In a blast from the past Buffista birthday news, today is Deena's birthday. We sat next to each other on the plane ride from Chicago to San Francisco on the way to a F2F. It was so delightful to have that one-on-one time. I haven't seen any sign of her in quite some time and hope that she is well.

All the hugs in the world to (((Steph))).

❤️

Today was the nicest day of the summer we’ve had in NYC.

Man, when the heat — and especially the humidity — lets up, it's like you've been dropped into one of the good parallel universes!

Here's my onerous to-do list for this week that I'm posting here for accountability

That onerous list is all stuff I need to tackle basically starting tomorrow. But today I have onerously:

Washed all the dishes (both sides full)
Made copycat Starbuck's egg bites for breakfasts this week
Made my chicken/bean/corn/tomato concoction for my lunches this week
Rearranged some shit in the pantry that's been needing to be rearranged for a while
Changed the sheets
Sent up the BatNunsignal* to ask my nun friend (and, by extension, the other sisters in her order) to pray for Tim's PET scan (happening Tuesday) being as good as possible

*(The Nunsignal is just an email. It's daytime so an actual Nunsignal wouldn't be effective at all.)

Now I may need a cocktail.

Hmm, what would the Nunsignal look like? A ruler smacking the back of a hand?

Yesterday I drove down to Little Rock with my mom for the grand opening of my cousin's bookstore: [link]

We got to visit with her and my other cousin who showed up for support, and get a tour of the shop. The highlight was the incredibly cute study/reading room whose entrance is made to look like you're entering the wardrobe from Lewis' Narnia books (complete with a curtain of hanging fur stoles you have to push your way through). I also finally got to take Mom to dinner at The Terrace, a tiny Greek fine dining restaurant in a bank building which is the only place I know of in the South with good saganaki (great, really). The weather was perfect both for outdoor dining and the drive down and back.

Hmm, what would the Nunsignal look like? A ruler smacking the back of a hand?

I was picturing a halo, but the ruler does make more sense.

The highlight was the incredibly cute study/reading room whose entrance is made to look like you're entering the wardrobe from Lewis' Narnia books (complete with a curtain of hanging fur stoles you have to push your way through).

That sounds delightful!

The Nunsignal (okay, email) was answered! Sr. E. said she would ask the other sisters to pray for Tim as well, and I suddenly pictured the lighting of the beacons in RotK.