That all sounds good! Nap for me, please. I don't know why but I started wanting to just go back to bed (like, more than I always do) about an hour ago but I cannot

I did! Holy cow!

Oh god the ENDING!!! I am super tense now! I also forgot about the cowcatcher that Leif launched at Kroc when he was what can generously be called "mentally iffy," and I wonder if that will come into play with the weapon launched at the cube. Tim thinks no, and tried to explain his reasoning by talking about gravity waves, but that just made my brain hurt.

On the bigger big bad out there, I remember at the end of the previous season Kroc referred to "little brother," and we still don't know who that is. Speculation ranged from Chuck (remember him/it?) to Leif to Caspar to the diner itself. So mysterious "little brother" is one option for the bigger bad, I guess.

I don't know if the Midnight Burger and Welcome to the Horizon storylines are supposed to converge at the end of this season, but I feel like they have to. If the diner ends up in the now-traveling Hood's Pocket, they'll be so excited to see the Mungo! Also Leif, of course. I feel like Frank and Trinkett and Tavrok have to be useful in the fight against Kroc.

Meloxicam is still works well for me.

The combination of a steroid shot in my bad hip plus daily meloxicam worked SO well to keep the pain basically gone. When I got my second steroid shot 3 weeks ago at the orthopedic practice, the ortho bro doctor said he can't keep refilling the meloxicam for me, that I'm going to need to see my primary care provider for that, because I need to have labwork done to make sure the meloxicam isn't fucking up various organs. I genuinely don't understand why the ortho bro couldn't order labwork, but whatever. I have an appointment with my primary care provider in a couple of weeks to see if I can continue the meloxicam. In the meantime, ibuprofen is definitely not working as well, so I have a moderate amount of breakthrough pain despite the steroid shot. Grrr.

Boo breakthrough pain. Also I now can only picture Dr Glaucomflecken with the phrase “ortho bro”.

Yay renewing license and improving vision! You know if you hadn’t gotten the documents together they would’ve suddenly needed them.

The electronic signature (no stylus, so fingertip on tablet) is horrible. Oh, well.

My voting place had us sign that way and compare it to my license which had a real signature. I felt bad for the person checking because near impossible.

Meloxicam is one of a very long list of painkillers that I can't take. I ended up taking Diclofenac for my painful joints and it works okay. Okay meaning it doesn't make me sick. It apparently is the same drug in the topical Voltaren.

I just saw a TikTok about how diclofenac went generic and started being given to cows in India but then when they died the vultures tried to eat them as usual but it kills vultures so caused a huge chaos (eventually it was banned for cows I guess!)

My tailbone is still hurting when I try to do squats at the gym even though it’s not otherwise feeling bruised anymore. Booo. Stupid falling down stairs on my butt. I just don’t have the same padding I used to either!

Thanks, everyone! I had seafood and tres leches, and soon I'm going to read some fanfic and go to bed. Ideal 50th birthday.

Well done!

Happy birthday to dcp! I hope your back is feeling better and allows you to properly enjoy your day. May this year be filled with unexpected treats and delights.

Happy Birthday, dcp! May you have a fabulous year ahead!

Steph, I just relistened and heard Caspar at the end saying very quietly, "fermions and bosons," after "I love you guys." Aw, man! Comforting himself with an Ava-ism as he jumps into the line of fire .

ETA: The Leif weapon heading to Krok is low key always on my mind, yes! And "little brother,"

So much chewy goodness!

Happy Birthday dcp! May today be a big improvement over yesterday!

Last night I went to Baskin Robbins to pick up some ice cream for the first time in ages (daquiri ice tastes as good as I remembered) and finished it off in my carport while my first firefly of the season hovered around nearby blinking. It made for a very nice moment of calm.