she's back today. because the weather is good they are mostly meeting out of doors.
aside from her cough, which improved over the last week, she has none of the covid symptoms, so we don't know. this is prime time for respiratory stuff in general.
@leslietownes Yeah, Some are even referring to "flurona"... :/
@quid :-)
@leslie I caught the sentences in the Georgia Arbery convicted. Also saw the Theranos trial and verdict. But more importantly, how are you and your wife feeling?
@leslietownes I've been on the fence, myself. My "allergies" have been especially acting up, and itchy hives, occasional nausea, only floating though. Needing more sleep, too.
By allergies I mean, excessive sneezing, eyes itching/watering, and itchy skin: but then maybe I've been a bit negligent on dusting and vacuuming. Did I ever tell you I'm allergic to a lot, including dust, and cats? Yet I've owned at least one for the last 32 years! Achoo!
I'm going to turn into a cat lady; while keeping my thermostat lower due to 160% increases in the cost of natural gas for heating, I broke down and plugged in a heating pad, on low, underneath a layer in Shai's favorite sleeping spot! I mean really, heat rises, and the poor boy exists close to the floor.
because the label on it has an H, which is the one letter my daughter most reliably recognizes, she sometimes insists it's hers and sits in it, pointing to the label as an explanation.
@leslietownes I bet! My Rinah, shai's sibling who died young, would sleep most of the night in my bed. I used a body pillow/king size pillow, so she'd lie close to my face, with her head on the pillow, next to me. Sometimes I'd turn around to face the other direction, but she'd just move to the other side of the pillow then!
@amWhy: all I can say is that it's a very different experience. And it is really tough to live up to expectations of users. But I just need to keep trying hard
@ParamanandSingh "You can please some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can't please all of the people all of the time." You're doing a very good job; in particular, I've never seen you dismiss anyone. And that's huge. You make decisions, but remain respectful to all.
Still haven't gotten used to the "comment notification" sound in meta.se chats!
@leslie Yikes, I haven't been able to tell you yet: I've got a bird/birds who take refuge in my range hood (ventilates to the exterior). Noise, when it's bitter cold. Come spring I'll clean it out (eight years ago, it was a hornet's nest!), and ensure there is a fine mesh firmly attached!!
i haven't told you yet that, when we took down our christmas lights, we put up another string of lights because a pair of hummingbirds has come to sit on them. and we didn't want them to go away.
I'm almost positive it's an American Goldfinch; precisely matches the chirps I hear, and from the sight of them. Shai is mesmerized by them, and when he's in a window, near my bird feeder, I can literally hear him "cat chirp"... a sound he makes only when he's mesmerized by birds.
she's also met a lizard who comes and suns himself on a bench outside our living room window. livvy goes up and pounds the glass with their paw. in a children's book, they would be friends.
our old house (built in the 1920s) was falling apart and all sorts of things would enter through cracks in the walls. we once narrowly prevented olivia from killing a lizard who had wandered in.
she was in the kitchen 'playing' with it, and i thought, uh oh.
