I have not yet figured out a way to get through to him that winter is not just some big trick that we’re playing on him to deprive him of the regular, warm outside.

Well, because winter is a big trick to deprive us of a warm outside.

I took Mom out to dinner tonight to celebrate her remission news, and the restaurant manager comped our meal for taking too long to prepare. Which we hadn't even noticed, we'd had croissants to start and Mom's salad came out plenty quickly so neither of us were going hungry or getting impatient.

I decided to spend the unexpected windfall on this insulated outdoor cat shelter for the sole remaining alley cat from the colony I used to take care of: [link]

It won't arrive before the snow hits, but hopefully I can get it assembled and set up in a secure spot soon enough to be useful to Jojo this winter.

Trudy, good on getting the EMTs to take your mom where she needed to go.

I cannot say enough about the EMTs in this city. One other time we were doing the MSK-permission-thing and part way through looked me and quietly said "we're taking her to Pres" and then quietly stayed with me until it was clear this wasn't the stroke they feared.

If he'd had another call obviously he'd have left, but he didn't and spent his gap just hanging so I wasn't alone.

Matt, that's just good news on top of good news!

I decided to spend the unexpected windfall on this insulated outdoor cat shelter for the sole remaining alley cat from the colony I used to take care of:

How awesome of you.

PMM, is that “Wednesday” like today is Wednesday so these are Wednesday clothes or like Wednesday Addams?

Oh, it's the latter.

I may or may not have ordered a LOT of stuff when Killstar had that collab on clearance. And I may or may not have also added some stuff to a Hot Topic (or maybe it was Box Lunch or Her Universe, but they're all the same parent company) order I was making for someone else.

I work at home and don't go out much (most of my friends moved away or their lives got too busy to hang). I regained 10 - 15 lbs after slacking on diet and exercise when the rolling series of disasters started last year, and I refuse to rebuy my wardrobe just yet. I'm situationally out of cope (which, being situational, can't be medicated away, and I already have all the therapy tools, and also, I can't really afford to spend at least $200 a week on a therapist), which lowers my desire to do fuck all. Therefore, I am living the lounge clothes lifestyle again. I force myself to look human for Eucharist, but that's about it.

I thought it probably was, but the day of the post being Wednesday made me less sure...I am all in favor of loungewear based wardrobes, especially pop culture centered loungewear!

We're all trying to keep up with you, Karl. The closest I come to the whole title thing? Is being in this class thing and realizing I'm not the newbie anymore(Even if I don't get to be Writer!Dr. Cox, either, which would sort of be my dream in lots of ways) but I've gotten used to thinking of myself as Green in All Things, and, while there's some big ones I'm still missing(and, well, a few of those people actually *are* young so it's not as though I've grown sophisticated, exactly) I could leave the wide-eyed rookie aside and not be lying. It'll be good to do that, at least once in a while. The path's been weird(Oh, God, has it ever!) but I've picked up a few things.

Dag, my FB memories for the week of January 20th are historically filled with consequence and rollercoaster feelings.

Obviously, the whiplash from Trump Inaguruation to Biden Inauguration to Trump Inauguration is stomach lurching.

Jacqueline started chemo at this time in 2023, and we announced her diagnosis, and last year on this date Matilda and I were on a plane to Japan.

Ple, I'm very simpatico about your overhwelming year. I'm still feeling tumble tossed onto the shore after the shipwreck of 2023, still trying to get my bearings.

Plei, I may have also purchased more than a few Wednesday clothing items for myself.

Atropa, good luck with your new job.

My current favorite Spindrift flavor is their Cosnopolitan.

Nothing exciting to report here. ltc is at her graphic novel book club, and I’m hanging out on a completely different floor from her so that I don’t embarrass her by existing.

I am unreasonably cranky about the proliferation of fancy Spindrift flavors because coffee shops/bodegas so rarely stock the plain lemon ones I like anymore! (Steak too juicy, lobster too buttery, diamond shoes too tight, etc etc.)