Landed in Israel (still in the plane). Next stop: home (this will take about an hour and a half or two).
Update: that tight connection? I made it, my suitcases didn't. I'll only get them tomorrow or the day after it.
Fred: Oh my God! Angel, you're…cute! Angel: Fred, don't! Fred: Oh, but the little hands! And the hair! Angel: Hey! You're fired.
'Smile Time'
Natter 78: I might need to watch some Buffy for inspiration
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.
Shir - May 21, 2024 6:08:00 am PDT #610 of 3469
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Steph L. - May 21, 2024 6:08:56 am PDT #611 of 3469
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
Lisa, that's stressful -- I hope you have smooth travels today!
Had a 3 hour layover in Chicago, so it was fine
I hate ORD with the strength of 1,000 suns. Although I'm usually in the Delta terminal, so maybe the other terminals don't suck as much.
sj - May 21, 2024 6:44:06 am PDT #612 of 3469
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
{{{lisah}}}
-t - May 21, 2024 7:02:40 am PDT #613 of 3469
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
{{{lisah}}}
Laura - May 21, 2024 7:47:03 am PDT #614 of 3469
Our wings are not tired.
I'm sorry, lisah, that is a lot.
Ugh on all the travel woes. Good to see people arriving home, but really want to have a way to transport people quickly and cheaply so we can be together more often.
Starting to plan for my move to NY. I ordered a variety of clothes to be delivered to my sister. My plan is to have clothing north and south and only travel with pet stuff and a small travel bag.
lisah - May 21, 2024 7:51:46 am PDT #615 of 3469
Punishingly Intricate
We’re home! And I have work I can do today but no meetings.
Steph L. - May 21, 2024 7:53:56 am PDT #616 of 3469
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
We’re home!
Excellent!
My plan is to have clothing north and south and only travel with pet stuff and a small travel bag.
That is such a smart idea!
Dana - May 21, 2024 8:04:53 am PDT #617 of 3469
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
I get on a plane tomorrow, but I'm hoping I got all of my transportation woes out of the way yesterday, when an 18-year-old ran a red light and hit me as I was pulling out of the parking lot of my office. We all got lucky. No airbags deployed, no injuries except for a bit of soreness today. If I hadn't seen her coming and braked, she might have t-boned me.
Jessica - May 21, 2024 8:10:42 am PDT #618 of 3469
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
I have never been especially good at finding people to hang out with on a one-on-one basis, as I find socializing in groups less awkward than socializing one-on-one, but trying it at almost fifty is even more difficult than it was when I was younger, and people just don't throw parties the way they used to before the pandemic.
I feel this so much. I never managed to build a local friend network up here after we moved out of Brooklyn, and then the pandemic hit, and now I've lived in Ossining for 9 years and the best I can do is "people I like whose kids are the same age as my kids and can chat with if we happen to run into each other." Some of whom would probably make excellent Actual Friends if I weren't so utterly shit at reaching out to people and making that happen! What I need is someone with social skills who can invite me to things (I had one, but she moved to a different state! Rude!)
Lisah, I'm glad you finally made it home!
JenP - May 21, 2024 9:11:26 am PDT #619 of 3469
My local network of friends (we all went to school here, and they're still most of my closest friends) is the reason I was so anxious to move back to the DC area. Honestly, if I hadn't had to, I never would have left in the first place. Cost of living sucks, but the proximity of the majority of my close friends is more than worth it... it makes my life. I just wish so many DC-istas hadn't moved away!
Lisah, that was a lot for one weekend. Glad you're home!
What I need is someone with social skills who can invite me to things (I had one, but she moved to a different state! Rude!)
Seriously. Who approved that?
David, a day steeped in memories the day after Jacqueline's memorial makes perfect sense.
We have a beautiful day here - warm and sunny after a few gloomy days, so that's nice. Even doggo doesn't begrudge the walking (only dog I've ever met who's "meh" on walking. The outdoors is for doing her business (er, most of the time?), adventure, schmadventure, says she.)