~~~SANDBOX 77~~~

Those truly are THE worst 2 pictures of me!

It was a lot of fun! 2 rounds of Malort, which was kinda excessively gross but I'm glad we did it anyway.

-just got back from selling a bunch of aluminum

-sold enough to pay a bill or two and buy some Old Crow Reserve for Christmas

-still sick, but will be resting the rest of the day to make up for this morning's activity

I hope you feel better in time for your Old Crow Christmas.

I feel a little better today--some coughing, but not as bad.

There's a fireplace in the living room. We won't have the strength to clear out all of the things in front of it for Christmas, but we should have a fire lit for New Year's.

En route to the airport. Yay vacation! Yay Christmas!

- pay raise AND generous xmas bonus
- clearly my boss is not in her right mind
- backed up by the fact that she informed me her homeless male friend will now be living in my work space

how long is yr vacation, E?

Those are not the most flattering photos of either of you but they tell a story.

Z_S gets flattered quite often enough as it is.

my grandpa died :(

:( yikes T.

very sorry to hear that

*extends sympathy*

thanks, guys. i am feeling a lot of emotions right now -- relieved, because he'd given up on life months ago and wasn't really living anymore. but i'm also angry because he'd given up on life months ago and wasn't really living anymore when there was no huge health issue that meant he couldn't have some more good years. i guess the last few months have made me think a lot about elderly life and the mental health issues that come with growing old and not being as self-sufficient as you once were. it's really scary.

I'm sorry, tehresa. Much love to you and your family.

tz :(

<3 hugz

Sorry about your grandpa, Tza.

- walked a mile this morning
- first day of a new training regimen
- getting ready for a week in New Orleans next month
- just booked the B&B
- found a nice one one block from the French Quarter for a very reasonable rate
- leaves more $$$ for food, drink and other fun
- all of which I'll enjoy more if my legs and back don't give out on me

aw tza :/

Sorry, T. My dad was 91 when he died and he had given up on life long before - even before he had health problems - that was really hard to deal with.

Wm, that's awesome re NOLA. I want to go again this winter, but I really should put myself on lockdown until I take an international trip (or just justify a visit with the saying about NOLA being the the nearest foreign land you can visit.)

Are you staying in The Marigny? I would love to live in that neighborhood - charm out the ass and really affordable.

Yeah, we're right on the Marigny/FQ border. Excited!

tehersa dearest, i am so sad for you

oh tza, my condolences. hope you're holding up okay through all the tangled emotions.

thanks, everyone. really, it's so nice of you. <3

Sending love and condolences to you and your family <3

So sorry, T. <3

Hugs, tehresa. So sorry about your grandpa.

tehresa <3

I'm sorry to hear about your grandpa, tehresa. Think good and kind thoughts about him. Get them well fixed in your mind, to help you in times of future need.

Tehresa, I'm sorry and thinking of you and your family.

tza i am super sorry about your gpa -- i had some rude awakenings w/r/t aging parents this week too :-/

however

-- my night at the ancestral home of a laurel was so fun and wonderful and i'm hoping her parents consider signing the adoption papers i've overnighted to them
-- kinda feels like someone whacked me in the back of the head and i don't remember it...?

aw hanging out with family of laurel sounds good :)
I'm hanging out with best friends at their farm, next to a wood stove, with their new kitten, dinner cooking, beer in hand, scotch in wings, cold and snowy outside
Nice :)

pictures of people who have figured outhow to live

<3 tza

happy sandboxmas, one and all (if you're into that sort of thing)

thanks, you guys. really, it means a lot. and especially thanks to the person who sent me the nicest text from a number i don't seem to have in my contacts (new phone a month or so ago). <3

and i am so so jealous of league and laurel's hanging outness!

sorry tehresa, sending lots of <3 to you and your family.

lol tza that was me!!

<3

sorry to hear about this, tehresa. :-/

i had a feeling, smoove. but it was a diff # than i had for you!

<3

sorry t

sorry about your granddad, t. <3

v sorry to hear teresa

is there a thread to complain abt being home for the holidays this year?

checkin in w/ the sandbox for the holidays from your parents'/relatives'/in-laws' house i think

thanking

got mugged a second time

lol @ life

waht

so sorry, tza, I bet you are the greatest granddaughter ever.

hoos, is that the Duke Ellington Bridge? get a new one, hon.

on the way home last night, was about to walk down the same street where i got mugged 2 months ago and thought "fuck that, i'm gonna go a diff route this time." took a diff route. one dude jumps out behind me with an arm around my neck pulling me backwards, the other in front of me in a ski mask--they take my phone, headphones, debit card & metro card. i shove my glasses into my pocket to protect them & croak out "leave me my house keys, man, leave me my house keys." can't get to the ~personal alarm~ my boss gave me last time i got mugged. they pitch me forward onto the ground.

i feel like if i'd gone looking after they left i probably coulda found my debit card at least, but just wanted to go home.