Just like David going running this morning, I just had a huge fight with myself over whether to use the rowing machine tonight. I’m still not sleeping and I just feel exhausted all the time. But I did get my minutes in.
I walk. I talk. I shop, I sneeze. I'm gonna be a fireman when the floods roll back. There's trees in the desert since you moved out. And I don't sleep on a bed of bones.
Buffy ,'Chosen'
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.
Tom Scola - Mar 14, 2024 4:57:23 pm PDT #29182 of 30000
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
DavidS - Mar 14, 2024 7:19:42 pm PDT #29183 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I’m still not sleeping and I just feel exhausted all the time. But I did get my minutes in.
Full credit!
I did not, in fact, go running because EM was coming earlier than planned. But I did manage to go walk 9,215 steps, and now I'll make one last foray out into the evening to get my 10k.
P.M. Marc - Mar 14, 2024 7:57:28 pm PDT #29184 of 30000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Ugh, Sheryl, I'm sorry. That is cruddy.
I am booked for SF and JZ. Coming in Thursday midday and out Sunday morning. Hotel yet to be figured.
We're coming in Thursday evening, flying out Sunday morning. I wound up just going with an Expedia package deal (the hotel we landed on is a seven-minute walk from the venue, and it has good reviews, so fingers crossed).
msbelle - Mar 15, 2024 6:18:50 am PDT #29185 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Sorry for the exhaustion and stressy situations.
WHY ARE PEOPLE TRYING WITH ME TODAY?!?!?
Today is not the day and I AM NOT THR ONE!
Relatedly, I am possibly more stressed out than I realized about going to care for my friend going through chemotherapy. I MIGHT be a skootch irritable masking the fear. Being self-aware does not make it better.
-t - Mar 15, 2024 3:50:29 pm PDT #29186 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Hugs and hairpats as you are willing to tolerate, msbelle. Or I can glare at anyone irritating you.
Raises show up on today's paycheck! It's a whopping 2.5% for my Exceeds Expectations, my boss was kind of embarrassed to tell me. And now that I see the take home, it nets out to about $80 more a month. I was trying to think of an expense I have that that will cover. I think I would have to get pretty granular. But it's not zero, which it has been occasionally in the past, so that's something.
meara - Mar 15, 2024 4:00:44 pm PDT #29187 of 30000
Exceeds expectations is great, even if 2.5% isn’t!
-t - Mar 15, 2024 4:27:00 pm PDT #29188 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I was pretty pleased with that!
And the raise does pretty much cover my water bill, so that's something sort of tangible.
Jesse - Mar 15, 2024 5:42:14 pm PDT #29189 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
-t, you've always exceeded my expectations!
As ever, I know that some people have real problems, and I'm thinking about all of you so much (and especially Matilda's friend), but still: I have had a loooooong week and I am so happy not going to see a band with friends tonight AND no plans tomorrow. Phew.
DavidS - Mar 15, 2024 6:50:31 pm PDT #29190 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I have had a loooooong week and I am so happy not going to see a band with friends tonight AND no plans tomorrow. Phew.
Exhale....lower your shoulders. Have a drink. Ahhhh.
and especially Matilda's friend
Here's the thing: Matilda's friend, Isabella does not really know the seriousness of the situation yet, because her mom has been in deep denial. All Isabella knows at this point is that her mom has Lymphoma (which is not the diagnosis at all). So I have not mentioned any of this to Matilda, so she can't reach out to her friend etc.
I'm afraid that by the time anybody can rally to Lola's aid she's going to be already in hospice.
Anyway, I am also exhaling on Friday night. I had a reasonably productive week and I bought a round of drinks at Alembic for the staff at Booksmith (they are related businesses and have a swinging door between bar and bookstore) to give everybody a weekend boost.
Calli - Mar 15, 2024 7:17:55 pm PDT #29191 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I’m taking a friend’s ticket to a production of Murder on the Orient Express this Sunday. Unfortunately it’s because she has COVID. But it seems to be a mild case, and there’s no point in letting the ticket go to waste. I hope everyone’s weekend is as restorative as possible.