Skinner is very sociable.

Skinner is a sweetie. Give him some scritches from me!

Same. Love when that happens.

Me three!

I hope the roadtrip and pet wrangling go well, Laura.

And I hope you dodge the virus, dcp.

I’m still job hunting. I’d hoped to ride out the rest of my career at the university, but that seems unlikely.

Anyway, I’m still enjoying working in my allotment garden. More nasturtiums and beans have sprouted. And some things are coming up that prompt the evergreen question, “Did I plant that, or is it a weed?” Yesterday I went out to water and fertilize everything. There are some allotments that people evidently reserved and then never did anything with. The Canada thistle is nearly hip high in some of them. I can’t imagine the absent gardeners would choose to show at this point of the season, but if they did, wow—I would not envy them clearing those weeds.

I’m also enjoying the sense of middle aged community (some are older or younger, but the trend is 40-50-ish). Everyone is minding their plots, with little jaunts to see how things are going in other people’s and chat about rain, deer, what’s over- or under-performing.

Continued job~ma, Calli. The community vibe of the garden sounds lovely.

Protests this Saturday are right on my beach. The gathering spot is precisely 1 mile south of me, but it will spread in both directions as the available space is narrow. 10 AM - 12:30, but the weather app shows clear skies, so it's seriously toasty conditions. Windy on the beach, so that should help.

Community garden sounds like a good thing all around, Calli. Pleased you are enjoying it

It's been unpleasantly overcast and cold for the last few weeks, and I'm ready for it to be over.

I'm not asking for the moon, San Francisco, but some 70 degree temps in June would be nice. (This is all compounded by my heater not working so it's 53 and brisk inside my house.)

One of Matilda's friends called me and her at 2am in the morning because she was having a panic attack and her parents were away. So she got let in, and Matilda helped her regulate and she slept in the Garden Apartment.

You know what parents fuckin' hate? 2am calls related to teenager crisis.

I had to get Matilda up at 6:45am this morning because the couple who use her as a babysitter needed her to take one of their kids to camp this morning. So that's an Uber ride from our house, a Waymo ride with kid from their house, and an Uber ride home by 9:30. (They're paying for the Ubers and Waymos, of course, plus paying for her time.)

She's got a busy day for a change with the morning babysitting, and Pilates later and therapy after that. And she's been diligently following up on the series of medical appointments and will see an ENT soon to check out her deviated septum issues.

Calli, your community garden sounds delightful! Bob got a plot in a community garden near here a few years ago but the place was run by a tyrant. It really put him off gardening.

I somehow feel worse today and am mad about it. I slept for like 12 hours and it didn’t help. I do have an appetite at least! And ordered very good Chinese last night and have leftovers including hot and sour soup so I hope that cures it

My massage therapist cancelled today's appointment because she feels like she's coming down with a cold or something. And while my quad muscle could have used the pummeling, I appreciate that she doesn't want to spread the plague. And I can reschedule for next week, so no big deal.

I somehow feel worse today and am mad about it.

Boo! Here's hoping the hot and sour soup is magic today

I am having lunch related decision paralysis. Do I want a pastrami sandwich or dim sum? I feel like it's amazing I got to the point of only considering two options but I'm stuck there

Do I want a pastrami sandwich or dim sum?

Those are both fine options but I'd probably opt for the Pastrami sandwich if I was really hungry.