Meara, you are absolutely gorgeous. She was speaking truth.

We had lunch at Mystic Pizza today. We’re headed to the aquarium in the morning. ltc cannot wait. She’s so excited. We went to a horror themed bookstore today with only a few minutes to spend there before our dinner reservations. It was amazing, and we plan on returning before we head home. I posted a couple of pics on fb.

There is a flashing green light in my hotel room and someone is on the phone in the hallway. I am the only one who isn’t sleeping because of this.

Oh people in hotel hallways (or slamming their doors) are so annoying. Hope you eventually got some sleep!!

I have a maybe date on Saturday? I don’t know what to wear on a hiking maybe-date! Or what to bring? Aaaaah.

Bring water. (/not helpful)

Happy belated, Sj. Sorry to have missed a Karl sighting...hate that.(although it's not that we don't speak, I'm just...demanding.) Meara, good luck with your date. This last few days? Kind of miserable.

Timelies all!

Happy 4th to US Buffistas!

My senior prom was at the Mystic Aquarium.

Sunday Gary went to the neighborhood pool with Mr.S. At some point Mr. S had a major meltdown and assaulted one of the neighborhood kids.(One he had been friends with, to boot). He's been banned from the pool for the rest of the summer. sigh...

My neighborhood's July 4th parade was awesome as usual. I'm assuming we were the only neighborhood in Cincinnati whose parade had high school marching bands, 2 separate floats with drag queens, a horseback therapy group (on horseback), a roller derby team, a street roller hockey team, politicians, 2 separate pro-Palestine groups, a Jewish Voice for Peace group, the library, the art museum, a random woman with a sign saying "FUCK SCOTUS," Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, the Water Works, pro-LGBTQ churches, the animal shelter, an anti-gerrymandering group, antique cars, the Teamsters for the Amazon hub at the airport, and a random dude on a riding mower. We have a little bit of everything. Except Republicans and other assorted bigotry, I guess. There was even a Kennedy for President group. Tim wouldn't let me yell "Tell us about the brain worm!"

Have I mentioned that we're finally moving out of Texas? At some point in 2025. Bought a house that's being built in Richmond, VA, so sometime early-ish next year we'll move. It's exciting yet anticlimactic right now. Once the building actually starts, we'll see if the next 7-9 months feel endless. I guess I'll still be here to cast a vote against Ted Cruz in November.

Oh no, the fog is coming in just in time to thwart the fireworks.

It looked for sure like we were going to have the first clear night in 10 years.

Dana, super exciting! I mean, yes, a ways off, but... exciting!

We went to see A Quiet Place Day One tonight with two friends. Two of us were bored senseless, one thought it was OK, one thought it was good. So, there you go. Then we had a yum, fun dinner nearby. As expected, our pup doesn't notice the fireworks. Honey badger don't give a shit.

I wish I had taken PTO tomorrow. Oh, well. For sure, it will be a mellow day.

Hope the fireworks were still OK-ish, David.

Hope the fireworks were still OK-ish, David.

I mean, I can hear them. But as a veteran of 38 years of SF Fireworks you're just getting dim glimpses of colored lights in the fog.

I can't emphasize enough how warm and blue skied it was all day, and then just as the sun went down the fog came in with Eddie Izzard described speed. It does roil in quickly when it's in the mood.