Nov 08, 2023 12:51
A few other updates from yesterday:
I was driving in some of the worst conditions I can remember this morning. Everyone was driving like 20-30 kph and the anti-lock breaks were still activating at stops. That was awful. I can tell other people were uncomfortable too because I was leaving a ton of following distance, and no one else tried to change lanes into it!
I'm amazed I only saw one car off the road. People up here are probably used to this and have snow tires.
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I just got the latest Covid and flu shots. I expect, as usual, I will have no negative effects, but should that change I'll probably tell you all about it! Miriam got just the Covid booster because either one by itself causes flares of her chronic pain. Together, they can disable her for days.
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Scored at Value Village today:
*13 x 9 Pyrex glass dish for $10
*A nice set of 4 matching glasses for $3
*A giant glass mug for me because I drink so much water and want to have to refill my cup less often
*More forks
*Some gauzy curtains for the daybed
*A (mismatched) set of sheets for the daybed
*An Andreas Vollenweider album I haven't heard (Caverna Magica)
*A Calvin and Hobbes collection
The forks and glasses are part of getting prepped for a visit from Miriam's parents.
We are worried about their visit as a Covid exposure vector, both for them and for us. But they are isolating and masking consistently in the weeks before coming, and Miriam's dad, though he's one of the folks who would not be masking if not for his family asking him too, actually shaved his beard so he can get a better mask fit for the flight here. I think that was a lot for him and I appreciate it very much.
In a perfect world, we wouldn't have to compromise in these ways, but this world has never been perfect. Her parents are significantly older than mine, and after my dad's death, it's become deeply important to us to make sure we see them.
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Treadmill yuri yesterday and today has been Sakura Trick. It's ridiculous fluff, and I am loving it.
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I washed the curtains but did not put them in the delicates bag, and now they have big tears all through them. They were inexpensive, but I'm still sad.
I just really want a super girly canopy bed with pretty curtains! I'll have to look for more, and be more careful about washing them this time. You can't really see in this image, but the purple curtain on the end is badly torn now, so I didn't even put up the other one.
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Ella is taking a leash reactivity class whose first session was tonight. I'm hoping that as well as making it easier to walk her or take her places on the bike, it might be a step toward her barking less at people outside the condo too. If she can *get to* other dogs or people, she's great. When she can see or hear them but can't get to them, she loses her little mind.
But it just got cancelled due to bad weather, so I'm unexpectedly free this evening. More cleaning maybe?
flu,
driving,
thrifting,
vaccine,
canopy bed,
covid,
ella,
in-laws,
sakura trick,
yuri,
bad weather