Way Too NoLa

The heat wave has begun, and we spent Juneteenth indoors resting up. Never a good idea to engage in too much movement in this weather. I'll get back on the bike tomorrow though, in addition to starting a new online exercise regimen (on a very easy level, small movements with only about 6 reps each). Today was just overcast with periods of on and off thunderstorms; they remind me of the few days I spent in New Orleans at a comic convention way when. I'm set for the next four days, I'm working from home tomorrow and Monday and we only have food shopping to do on Saturday, but I am dreading going into Manhattan on Tuesday and Thursday, and especially waiting for the homeward-bound bus. Best to take just one day at a time during this period. Stay safe!

I'm Glad I Spent It With You

What a perfect day. Robin just keeps me hanging on. I confess I did log onto my work computer briefly to clear out emails, but by 11 AM we were on the road to shop for sneakers at a speciality store that deals with issues like mine (the chafing on the side of the big toe that just doesn't seem to heal), which of course is about a 5-minute drive from our favorite sushi place. I mean, it's International Sushi Day, we couldn't not celebrate, right? Both stops yielded promise, with me purchasing two pairs of sneakers that should help and us having a tasty repast and getting more coupons for our next visit. And we got in afternoon naps and other relaxation, gearing up for tomorrow's holiday and the coming heat wave. All good!

Silly Site o' the Day

I'm doing my best to play my usual mean game of catch-up on pop culture stuff that seems to have passed me by so far this century, starting with music. I've been listening to '90s rock and pop, and I'm now onto the 2000's. I can actually see the through-line between when I stopped really listening to music (late '80s, early '90s when the CD craze drove me away me as I'm a vinyl gal) and now (when I can call up anything I need to know about, including lyrics, at the click of an app). But I don't go on TikTok so I have no idea what's app-- I mean, what's up there with the kids, and I don't have kids myself so I'm lost on Gen Alpha slang. The best I can do is say "oh no, this year's pogs?" Which I'm now doing with Labubus, and no, I do not want one.

Life's Little Victories*

Back at the job, albeit working from home on a shortened week due to Thursday's holiday and my usual summer PTO on Wednesday, and boy did I cram a lot of stuff into today! I looked at the timesheet where I keep a running tab of what I do as it's done, and 100% of my time was spent on work for my partners and managing directors, leaving me zero time for other obligations I've taken on such as editing the next issue of our exec assistant newsletter. I'll figure out a way to get it done, but this client site work has me so frustrated, it's like two steps back for every step forward. I'm able to get into the new site again, but now I can't put through some requests because the request mechanism has moved to a new page as well and the 2.0 version is broken. At least I know it's nothing I'm doing wrong. And at least the rain will be holding off tomorrow as I venture into Manhattan for my one day in the city.

(*with apologies to Keith Knight)

We Could Be Royals

Barely ten thousand people at Trump's ego parade; even the Army, celebrating its 250th anniversary, slacked off on purpose rather than marching the way they've been drilled to do since basic training. They could have spiffed it up if they wanted to, but they didn't want to be there any more than, say, Melania. Anyway, reports are that around ELEVEN MILLION folks marched in the No Kings protests throughout the country yesterday, from big cities to small towns, the sort of action that makes me proud to be an American for as long as this country continues to stand.

Silly Site o' the Day

Looks to be a nice quiet weekend, so time to clean out some silly sites. Alas, Sad and Useless' site seems to be permanently down, so there go at least half the saved sites I had. This morning I voted, then we went to the "grand opening" of our newly-redesigned supermarket, which was incredibly well stocked for a change because duh, and I won a banana bag (that's a thing tote that you can stuff into its casing which resembles a banana, very handy for tomorrow's farmers market shopping!) and grabbed some inexpensive eggplant and zucchini to try to incorporate into something tasty tomorrow and/or Monday. Speaking of which:

 Via BoingBoing.

Paraskevidekatriaphilia

I don't mind Friday the 13th, even when it done fall on a Friday. It isn't without its oddities, however. The powers that be at my firm scheduled three meetings on a day when timesheets and expense reports were due. And I still can't figure out how to get my credit card back on auto-pay, so that's going to mean a phone call, but not today. Oh, also the Mets just blew a 4-run lead. But at least I have plenty of comics to read, I got two deliveries this week (one a tad late)! And the weekend beckons!

Beating the Heat

Not a bad day at all, although very busy. I intend on taking it easy tomorrow. In the meantime, it was nice to be in a climate-controlled environment, especially following that visit to Mom whose room is about as hot as the weather outside was today. Still, I can't help but love that marijuana has replaced urine as the predominant city smell in this heat. Smoke 'em if you got 'em!

Of Parking and Driving

For my first real Wednesday PTO day this summer (as I had to work a couple hours last Wednesday), I decided to visit Mom. I reasoned that the trip back across the GW Bridge would be a piece of cake on a weekday, and I was right. However, I didn't count on waking up at 4 AM, necessitating returning to bed around 6:30 from which I didn't re-awaken until well after 9, when I had originally planned to be on the road. Nor did I anticipate the awful traffic on the Deegan leading to the NY side of the bridge. And I certainly didn't count on not being able to find a parking spot in the nursing home lot! I had to park a very long way away, but at least the car was in a shady pseudo-garage structure. Long story short, my visit was a bit shorter than my total commute, and I'm determined to stick to Saturday visits going forward. And next Wednesday, weather permitting, I'm sticking closer to home!

Secured and Free

My laptop has been locked in my office desk drawer and I'm ready for my journey tomorrow! Work stuff continues to frustrate me a bit, particularly my newer assignments involving the client site, but this too shall pass. Mets won in a walk-off and looks like the Yankees are going to win as well, so a good day for NY baseball. Best try to get some sleep now...