My Housemates’ wedding is 5 days! Tomorrow the first international house guest arrives, another one on Wednesday, and two more on Thursday. Yesterday one of the brides went to her last dress fitting with her Mom, while I drove the other bride around to get those vital last minute wedding needs: 42 bottles of Prosecco, gold spray paint, duct tape, and lightbulbs. My parents came over for dinner last night and went home with two huge boxes of table linens and orders to deliver them to the venue 2 hours in advance on the day (the 42 bottles of prosecco kill a lot of our car space). It has taken over our life to the point that when we were shopping yesterday and the store was extra crowded, I thought “of course, everyone has to do extra shopping in honor of the national holiday of Wedding Week”.
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Wednesday Watching Post: What Are You Watching and Reading and Thinking and Listening to This Week???
Happy Wednesday!!! Week 2 of unemployment for me! Luckily, my housemates’ wedding is next week, so they are keeping me busy (they got married legally in January 2020, and have been waiting 4 years to have their big blow out wedding reception). Today, I get to go pick up 200 candles, and on Saturday I take delivery of a deep freeze (no leftovers will go to waste! Not at these prices).
Continue readingMonday Afternoon Questions: What Do You Want to Ask Me the Last Week of September?
Happy Monday! I have now organized my apartment from the front wall to about 20 feet back, including the living room, front hall, and front closet!. Next step, my bedroom and the guest room! Just gonna keep moving backwards until I’ve covered the whole space.
Continue readingDCIB Zoom WatchAlong: Crew! 3pm Chicago Time!
Happy Sunday!!! Normally I say if no one shows up within the first 15 minutes, I cancel. But today, no! I’m just gonna let the thing run in the background while I clean the living room if no one shows up. And occasionally comment.
Continue readingDCIB WatchAlong: Crew! Sunday (Tomorrow) at 3pm Chicago Time!!!! Join When You Can!!!
Sunday seems to be the winning time! But I had to balance the PST people with my going to dinner with my parents and so on, and I landed on 3pm Chicago time. Which I hope will be equally inconvenient/convenient for everyone.
Continue readingHappy Wednesday! I’m doing a Crew WatchAlong Tonight and I Want to Do Another One With Y’All This Weekend!
Happy happy Wednesday! I am at a new plateau of job stress! Still don’t have a new job, but soooooooooooooooooooo much happier and better and optimistic and everything now that I have a few days separated from the old one!
Continue readingMy Last Day at My Job of 13 Years
Such a weird day! It would be weird and emotional no matter what, but since I am leaving on such bad strange terms, it feels even weirder. As always in the darkest times of my life, I turn to SRK.
Continue readingThings to Talk About! Dave Grohl Secret Baby, Deepika and Ranveer Real Baby, What I’ve Learned Spending Time With Small Children
I’m trying to get through my second to last day at this job and the best distraction is cheesy gossip. Join me!
Continue readingStree 2 Review (SPOILERS): Our Three Idiots Are Back! And As Sweet and Normal as Ever!
I already put up my no-spoilers review. You can read that if you want to watch the movie with no spoilers, be surprised by how it plays out. But if you can’t wait for streaming and want to find out what happens, read on! You will still enjoy it for all the silly jokes and clever images, even if you know the plot.
Continue readingStree 2 Review (No Spoilers): It Actually Does Answer the Questions from the Original!!!
So happy I was finally able to watch this! With the nuttiness of my life this past month (two big family visits, plus work stuff) I really thought I wouldn’t be able to catch it in theaters. I finally did, but was also late so I think I missed about the first ten minutes? Still incredible though!
Continue readingMonday Morning Questions: What Do You Want to Ask Me, My LAST WEEK OF WORK???
Happy Monday! I gotta get through 5 more days of this job, and then I get to have a pizza party on Friday. I had a vivid work nightmare last night where my boss yelled at me again, so that’s a great way to start my last day!
Continue readingWednesday Watching Post: What Are You Reading and Watching and Thinking and Listening to This Week?
Happy Wednesday! I have 7 more work days at this job (not counting today). My Mom made me a paper chain! It’s very satisfying.
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