I'm 17. Looking at linoleum makes me want to have sex.

Xander ,'First Date'


Natter 74: Ready or Not  

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.


sj - Feb 08, 2016 1:31:32 pm PST #15033 of 30003
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

Thanks Juliana. I'll try that.

ltc is miserable today. She wants me to hold her 24/7. I'm exhausted and TCG is home but shoveling. So, I'm not getting rig any relief. She is consistently like this every time we have a very social busy weekend. I think I gave birth to an extrovert. How the hell did that happen.

The split peas are still hard. So TCG transferred the soup to the stove. I'll make sure it is up to temp before we eat it.


aurelia - Feb 08, 2016 2:51:56 pm PST #15034 of 30003
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

No. You should be able to figure out how to do that without disturbing her. Or so my cats tell me regularly.

That's fair. From a feline standpoint.

I can't imagine myself having the energy for a child. I did find teaching both exhausting and energizing, but I was mostly away from kids after 9pm so I could decompress.


Jesse - Feb 08, 2016 3:45:27 pm PST #15035 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Somebody brought in pizza and put the leftovers out for the rest of us to scavenge so I did have a slice. Making up for Jesse.

I'm so glad!


Kate P. - Feb 08, 2016 4:05:03 pm PST #15036 of 30003
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love

sj, just chiming in to say I also have almost never felt that strong letdown feeling that some women experience. I asked a lactation consultant and she said in fact, lots of women never really do. So for what it's worth, that's more common than you might think.


sarameg - Feb 08, 2016 4:08:51 pm PST #15037 of 30003

Supercooled pool. My fingers didn't even prune and everything felt super slippery, it was weird. Good for the fact that I'm a giant ball of ache. I think it's the storm system. Kicked in right around when the pressure started dropping.

Long day webexed into a SDR while working on other stuff when I could. More tomorrow, weather permitting. And shoveling, unless this storm is a bust.

The nextdoor trashcan thread is now at 35 replies. People are all upset over the default can being 65 gal! Too big! OMG, we have to actually *request* a smaller one!!! What about the infirm? It's hilarious at this point.


Steph L. - Feb 08, 2016 4:10:29 pm PST #15038 of 30003
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

The nextdoor trashcan thread is now at 35 replies. People are all upset over the default can being 65 gal! Too big! OMG, we have to actually *request* a smaller one!!! What about the infirm? It's hilarious at this point.

Same thing happened here. People have VERY STRONG FEELINGS about trashcans.


Dana - Feb 08, 2016 4:19:50 pm PST #15039 of 30003
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Happened on mine too.


sj - Feb 08, 2016 4:29:00 pm PST #15040 of 30003
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

Thanks, Kate. That's good to know.


sarameg - Feb 08, 2016 4:32:54 pm PST #15041 of 30003

It's a city provided, gps located trashcan! Such hullabaloo over size (never mind that I think the bigger question is whether this is actually a good use of tax resources, considering it came out of the blue and wasn't a community request.)


meara - Feb 08, 2016 4:48:31 pm PST #15042 of 30003

GPS located trash can?? Damn. Though my compost can has apparently wandered off somewhere, so it'd be nice if it were gps tagged and I could find it, I guess?

A friend just informed me she and another friend have secretly been sleeping together for months. And now I'm all weirded out that I didn't know (and I was hanging out with the two of them a bunch, and hearing all sorts of stuff from the one that has a WHOLE different shade of meanings knowing she's not jsit a concerned friend/unbiased observer, but instead totally involved, and advice shed asked for is totally not what I'd have said if I knew, etc) and ugh. I hate not knowing shit. AND, she's asked me to not tell another mutual friend. Hate.