Negotiations resumed

After I posted yesterday, I had further discussion with my sister. I proposed ergonomic office chairs as dining chairs (I was sincere). That in turn broke loose a great observation: she really liked the chairs at Citricos. She thought initially it was the California Grille, but nope, I found pictures and it wasn’t those chairs, but it was the ones at Citricos, so she basically likes a curved back / barrel / hip-hugger fully upholstered low arm chair. The citricos ones have wings, but it is not clear if that is a desired feature or accidental. I’m going to tour some of the chain furniture stores and try their barrel low arm dining chairs and see what I find and if something seems plausible, find a store near her and tell her to go sit in them and report back. Progess!

Years ago, I proposed a Prioritization Disorder as kind of a joke DSM entry. The thing I’m running up against with my husband / daughter / sister / others isn’t quite that, but may be related. In general, I assume that if you want something done, you’ve got roughly 3 paths forward: do it yourself, delegate it, or identify a person or persons to collaborate with in getting it done. Otherwise, you’re just praying and hoping and wishing.

There might be a lot more people stuck in the praying / hoping / wishing group than I had realized.

Dutch lesson was fun. NOS Journaal does a simplified language version. Woot!

I had lunch at Benjarong with R. I really probably should ask for the vegetarian options on the soup and snack for the lunch combo. I wind up with a slight headache when I don’t, and no headache when I do ask, so.