Barely working seems appropriate, msbelle. And skipping denial and bargaining seems vbvery sensible, really. I'm a sucker for denial, personally. Hope mac can stay warm okay and drives safely

My heart skipped a beat as I was processing Jess's message. Not. OK, not is good here.

All totally understandable, msbelle.

Sending good results vibes Cincinnati way. I will never learn how to spell that right, apparently.

I love that there is an olive oil emporium in your day today, -t. Olive oil emporium! Excellent.

It's a really nice place, Jen! I mostly have been there when they take part in the winery passport thing (they partner with a winery but also have samples of their olive oils and vinegars and provide the food) but they also do community millings so people who have, say, an olive tree with a small harvest can press their own oil, and their restaurant is open all the time, I guess, but by reservation only since the pandemic and they are just far enough away that I generally feel like it's too much trouble to get over there. I do see their menus pretty regularly, though, and the current one sounded especially good *and* has a specialty martini so I am bestirring myself.

There are actually a couple of other olive oil emporia nearby, it's a major crop for the area. This one is my favorite.

Mac made it to class and back and proclaimed English 101 a snoozefest.

Glad to hear that he made it there.