stuff! things! by which i mean i have stuff and things!

[tsuki_no_bara]

on saturday i went to the peabody essex museum with the parental unit and their neighbor, and when i finally get all the pictures off my phone i can share some of them. there was a rodin exhibit. so much fabulous sculpture. also a lot of random plaster maquettes, and sculptures made from cannibalized parts of other sculptures. apparently rodin

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[donutsweeper]

Wow, that is a LOT of books. As for the oddly numbered china set, I assume it's like the one my parents wanted me to take (but didn't, the perks of living half a continent away is it's harder to have stuff shoved upon you) where stuff had randomly broken/been lost through time?

I've never watched Hell on Wheels, sorry.

[tsuki_no_bara]

it is a lot of books! i come by the book-hoarding honestly. :D and yeah, my guess is one of the plates broke at some point and no one replaced it. (possibly because no one could. i mean, i don't know how old the china is or when the pattern went out of circulation.)

[dear_tiger]

The more I'm reading about your parental unit moving, the more puzzled I become. Wait, so they sold their house, gave away all the things that represent their lives and their parents' lives - all to move to a rental in Florida, all the way down the coast from their kids? Why on earth? I'm starting to get anxious for you, reading about this relocation business.

[tsuki_no_bara]

they sold their house and got rid of a lot of stuff, yeah. but not everything, i mean they kept things that meant something to them. but, like, extra dishes? or stuff they never used? that can go. they have friends in florida, and two of my mom's cousins are down there (on the east coast, tho), and the weather's better and it's cheaper to live there and they wanted to move anyway because my mom is so done with the condo association where they are. don't be anxious for me, at least not yet.

[ephemera]

Your parents move is starting to sound really real - how longa re you going to be down in Florida with them?

[tsuki_no_bara]

just until wednesday. my sister and i both want some actual vacation days during our vacation. also my sister has tennis and i want to go to ikea. :D

[nomercles]

I got all excited about the dog cafe in Glasgow. We used to have one here in the Bay Area, and I started to look it up only to discover they no longer exist. Had a cute, punny name. But I learned all kinds of cool stuff, though, like it is now state law that dogs are allowed to be on patios at restaurants, and if it is 85 degrees or more, the restaurant has to provide water for them. Even the snooty Italian bistros.

[tsuki_no_bara]

i know there are some coffeeshops around here that have dog biscuits on the counter and let you bring your dog in to order, and i know there's at least one restaurant near me where you can sit with your dog on the patio, but i have no idea what the laws are. as far as i know there aren't any places with actual doggie menus, so glasgow is one up on us there.

[halfshellvenus]

LEGO NASA women! How cool is that? \o/

So, I may be confusing myself over this, but are your parents moving to another house/apartment near where you and your sister live? Rather than to Florida?

Because I would not be happy about having them move so far away. I know why they want that climate, and it's the thing to do among elderly folk in the Northeast, but still! :(

[tsuki_no_bara]

nasa ladies immortalized in lego is THE BEST.

no, mom and dad are moving to florida. for at least two years. (well, they have a lease for one year with an option for a second.) i'm honestly not sure how i feel about it. i'm so used to going over there for dinner it's going to be weird to not expect a call from my dad saying "come over whenever, we'll order chinese". but other than that? i don't know. i know my mom is really excited and they're both really stressed, so mostly i'm kind of excited for them.