Transplanting a Seattleite

It rained. It rained heavily. There were some cloudbreaks, tho.

A. got out of school extremely promptly, so we were at the therapist at 5 instead of 515 or 5:30 or ugh even later. We discussed the previous evening’s discovery that A. did not understand the timeline on “if you don’t brush your teeth” and “your teeth will rot”. She was thinking a day. Nope. *sigh* I don’t know if this is anxiety or autism or a weird mashup of the two. But if she would tell me in more detail what exactly she was fearing, I could provide better reassurance. So we’re going to a brush your teeth every 12 hours, and don’t worry about whether you need a snack after you brush your teeth and go to bed.

Farm share arrived so I had a kale (and mushrooms but those weren’t from the farm) omelette with rye toast and almond butter for lunch. Mmmm.

For dinner, I rushed through a bowl of rice and vegetables (bok choy and mushrooms, and ginger greens), so we could go to Less Than Greater Than and have drinks. R. had the wings. Then we had ice cream. I got the vegan chocolate and pb oreo (mini scoops) and pb gravy (not vegan but no dairy; it has honey in it). Sooooo delicious. This is the first time I’ve got to LTGT and then had ice cream and not felt overstuffed after. Clearly, eating the real food prior is the Trick.

We got through the tooth brushing before midnight! So, real progress. Fingers crossed.

It’s been warm for several days, like, 80 degrees. It got a little warmer than that today. I know this kind of fake post-summer summer has been a thing for a long time but definitely this is warmer and later than I am used to. Ugh.

ML came over for a visit today, which was lovely.

I walked with M.

I made some further progress on Lego Neuschwanstein (which I am probably spelling incorrectly).

R. went over his donations today, and I’ll do that later today hopefully and then we can make final payments and file. Woot!

I did a bunch of winter vacation travel planning. I walked with M.

The travel planning was interesting, because while 7 of us have been to California many times including recently, at least 2 of us have never been, and 1 hasn’t been in a really long time. Not sure about the last, but if he’s been, it hasn’t been recently. And it’s possible never. So there was some discussion about what we wanted to do with our time. I encouraged R. to reach out to someone he knows in the area, and I’ve reached out to someone I know in the area. And also we are discussing days in theme parks and so forth. I’d like to buy park tickets relatively soon, altho it doesn’t look completely urgent.

There’s some interest in doing Other Than Theme Park Stuff, and Requiem Cafe in particular has been requested, which I had never heard of and which looks amazingly cool. I found a couple speakeasies and some escape rooms and the Packing District looks like fun. I think we’ll have a nice time.

I try to keep Thursday as empty as possible and I really succeeded. I walked with M. I dis-assembled Razor Crest. And I kept up on the usual (email and messages) but otherwise tried to just have an enjoyable day. We drove together to pick up A. and stopped at Mack Designer Hardware and picked out some knobs for kitchens and bathrooms. R. looked at doorstops for the guest bedroom. A very successful outing.

Also podcasts. Yay podcasts! And I’m currently listening to Hozier Unreal.

I had to go early for a meeting about kitchens / bar / a bathroom. It went well, and led to a conversation with my sister that confirmed what I thought she would say about the bathroom and her kitchen. So, yay! Walkthrough was fun, altho insulation is happening and I wasn’t wearing a mask. We stepped outside. Lots of painting, which is exciting to see, and N. commented the soft marigold in the upstairs hall made him think about the Southwest. Wait until he sees how the main floor turns out. LOL

I also had a chat with Priestess. That was very pleasant. A. and I watched some Cedrus on tiktok.

I went for a one mile walk by myself upon my return. The weather is finally meaningfully cooling, at night definitely, and in theory tomorrow during the day.

I briefly attended family zoom.

I had a delightful long zoom with I.

A. had a playdate with B.

It was a fairly quiet day. I’m still procrastinating on taxes, to the point where I actually did some vacuuming. Shocking!

I haven’t blogged since Monday (I will catch up!), and did not really realize that until I was chatting with K. Yikes!

I walked with M.

A. has a field trip today, so we’ll need to pick her up early from the field trip location which is closer to us than her school, so saving all that driving is good all around.

The carpet was installed in the new room!!!! Woot! It looks really good. R. is working on the closet hanging rod. He’s moved the side table (the Cushman’s octagonal one) up from the basement.

Dishwasher has not yet been repaired or replaced, so still handwashing everything. Farm share arrived with fresh ginger. I am steeping the stalks to get some ginger juice. If it works, it’ll either be a restorative beverage or possibly a cocktail ingredient. I plan on putting the leaves in stir fries.

ETA: The Domain Drouhin arrived. Very exciting!

I walked with M.

I had a delightful phone call with J.

I picked A. up from school and went to therapy for the first time in a little bit. Very nice conversation about college possibilities.

A. and I went to dinner at Crossroads. It was open (they are also open on Tuesdays!). We both had the Cafe burger, and she added lava cake which was too much food. We may split a burger next time. She had some reflux.

It was fun, tho. Very different from the wicked crowded and long wait the last time we tried and gave up in favor of NYAJ’s. There is no doubt in my mind that the economy has slowed way down.

No hangover, but definitely not enough sleep. I drove A. in. I walked with M. I read Richard Osman’s Thursday Murder Club for book group. I did book group and that was an enjoyable chat. We picked The Light Eaters for next month, because J. is trying it, and I bought it over a year ago so why not.

BC’s grandfather was living in Bakersfield from 1947ish to sometime in the 1950s, probably until he died. Lots of evidence of where he was living (consistent address, at a house that was built in 1910, and still exists now, but is a really weird address that does not have a +4 for its zipcode), but that address is absolutely not present in the 1950 census. That address plus a 1/2 is present in the 1940 census. I have not checked earlier (and will have to wait to check later). This is a new one for me. I often cannot find my people because of spelling, transcription or indexing errors, but the address not being where it should be is an entirely new experience for me. I’ll be telling this story in genealogy nerd-offs until I’m too old and de-mented to recall it.

I walked with M.

R. took the meat compost, boxes and styrofoam over to the transfer station. Garage looks really orderly now.

A. wandered up to the 3rd floor and appears to like the new room quite a bit. In theory, we get carpet next Friday. Woot!

I took apart Lego Pyramid and gave it away. I moved a couple of the steampunk mickey clubhouse gang (specifically, minnie and daisy) sculptures over to my dresser, which reduced how much was on a bookcase in my office. Looks so much better. Yay! Also, I dusted, because there was a lot of dust on those.

I took apart the Lego 71741 Ninjago which is _huge_. So now the top of that cabinet looked kind of bare and I rearranged a bunch of lego flowers in vases. It’s nice now, and a bunch of tables and the top of the sideboard and so forth have more space on them. Baby steps!

A. and I listened to a lot of Maintenance Phase. That was interesting. I wound up delaying my lunch a lot (like, till 3) and then she wanted me to find her new earbuds and I lost my shit because I was hungry and that was an open ended task. I did find them for her. On her dresser. I then ordered 3 new pairs. I’ve decided that if you don’t lose airpods, and you can tolerate the way they fit, you really should only use those, because they last longer than everything else. You wind up buying so many of the cheap ones, that it is actually cheaper to buy apple. I think. Per hour usage may be a bigger factor here than I realize. Anyway, I bought her a new pair like the ones she has had many copies of already, and two different ones, to see if she likes any of those as well / better. They are due to arrive tomorrow morning.

I planned a concert outing, including dinner, but not parking. Gotta figure out parking.

I also moved the 3-in-1 pet shop coffee shop to the small bookcase, so I have space to put the Tudor Corner Modular, so I started the Tudor Corner modular. I should be reading Thursday Murder Club. Oh well!