March Randoms

[rubytue]

4 hours past shingrix #2, and I just want to nap. But I am not a napper. This dose not bode well for rallying tomorrow.

[spindle92]

Mar 7, 2023 22:00:34 GMT -5 StrawberryBlondie said:

Mar 7, 2023 21:49:23 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

I liked this because how exciting to compete!

I've got a list of about 30 potential songs at the moment. 😉

OMG this is incredible!  (The competing part).

share some somg choices if you want.
Former dance choreographer who loves to make up routines in her head when she hears great songs.

[StrawberryBlondie]

Mar 10, 2023 16:11:52 GMT -5 spindle92 said:

Mar 7, 2023 22:00:34 GMT -5 StrawberryBlondie said:

I've got a list of about 30 potential songs at the moment. 😉

OMG this is incredible!  (The competing part).

share some somg choices if you want.
Former dance choreographer who loves to make up routines in her head when she hears great songs.

Here's a small portion of the list I sent over to my coach.


Walking in Memphis - Mark Cohn
Smoothie Song - Nickel Creek
Hit em Up Style - Carolina Chocolate Drops version
Take me to Church - Hozier
Say it to Me Now - The Swell Season
Landslide - Fleetwood Mac
I Wanna Dance with Somebody - Marian Hill version
Creep - Radiohead
Black Hole Sun - Soundgarden
God Only Knows - Peter Smith version (from Shrill)

[rubytue]

Well, 48 hours post shingrix and I very sore arm, a bit tired, and yesterday I had a headache, but also did my taxes. Considering what people told me about it, this was excellent. I heard stories about being in bed for 3 days. But, I am about to smack my H. He is a toucher (I am decidedly, not, but try to tolerate because he is). And every time he walks by, he puts his hands on me. And without fail, he does it to my upper arm.

[AJL]

I'm attending SXSW this year. As a local, I usually avoid the festival but this year my DH transferred his badge to me and I thought I'd give it ago. I had an amazing time yesterday!

I went to a session on food policy (one of my personal areas of interest). Tom Colicchio from Top Chef was one of the panelists. I learned he's been very involved in food policy and hunger initiatives at the federal level for decades. It was a small audience and after the session, I had a chance to speak one-on-one with Tom about food legislation. It totally made my policy wonk-nerd heart sing!

Then last night I went to the film premiere of Ewan McGregor's new movie and I got to speak with him, too! Ahhhhh!!! Such an amazing day but today I'm totally wiped out. haha! I'm taking the day off from the festival but planning on going back tomorrow.

[audette]

A buddy's mom is moving closer to him, and buddy put put out a call for folks to help with the move/home remedy type stuff. So I went yesterday, not realizing that timelines had shifted a bit until I arrived on site. They really were not ready for unpacking, so instead, I helped with getting the yard stuff done - putting in a fence so the dogs could be secure, digging a trench for a french drain, digging out a concrete slab that was all broken, leveling some sand and gravel, and finally helping make/pour the cement for it's replacement.

Cement bags are freaking heavy. I've never seen a sawzall used for gardening (cutting roots). Pick axes are kinda fun to use, but, _wow_ are they a full body workout.


I learned, late in the day, the two other folks I was helping were both _barely_ 21. And I was at least sort of keeping up. Sort of. I can pretend, at least.

Also, _everything_ hurts today. Holy crap. Ow.

[wise_rita]

AJL Ewan looks mildly insane there (like a young Doc Brown from Back to the Future LOL) but I love him! Jealous!

[AJL]

Mar 12, 2023 13:32:35 GMT -5 wise_rita said:

AJL Ewan looks mildly insane there (like a young Doc Brown from Back to the Future LOL) but I love him! Jealous!

Haha! He does! He’s currently filming A Gentleman in Moscow which accounts for the crazy hair and mustache.

[cattledogkisses]

We saw Hamilton this weekend, which was my Christmas present from H. Omg, it was SO GOOD. We listened to the whole soundtrack again on the way home.

I know I am, like, 7 years behind the times, but please humor me lol.

[rubytue]

I spent today coordinating a fridge from buy nothing for some Ukrainian refugees sponsored by a friend of mine. And now I have a song from Eddie from Ohio stuck in my head: Here I am, stupid America.

Although, I did manage to use two Polish words appropriately. But I am so anxious that I did something too rude American. I took my shoes off, I drank tea, and complemented the bread I was offered (with one of my two words).

[Vespasia]

I honestly might faint if I met Ewan McGregor. He's been near the top of my celebrity crush list forever.

And speaking of crushes, the new Luther movie on Netflix is pretty damn good. It still doesn't make up for the last season of the show though. Still mad about that.

[mrsukyankee]

rubytue, my H is a toucher/hugger too and he ALWAYS hits any injection site I have. Without fail.

[rubytue]

Mar 13, 2023 6:56:37 GMT -5 mrsukyankee said:

rubytue, my H is a toucher/hugger too and he ALWAYS hits any injection site I have. Without fail.

It’s like their hands are magnetically attracted to it. 😫

[Velar Fricative]

Mar 12, 2023 15:55:07 GMT -5 cattledogkisses said:

We saw Hamilton this weekend, which was my Christmas present from H. Omg, it was SO GOOD. We listened to the whole soundtrack again on the way home.

I know I am, like, 7 years behind the times, but please humor me lol.

It is never too late to get into Hamilton, says the person who only saw it for the first time less than a year ago (though I did watch it on Disney+ one time before we went to see it live). 

[Velar Fricative]

The clock change is killing me. I was up until midnight last night, which neeeeever happens. There is not enough coffee in the world for this day.

[rubytue]

7:35am, and the trucks showed up to install my solar system. Yay! But I was caffeinated yet and had to talk to people. 

[UMaineTeach]

It’s amusing to me that H spends time scrolling streaming services looking for something to watch and when he does settle on something he hits play and goes off to get a snack.

In this age, there’s no reason to miss your show to get a snack. Yet the cycle repeats nightly.

[seeyalater52]

I have strep but I swear I feel like I’m dying of meningitis or something. This is the most miserable I’ve ever felt and I’m almost 12 hours into antibiotics.

[lemoncupcake]

Mar 16, 2023 20:51:05 GMT -5 seeyalater52 said:

I have strep but I swear I feel like I’m dying of meningitis or something. This is the most miserable I’ve ever felt and I’m almost 12 hours into antibiotics.

Strep is terrible! But you should hopefully be feeling significantly better by morning once the ABX kick in.

[NewOrleans]

Mar 10, 2023 13:46:51 GMT -5 bugandbibs said:

I'm fully healed now,

I did not know you had been going through this. 
I am sending you the gentlest healing, most golden vibes for your soul to catch up to your body now. ❤️‍🩹 

[StrawberryBlondie]

Mar 16, 2023 20:51:05 GMT -5 seeyalater52 said:

I have strep but I swear I feel like I’m dying of meningitis or something. This is the most miserable I’ve ever felt and I’m almost 12 hours into antibiotics.

I felt like I was dying when I had strep. By far the worst I've ever felt.

[pixy0stix]

I hired a housecleaning service a while ago, and to date they've been fantastic. Until today when they didn't clean the kitchen. A room that is on their list to clean and is something they have to walk through multiple times. Wtf. I called their office and they're sending someone else out, but it's putting a crimp in my plans waiting for them.

[wawa]

Mar 17, 2023 13:42:57 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

I hired a housecleaning service a while ago, and to date they've been fantastic. Until today when they didn't clean the kitchen. A room that is on their list to clean and is something they have to walk through multiple times. Wtf. I called their office and they're sending someone else out, but it's putting a crimp in my plans waiting for them.

Wow, that's a heck of a miss. Not like forgetting to vacuum one bedroom or something.

[cattledogkisses]

I feel like I am finally starting to crawl out of the depressive hole I've been in since December. I've always been prone to winter blues, but it was particularly brutal this year for some reason. I've felt more like myself this past week than I have in months. It happens every year, but it always amazes me how the switch flips when we change the clocks.

Now if the snow would just melt.

[pixy0stix]

I threw my back out by bending over while cleaning up my front yard. Getting old suuuuuucks.

[seeyalater52]

It took me 4 whole days to recover from strep throat after starting antibiotics. Wtf, being old is terrible.

I’m miserably behind at work since I dropped off the face of the earth mid-week last week truly too sick to work, and I was supposed to take Thurs/Fri off this week but I might have to rearrange that if I can’t get all my loose ends tied up.

I had my performance review today and it was amazing - I love my boss. I’m just over a year in here and this is my first formal eval but she’s been my boss for 5ish years (at our last org) so while all the pomp and circumstance and process is new and different she’s the same old awesome person who appreciates me for who I am and what I bring to the table. I’m proud that I’ve made her proud coming over with her and also really glad for both of us that our higher ups think I was a good hire since it was obvious nepotism lol. I got a 10% merit raise which is in part due to being named a highest performer in my division which my boss wasn’t even the decision-maker on. Today was good.

[wawa]

Mar 21, 2023 19:30:22 GMT -5 seeyalater52 said:

It took me 4 whole days to recover from strep throat after starting antibiotics. Wtf, being old is terrible.

I’m miserably behind at work since I dropped off the face of the earth mid-week last week truly too sick to work, and I was supposed to take Thurs/Fri off this week but I might have to rearrange that if I can’t get all my loose ends tied up.

I had my performance review today and it was amazing - I love my boss. I’m just over a year in here and this is my first formal eval but she’s been my boss for 5ish years (at our last org) so while all the pomp and circumstance and process is new and different she’s the same old awesome person who appreciates me for who I am and what I bring to the table. I’m proud that I’ve made her proud coming over with her and also really glad for both of us that our higher ups think I was a good hire since it was obvious nepotism lol. I got a 10% merit raise which is in part due to being named a highest performer in my division which my boss wasn’t even the decision-maker on. Today was good.

That's not nepotism, that's just networking 😂

Congrats on the raise and great feedback!

[mrsukyankee]

I gave an online presentation about mindfulness to staff today. About 50 showed up to the Teams mtg. I was very nervous about it and so happy it went well and that people felt it was useful. They recorded it and are even going to share with students. Go me!

[formerlyak]

I’ve decided to go back to school (at almost 50 - a little nervous about that piece) to become a certified substance abuse counselor. After losing both my aunt and my brother to alcoholism last year, I want to find a way to help people in that position. Watching what my brother went through and finding out later when going through his stuff that he was trying to figure out how to quit on his own was the most heartbreaking thing I’ve ever experienced. If I can help even a few people feel like they have an ally and don’t have to be alone, I want to do that.

[cattledogkisses]

House hunting exists in the ninth circle of hell right now. We found a house we liked a lot, made a cash offer $35k over the listing price, and still got outbid and lost out on it.