I'm just trying to tell you that we have nothing in common besides both of us liking your penis.

Anya ,'Dirty Girls'


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.


Laura - Aug 04, 2021 5:05:30 am PDT #8282 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.

~ma for very mild symptoms for your dad, Dana.

The word symptom looks odd to me this morning.


Gudanov - Aug 04, 2021 7:54:41 am PDT #8283 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping

Hope things stay mild for your data, Dana. Lots of good health~ma.

Had a bad night. Feeling super down and super stressed at the moment. I need to get better at letting how I'm feeling show.


Laura - Aug 04, 2021 8:20:14 am PDT #8284 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.

{{Gud}} One of the things I have liked about Noom, and many people don't like, is they are very big on DBT mindfulness stuff. I hadn't really looked at it much before the dieting, but know many who have benefited from the practices. [link]


Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 04, 2021 9:57:29 am PDT #8285 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

Yikes Dana! Hope your dad's case is a mild one.


shrift - Aug 04, 2021 10:57:06 am PDT #8286 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

Mild symptoms~ma, Dana.

My COVID-19 PCR test came back negative this morning, which is nice. I'd very much like these lingering cold symptoms to GTFO of my head, though. I'll continue to quarantine and test again in a couple of days to be on the safe side.

I also got confirmation that my location transfer has been approved. I don't have details yet, but this means I'll have a normal city commute when we go back to the office!


Steph L. - Aug 04, 2021 10:59:15 am PDT #8287 of 30000
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated

My COVID-19 PCR test came back negative this morning, which is nice. I'd very much like these lingering cold symptoms to GTFO of my head, though. I'll continue to quarantine and test again in a couple of days to be on the safe side.

My mom texted me this morning to tell me she has strep throat (also got a Covid test, but it was negative), and she said "I kind of forgot there are other illnesses out there!" At least with strep throat, you can throw antibiotics at it.


Dana - Aug 04, 2021 11:00:21 am PDT #8288 of 30000
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."

I'll have a normal city commute when we go back to the office!

Woot! Though...is that still long, just not nearly as long as before?


Laura - Aug 04, 2021 11:03:05 am PDT #8289 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.

"I kind of forgot there are other illnesses out there!"

Several family members have told me this is the first year they didn't get strep or flu or other respiratory stuff in forever. Hence their desire to never give up their masks.


shrift - Aug 04, 2021 11:20:53 am PDT #8290 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

Though...is that still long, just not nearly as long as before?

It takes me 30-40 minutes to get to our downtown office by public transit or car, so it's a lot shorter with way more flexibility.


askye - Aug 04, 2021 11:30:33 am PDT #8291 of 30000
Thrive to spite them

Work has reinstated the mask mandate mandates employees. We never actually enforced it for customers. Some of the make up counters had gone back to doing some of the usual stuff but they are back to touch free. And they are going to limit fitting rooms in some way ...maybe.

They are going to consolidate registers since we don't have as many people and probably won't have the level of staff we did pre covid again. At least not in the foreseeable future. And most of the fitting rooms will be turned into stock rooms.

And company travel is stopped. Out store manager made it clear the changes are there to make sure we can stay safe and stay open and that no one wants anyone to be furloughed again. Which would only happen if there was another shutdown.