#ooc

Ouch, that stings!

Hi

Hello

How goes?

A bit bonkers. God Niece's fiance 's birthday is tomorrow and she's coming here which is good, but I'm only now learning they may already be technically married which is...weird because I thought htat was later this month so everyone seems in the know but me but my questions have been a little nebulouosly answered so ???? and to top it off my other god niece won't be coming tomorrow because of health issues at her new household...which makes me worry part of it is still bad blood over some drama etc.

THERE she is.

And I admit I have been in a funk for the last week, but everytime I think of mentioning it, I find out someone else someone else knows has like a family in the hospital or something so then I feel like I'm depressed over nothing and should keep my yap shut but at this point I'm like 'oh for fuck's sake, I don't claim to have it worse but shit let me grumble a LITTLE'

Oh, good grief. Yeah, that has the trappings of people avoiding topics and people.

Hey, Shady!

((Sigh)) Yeah, it's not a CONTEST people..... people can be overwhelmed by different things and IT IS ALL COMPLETELY VALID.

Look up Spoon Theory. ((grumble))

Hey BrekkeP!

I completely get that, Mr. D. Your problems are valid, and if anybody tells you otherwise, fuck 'em.

I also suspect that you (like me) come from a family of "fixers" -- people who feel obliged to give advice for how to make things better, and then get annoyed when you're not automatically fixed by their suggestions.

I have a new riding cycle.

Part of it is just downmindset so I see things more negative than they are. Earlier this week I had the thought of "If I were on fire right now, the closest they'd come to noticing is asking me if I took up smoking". Brain Weasels lie, but they can do a turn of phrase 😉

New Riding Cycle? What color?

Black.

I finally have a trike. 😁

🙂 Nice, Shady!

FUn! I wanted one of those

BIG saddle; that skinny saddle stuff can get stuffed. Nice basket on back. Stable. I'm going to lean into 'senior.'

It helps that Florida is pretty flat.

How are you doing, Rahne?

Better. The cold has mostly subsided.

Stressing over son and daughter-in-law coming down next weekend. Not sure what we're gonna do. We were going to go to a hugely popular haunted house thing in the area, but the tickets are $80 each -- too rich for my blood.

I can turn any social occasion into an opportunity for anxiety.

Not the super power you wanted OR Needed, but yours all the same!

Do they like board games?

Yeah, I'm thinking we might spend some time at the gaming cafe.

Maybe pumpkin picking if the weather is good.

During the lockdown Halloween, the Things and I made candy instead of TrT.....

Yeah, but I don't really want to spend time in the kitchen with them. Our kitchen is good, but not really compatible with having more than two people in it at once.

Right, tight spaces don't help ones social graces

Go to a pumpkin patch to pick, while dressed as the government agents for the Hunger Games. Every now and then say "May the odds be ever in your favor" to one of the pumpkins

Fair.

Apple picking!

Mutter something about that snow white upstart as you select your apple!

Ha! (re hunger games)

Apple picking is past peak at this point.

Stuff's getting dry and/or mushy.

Ah.

Sorry, down here we just had a few days we had to wear long pants, so.....

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It hasn't gotten really cold yet, but we've had a couple of fireplace-fire-worthy evenings.

Freezing at 58 degrees outside