Happy Birthday, Amalthea
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thepnutgalleryLady Miss Friday laid with me in the morning, under the covers and right next to me, just like when I got back from rehab. On the one hand, of course I'm delighted she wants to be close to me. On the other, that was after such a dark, miserable time for her, and so now I'm concerned.
I stayed on track again, got through a ton of claims and a bunch of NOAs, but it left me so exhausted by the end of the day. Tim made the Event for Thanksgiving To-Go, and I started inviting folks, but ended up just posting it to my wall. I was surprised at the response. We do Orphan TG's every year, but I guess us putting in the extra effort to do even a distanced version means more to folks this year. I went hunting online for to-go containers, but the ones I found that were eco-friendly wanted to charge just as much in shipping as the containers themselves. I'm anticipating spending money for TG, but there's no sense squandering it. I zipped over to Smart & Final, and while I absolutely adore that they've taken Economy Size to absurd extremes, I also couldn't find any seitan or fake meat products like say, tofurky, and every clerk I asked was just confused. I managed to find those same eco-plates that were going to be $40 online for $16 in store, so at least there's that.
My mom called after work because Mike has been buying guns but not contributing financially to the household, and she wanted my advice on how to bring it up. Even though I'd started drinking, I think I gave pretty sage advice. Find that Venn Diagram between assertive and compassionate, keep your fangs sheathed. Many of the suggestions she had were passive aggressive, which led to a discussion of how I grew up thinking my family experiences were standard, and she had a similar realization to her relationship with her sister. Unfortunately, she then started going on about QAnon-type conspiracy stuff. One of her points was about Social Security, and I literally put my phone down just to find a citation correcting her. She apologized for going into politics, and I corrected her that I have ZERO problem discussing politics, I just insist it be done via text. Text message, internet chat, or even email. I need to be able to show you evidence you're wrong. Thankfully, Tim called, so I had to stop. We talked some about the TG, and I did sneak in that even when I'm not educating the masses, I still prefer text based communication.
FHA tagged me in a post about The Last Unicorn. Apparently it was a surprise hit in theatres, but as it was blowing up, the production company went bankrupt. I never even knew it was a big screen release, much less the series of unfortunate events that followed. It was at least a good reminder that as much as I rage at my failings over the years, I'm pretty ecstatic that the film was released the same year I was born. Like...really ecstatic.
I stayed on track again, got through a ton of claims and a bunch of NOAs, but it left me so exhausted by the end of the day. Tim made the Event for Thanksgiving To-Go, and I started inviting folks, but ended up just posting it to my wall. I was surprised at the response. We do Orphan TG's every year, but I guess us putting in the extra effort to do even a distanced version means more to folks this year. I went hunting online for to-go containers, but the ones I found that were eco-friendly wanted to charge just as much in shipping as the containers themselves. I'm anticipating spending money for TG, but there's no sense squandering it. I zipped over to Smart & Final, and while I absolutely adore that they've taken Economy Size to absurd extremes, I also couldn't find any seitan or fake meat products like say, tofurky, and every clerk I asked was just confused. I managed to find those same eco-plates that were going to be $40 online for $16 in store, so at least there's that.
My mom called after work because Mike has been buying guns but not contributing financially to the household, and she wanted my advice on how to bring it up. Even though I'd started drinking, I think I gave pretty sage advice. Find that Venn Diagram between assertive and compassionate, keep your fangs sheathed. Many of the suggestions she had were passive aggressive, which led to a discussion of how I grew up thinking my family experiences were standard, and she had a similar realization to her relationship with her sister. Unfortunately, she then started going on about QAnon-type conspiracy stuff. One of her points was about Social Security, and I literally put my phone down just to find a citation correcting her. She apologized for going into politics, and I corrected her that I have ZERO problem discussing politics, I just insist it be done via text. Text message, internet chat, or even email. I need to be able to show you evidence you're wrong. Thankfully, Tim called, so I had to stop. We talked some about the TG, and I did sneak in that even when I'm not educating the masses, I still prefer text based communication.
FHA tagged me in a post about The Last Unicorn. Apparently it was a surprise hit in theatres, but as it was blowing up, the production company went bankrupt. I never even knew it was a big screen release, much less the series of unfortunate events that followed. It was at least a good reminder that as much as I rage at my failings over the years, I'm pretty ecstatic that the film was released the same year I was born. Like...really ecstatic.
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