Random gratitude

 

So let's do it

- Ann and I have been doing more frequent Scrabble/coffee dates, and I am here for it. One took place when Doris was in Mexico, and that same evening I had dinner with Chris. It was nice to have friends to hang with since I missed Doris.

- And speaking of the above, I am grateful that she returned and her plane didn't go down. Also, she really enjoyed the trip. (Also, funny reflection as she got ready to go. Her flight was late in the evening, on a snowy day when I was working from home. I mused that when we were a new couple, we'd have been joined at the hip if one of us was leaving for 6 days. But now that we've been together 23 years, we each just went about our days till it was time for her to depart. Which is fine. It works :) Though I did recall when - early in our relationship - I left for about 5 days for a work trip, and she made me little gifts and notes to bring with, to open one each day. That was sweet. 

- I had been mourning the fact that the fancy peanut butter cookies are rarely available at my food coop. But then one day I decided to just look in the 'regular' section and see if there were non-fancy peanut butter cookies. There were, and they taste as delicious as the expensive ones that they never have!!

- Attended a protest in Chicago. Didn't go to a second one because it was too cold. Went to a meeting of my local Dems. No magical solutions but as Rachel Maddow said “join something”. And as others have said, fight back.

- Uh-oh. On the latest season of Drag Race, 2 of the competitors said they are interested in each other. So I googled and although it's been a year since filming wrapped, they are still together. I always liked one member of the duo because out of drag, he looks like Wylan on Shadow and Bone. BUT DAMNIT I SHOULD NOT BE SHIPPING DRAG QUEENS EVER AGAIN NO NO NO. (But hey, on the other hand, I made life-long friends from last time I did it)

- Also Squid Game. Loving S2 and really really liking the characters. The lead actor always looks so FINE in interviews; he is a dapper dresser.

- Yay, the new bookstore opened in town!! It's way smaller than the old one, but I've been there twice and am keen to support it. I did a FB post on a local group on it, and it got a ton of likes. (200+ which is high for this group)