I’m on the way home from Colorado. My poor throat still feels raw. When I get home, I plan to drink some tea and nap until 2025.
Great trip, though. It was fantastic to see my college roommates and my brother and SiL.
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Natter 78: I might need to watch some Buffy for inspiration
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Steph L. - Sep 17, 2024 9:56:11 am PDT #2612 of 4180
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
JenP - Sep 17, 2024 10:08:34 am PDT #2613 of 4180
Yay for great trip, Steph!
Oof, that is a lot, Hec.
Jess, I'm glad that was only a dream. That would, indeed, suck.
JenP - Sep 17, 2024 11:21:07 am PDT #2614 of 4180
Cereal:
My poor pup! She has seasonal allergies, and they have been really bad lately... I thought she had gotten her allergy shot two weeks ago when she was in for a med dose titration test, but I misread the line item. She hasn't gotten it since 7/31! Poor noodle. Two extra weeks of unnecessary itching. Bad dog person, I am. Also got her distemper vax while I was there, in keeping with our general vax theme here.
JenP - Sep 17, 2024 11:21:41 am PDT #2615 of 4180
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Laura - Sep 17, 2024 11:30:50 am PDT #2616 of 4180
Our wings are not tired.
All the vaxes. Skinner got his Lyme and kennel cough a couple days ago. The vet tech told me the best way to keep the dog's nails trimmed. He takes his to the tennis court and tosses balls frequently and running on the hard surface keeps the nails trimmed.
erikaj - Sep 17, 2024 2:40:46 pm PDT #2617 of 4180
Always Anti-fascist!
Honestly? When I was young and kind of outside, imagining the Working World and all? I never thought it would be so much like a feuding family trying to paper over its flaws for the public.
DavidS - Sep 17, 2024 5:17:40 pm PDT #2618 of 4180
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
We're safely tucked into our hotel in Pasadena.
The lobby has a Foosball table! Woot!
Matilda and I are about to go out to dinner.
College tours tomorrow.
Steph L. - Sep 17, 2024 6:35:50 pm PDT #2619 of 4180
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
I am so sick. I really think I’ll need to see the doctor tomorrow. For now I’m hoping 12 hours of sleep in my own bed will help somewhat.
Hil R. - Sep 17, 2024 10:11:21 pm PDT #2620 of 4180
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Feel better, Steph!
Several of my students were clearly sick in class today, and one of my colleagues was out for the past week with Covid.
Calli - Sep 18, 2024 4:02:11 am PDT #2621 of 4180
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Health~ma, Steph (and Hil). Safe travels Hec. Arm~ma to just about everyone else, looks like. I’m glad we’re all getting vaxxed. Glad your Tuesday was better, msbelle—mine was, too.
My employer has been pretty good about remote work. I think it’s because physical office space is at a premium there. They have more people working for them than they can seat. And while they’ve bought up a lot of property in town to try and alleviate that, it’s still a very hot market here, so they can make more money renting it out rather than have us working in it. All of which leads to me working barefoot, with a cat on my lap, 95% of the time.