoughts! I didn't get my positive result until after being sick for a couple days.
Laura - Dec 26, 2023 6:17:18 am PST #27646 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Well, my worries about not being able to support my new practice and train this week have been diminished. Shock and surprise - half the staff has Covid! I knew that was were I had to get it. Sigh. At least they won't be upset with me for not being there. DH went this morning to set up their fax server and is trying to get the hell out quickly. We've been good here keeping the windows all open and keeping each other at a distance.
I did go to the dog park a couple times, both times in the rain and at off hours. The park was empty. I washed up and masked for my brief time in the elevator, but didn't encounter anyone.
JenP - Dec 26, 2023 7:09:35 am PST #27647 of 30000
smonster, may you get a day that serves you well, whatever that may be today.
Laura, that's a relief. Continued good luck to B for staying clear.
Jesse! Happy, Happy Birthday to you!! And a fabulous year ahead.
Consuela - Dec 26, 2023 8:22:08 am PST #27648 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Happy birthday, Jesse!
-t - Dec 26, 2023 9:11:28 am PST #27649 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Birthday happies Jesse, Theo and Rayne!
I am one of 5 people in the office today. Eerily quiet. I probably wouldn't have come in myself except I left my laptop here over the weekend.
msbelle - Dec 26, 2023 11:35:06 am PST #27650 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Not many people in our whole office today, but all of my division is in, so I’m getting some work done.
What I really want to be doing is planning out my 2024 vacation days. Thus far I’ve got in one google flight alert set and moved prospective big vacation dates from Sept to Oct due to Olympics and paraolympics.
DavidS - Dec 26, 2023 12:02:04 pm PST #27651 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
This morning brought the procurement of a new box of dishwasher pods, so I'm slowly beginning to clean up the kitchen, with a slight detour to feed Matilda and me the world's most posh breakfast sandwich (filet mignon and egg on English Muffin).
Matilda and I went out for ramen in Japantown last night, and then saw The Boy and the Heron. It was a good Xmas left turn from past traditions, leaning into our mutual love of Japantown and Miyazaki, after we were left alone and feeling JZ's absence in the house and the holiday.
(Though Matilda's first comment after the movie was, "Dammit! Why is every story a dead mom story!")
Wishing good health for all in The Lost Week (between Xmas and NYE).
-t - Dec 26, 2023 12:22:02 pm PST #27652 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
A few more people have come in since, but it is still very quiet.
Ooh, vacations! I have a vacation planned for Feb (time off on the official calendar, flights booked, place to stay, the whole nine yards), still considering taking some vacation time to see the eclipse in April, and also mulling over when to do my month of train travel.
erikaj - Dec 26, 2023 12:25:47 pm PST #27653 of 30000
I'm a fucking amazing catch!--Fiona Gallagher, Shameless(US)
It's a whole symbolic thing, based on, well, the breakdown of old patterns, like you are talking about.(Although I can appreciate Matilda not wanting to take on those resonances right at this particular instant, though. Don't get me wrong.) as a crime-fiction buff, though, I know more about Tragic Man-pain, though not from direct experience.