Been scrolling and lurking, popping in to add my ~ma to the pile. I’m sorry you’re having to deal with this, Epic.
Everybody dies, Tracey. Someone's carrying a bullet for you right now, doesn't even know it. The trick is to die of old age before it finds you.
Mal ,'The Message'
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 - Mar 27, 2024 2:13:58 pm PDT #29421 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
erikaj - Mar 27, 2024 2:48:32 pm PDT #29422 of 30000
If Scooby Doo taught me anything, it's that the only thing to fear is real-estate developers.Lisa Simpson
That sounds so hard, Epic. Wish I could help, but I'll keep a good thought for you.
Amy - Mar 27, 2024 3:46:41 pm PDT #29423 of 30000
Because books.
Sending you love and hugs, Epic. Will keep my fingers crossed it's nothing.
amyparker - Mar 27, 2024 4:13:35 pm PDT #29424 of 30000
In the end it's only ever been one step, and then the next.
Epic, honey, I'm sorry that you're having to deal with the possibility of another round of this. Adding my ~ma to the heap.
Calli - Mar 28, 2024 3:56:50 am PDT #29425 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
All the It’s Nothing~ma, Epic.
I’m glad the Baltimore-istas are ok.
Jesse - Mar 28, 2024 6:10:45 pm PDT #29426 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Hoping for the best, Epic.
Java cat - Mar 28, 2024 7:58:58 pm PDT #29427 of 30000
Not javachik
Adding my well wishes & -ma to you, Epic.
aurelia - Mar 28, 2024 8:34:18 pm PDT #29428 of 30000
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
{{{Epic}}}
dcp has wise words.
DavidS - Mar 29, 2024 9:30:30 am PDT #29429 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
It's supposed to rain all day today. I should've run yesterday when it was sunny, but I faffed around instead.
Matilda's baseball team won both games this week, including a 15-13 slugfest yesterday. She had a bases clearing single that brought in three, and played well.
She's busy hyping up her teammates (or getting on them for poor effort or focus), chatting up the opposing team and looking after the umpires. She's really shown great leadership as co-Captain.
She's also been mentoring some Sophomore boys who keep telling her how much they'll miss her next year.
We still don't have anything in place for next year except a grab bag of intent: Travel, some classes at City College (Spanish, art...), getting a job, applying to college.
Shir - Mar 29, 2024 10:29:26 am PDT #29430 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
shrift and lisah, my condolences. I'm sorry. {{}}
Epic, darling, big hugs. I'm sorry for the news. Lots of strength and good news~ma.
Also just general good news~ma to all here. Most of us could use some.
Next week there's a planned mass protest around the parliament (Knesset) for 3 full days. We'll see how it goes.
ION, I plan to spend part of the weekend in continuing planning the travel, because a. someone needs to do it and that someone is apparently me, and b. ESTA paperwork requires me to give them an address of where I'm planning to stay, so I better understand where that address is. This is also the time to mention that I was in the US a decade ago, so a bunch of friends are currently supporting me in the process of adjusting what I very vaguely remember about flying and technology adjustments ("wait, I can get a local data card here? And oh right, there's WhatsApp and Google Maps now!"). I don't travel internationally much.
Anyhow, if you're on the East Coast, Seattle or SF and want to meet and didn't mention it until now, now is the time. I know I'm planning it pretty poorly because most of my attention is currently here, so apologies for that. My current MO is sending emails to people in specific locations and see who wants to meet where and when.