Oh! And I finally found a lovely, delicious, chai tea powder that is so good -- just the tea and spices, no sweetener, and it tastes so freaking good. I add oat milk (I mean, oat beverage, sorry, milk industry) and sweetener to my taste, and... perfection. It's called Blue Lotus (have only tried the "original" recipe so far.) And it makes 100 cups (except really 50, because I double the recipe) for a $16 cannister, so I think that's a reasonable spend for something I love AND that I will (mostly) no longer go out for. Win!

I mean, you have to factor in the oat mi...everage, too, but still! Totally going to figure out the cost per cup later today, because that is the kind of nerd I am. Yes. Also the kind of nerd who talks about chai tea for two paragraphs. Seems about right for this place.

...chai...Blue Lotus....

Thanks for the recommendation. I grew up on masala chai, and I have been feeling nostalgic for it again. It looks like a store near me carries the Blue Lotus line, so I will give it a try.

Have a great run

Thanks! TBH, I never enjoy the actual run, but I do feel much better for having done it.

And I'm happy to hear anybody enthuse in knowledgeable detail on any subject, so two paragraphs on Chai is entirely welcome.

My hair has thinned a lot, which I hate, but tbd if it is age, due to weight loss, due to bleaching the heck out of my hair for a couple years, or some combo. It’s no longer falling out like crazy, but it hasn’t grown back either.

I had a big weight loss shed, but it did start to grow back a few months after the shedding stopped, thank god. (Thus my frizz halo.) I still have a lot of hair, but not monster amounts of it like I had pre-shed.

Ha! Remember we got invited in to “work the pole” at a place on Bourbon St? And I was so proud of finding you a non-spicy poboy and then the mustard was too much. That was a fun day.

It was! I'm still a shame to the Hungarian people, alas.

Pretty close to being able to move back in

Crossing fingers it'll be as soon as possible.

Dana, I hope you feel better.

Oh, and people, you pretty much convinced me to visit more of the East Coast. Especially after a friend reminded me that the Library of Congress is there. I'll get back to planning as soon as I can.

I love catching up when the scary part of an adventure is already over!

YES! Woot!

....someone I know recently said something on Facebook about people who went to school in the aughts still saying "woot" and I was like, I am way older than that and I say woot?

People who went to high school in the aughts are STILL saying woot, as they were taught by their elders?

Timelies all!

We have started the process of bringing our stuff back to the house. In theory Gary and Mr. S will sleep at the house tomorrow night and I’ll join them the next day.

People who went to high school in the aughts are STILL saying woot, as they were taught by their elders?

Nice one. I'm pretty sure this young person was wondering if they are too old to still be using the word they themselves invented in their youth.

Oh Sheryl, that's so exciting!