Think we are united in concern and caring for those affected by the hurricane and continued flooding. The images from Houston are shocking, and unfortunately the water levels are expected to be dangerously high for a while. I just read there might be as many as 30,000 in shelters soon. If you are so moved, cash donations to reputable relief agencies are the quickest and best way to get what's needed to where it needs to be.
I've been seeing a lot of back to school photos today, and they are just cute as heck! Forgot to take one of my daughter before I left her to her new stint in school. (Bad Mommy!) My favorite story so far today was from a mom whose daughter, a 6th grader, was so excited that she was dressed and ready to go a full 2 hours before the bus was due to arrive. :)
Minor league W: My husband told me last night he and his friend might go on a backpacking trip. This week: Tuesday, which is tomorrow. I guess they decided Saturday night, and he just forgot to mention it for 24 hours? "I was outside working on the yard" is a nominee for the Lame Excuse of the Week Award -- but feel free to submit your own contenders!
AW: My pile of things to donate is growing. One day, I'll haul it to the car. Or possibly, several days.
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Also, Kudos to Esperanza for hosting last week, despite the onset of the storm and etc.!
Well, when I started hosting, Harvey was but a glimmer of a tropical depression.
W: I am getting Barbie show updates
AW: we are fine. No rain today so far. Looks like school will probably be on for tomorrow.
I've been looking for the helpers. Two stand out:
* the government of Mexico has offered to help, as they did in Katrina.
* the mayor of San Antonio (recently elected, an alum of my university) said "our shelter capacity is as much as is needed. We won't turn anyone away who needs help."
Yay about school starting!
Oh, looking for the helpers. Mr. Rogers was so great. And so are those stepping forward to offer really significant assistance.
I saw the new musical "Come From Away" this weekend, and am thinking of all the ways in which people come together to help folks in trouble when a disaster like this happens. I wish we could keep that spirit going when the disasters are small private ones.
Yes, Liz. Or chronic disasters rather than acute ones.
Was trying to post while the threads were being switched, apparently.
The items stbx has purchased without my input or agreement recently were clothing, which we normally do not split the cost of and he paid about twice what I normally would for those six items and then told the kids they might have to return them if I wouldn't pay for half; and a replacement smartphone which we normally do split the cost of, and which he bought and gave to her with no discussion or involvement from me but he isn't willing to help pay for at all. He said I can pay for it if I want, but otherwise he expects 12yo to pay him back for the full cost of it by giving him some of her birthday gifts, all of her savings, and her allowance for the rest of the year or until it's paid off.
Oh, and STBX and I each pay for half of the kids' monthly phone service bill, but the account is in my name and I manage it.
Oh, PK, that is horrible. Deep breath. I would sit down with all your older kids and talk about finances on a level of not worrying them, but letting them know what's possible and reasonable for your household. How much you have for "extras". If they say, "But dad says..." you can say that their dad has this information, but has a hard time disappointing them. Tell them that you don't want to disappoint them either, but you can't magically make the money appear. You don't want to be the unfun parent, can they help figure out what extras are priorities for them?
Also, FYI, Sprint and AT&T are having deals on iphones including unlimited talk, text, and data for reasonable prices.
It's not even extras. It's basic clothing items that they need for school. But for the past year he has insisted that we each purchase clothing separately and declined any time I asked him to split the cost of something, with the exception of two specific things which were prearranged and we agreed on a budget for ahead of time. So it's completely out of the blue for him to buy jeans for the kids but tell them they can't keep or wear them unless I pay for half. Especially when we had no agreement about splitting the cost and it was much more than we normally spend on jeans.
We already have a shared phone plan for me and the kids, and the one he bought her is the same older - model Galaxy she had before (iPhone has a distinct lack of parental controls compared to Android) . I just disagree with the way he handled it. :/
AW: We had 3 minutes of sunshine! I went outside and stood in it (and the infernal wind) as if I were taking a shower. Glorious.
PK, it's out of the blue, because he's intentionally trying to make you snap. And if that doesn't work, the fallback is to make you look like mean parent. I'm so sorry. I have no advice, but I'm incensed on your behalf.
PK, that is an outrageous and obvious attempt to make you be the bad guy for things he decided without consultation! The Posse is saddling up.
I think you should talk to your lawyer about how best to approach this without causing the kids the damage he so clearly intended. And if the GAL is still involved, maybe your lawyer can let her know what is happening?
If he wants to buy the kids more expensive things as gifts, that's fine. But he cannot commit you to the extra costs without consultation. And it's beyond the pale that he told them they might have to return them if you won't cough up. Beyond belief. The man lacks any class and dignity whatsoever.
Also, seriously? Taking the kid's savings and allowance to pay for a phone he bought?
PK, also make sure you're documenting all this crap in real time, so you'll remember details.
The GAL already made it very clear that my making detailed documentation of any of this stuff or bringing it up is what will be viewed as parental alienation. My expressing concerns is seen as more of a problem than his behavior.
STBX is also very very good at explaining things away in a way that makes himself sound reasonable and anyone who disagrees with him not. Of course he had no idea that it was something I would think he should talk to me about first, he couldn't imagine it would possibly be something I would take issue with, he never communicated to the kids that I would be to blame if they didn't get to keep the things, and does he need to talk to them and tell them not to pressure me about it? , because that's not what he intended at all, and he can't understand how I could possibly take it that way. But I'm always busy so hypersensitive and misread nefarious motives into completely innocent things. Besides, he's giving me input now, so it's a non - issue! He even offered to return them or consider other options I might suggest. Nothing is irreversible. There's no issue whatsoever; I'm the one being unreasonable and controlling.
Autocorrect changed "just" to "busy."
Document anyway. And how did you hear about needing to return things if mom didn't approve, unless that's what the kids told you? And, talk to your lawyer.
The kids should NEVER be used as go-betweens to communicate ANYTHING that needs to be worked out between the parents. That just puts them in an untenable, very tense situation. (And when my SIL was going through her divorce and having a custody battle, and I was driving her son to/from visitation drop-offs, I refused to play that role, too.) If he can't communicate with you in a civil manner and wait for discussion, it has to go through lawyers.
Your lawyer will have a better sense of what to communicate to his lawyer and/or the GAL. I'm sorry, that does run up the legal costs; but he cannot just commit you to expenses you know nothing about. A gift is a gift; but sharing expenses is an agreement, not a one-sided arrangement.
Now I'm mad at the GAL, too.
Oh, STBX was communicating with me in writing about how he might need to return the jeans if I wouldn't pay for half. And admitted in writing that he told the kids that he was asking me to pay for half and that they might not be able to keep them depending on what he decides. But it's difficult to explain how convoluted and destabilizing his reasoning is, and how innocent and convincing his demeanor and explanations can be. He of course never intended to put me in an awkward position or make the kids think badly of me, and he's not pressuring me at all. It would be no problem to return them; I have complete freedom to decide whether I want to buy them together or not. He was just trying to do me a favor.
I'm really thankful that all of our communication is in writing. It does make it easier and less confusing for me than it was when our conversations were verbal.
He's putting it on you to be the bad guy, nonetheless.
Going forward, can he either buy stuff like this as a gift to his children, or consult and reach agreement beforehand if he intends to split costs?
No, not necessarily "can we buy this particular pair of jeans," but "here's what they need; and here's the proposed budget."
Because he has put the kids in the middle, and you on the hot seat. Maybe he didn't think of it that way before, and maybe now he should.
(Of course, he probably has no freakin' idea what they need or what a reasonable overall cost is. But if he commits to a number and decides on his own to spend more, that should be on him. Not on you.)
Thing is, we don't have an agreement to share costs of the kids clothes. We each buy clothes separately, at his insistence.
I've repeatedly asked him to discuss it with me *before* making a purchase or communicating a decision to the kids if it requires my involvement or approval.
I went ahead and found jeans that were within my budget and bought what they needed for at my house; what he does with the ones he chose to buy is up to him.
OK, then. That was his plan, that there is no splitting w/o agreement.
Still feel terrible he decided to put the kids in the middle, because that is not fair to them. xoxo
The Posse still thinks he is, so far, Jackass of the Week. Maybe he can top his own personal best and get two recognitions, but I hope not.
Esperanza -- yay for the little bit of sun basking! And may school begin tomorrow.
Liz, that musical sounds great. And yes, support in times that aren't dire emergencies -- and as Esperanza mentioned, for chronic things as well as acute.
xoxo
Apparently there's something wrong with the phone they bought, so now he's saying he made a mistake in wording and didn't actually mean he wouldn't pay anything toward a phone for her when he said that, and now he is willing to help purchase a different phone for her and is offering to let me help decide and pick one out if I'll help pay for it.
AW: school is on for tomorrow
W: Sweet is nervous
Hugs to everybody who's nervous! It's OK to be nervous. But I hope Sweet doesn't feel that way very long. xoxo
Yay for looking for the helpers, esperanza! And for a few minutes of sunshine!
Thinking of all the Back to Schoolers this week.
(((pk))) I'm sorry this is all so awful. xoxox The Posse rides for stbx - no question, the Jackass of the Week.
AW: Dad was up walking (using a walker) for a few minutes yesterday. He was quite proud. :)
W: No family consensus on where continued rehab for him should happen. He doesn't live here, but was here for the summer at a cottage that is not winterized. It's already too cold at night for comfort out there and step-mom is heading back to their home in another part of the province next week. Not sure what the final decision will be. Dad still confused enough to think he will be back to the cottage for a few more evening saunas - not going to happen.
AW: He really is doing much better.
(((Sue))) so glad your dad is doing better.
(((PK))) sounds like STBX is learning that his shenanigans aren't impressing the kids. And it also sounds like your kids are starting (I repeat STARTING) to realize that not everything Dad says is reliable.
Just a heads-up: because they know you love them unconditionally, they're most likely going to take their sad and angry feelings out on you and not Dad, whose love is obviously and utterly conditional.
Pretty soon, they will stop asking him for anything at all, because they'll know it's always a hassle or a trap or a complete disappointment.
((( Sue ))) Glad your father's doing better! If he will go to rehab anyplace but nearby, he will need to be strong enough for that trip -- might take a while.... xoxoxo
Glad for continued progress for your dad, Sue. Hugs for the tough decisions yet to come.
Hugs also to PK. I'm so sorry you're having to navigate this.
AW: smiles from both Baboos as they got on the bus this morning.
AW: Just ran into the mom of one of my son's scouting friends. The checker was struggling not to laugh when she reported a grandchild, and I reported that it was all we could do to keep the fathers of the happy couple from lobbying for grandchildren.
* The catching up happened at the grocery store.
A carload of donations! GONE! Including the last 5 garbage bags full of the last of my SIL's Giant Mountain of clothes, and then some hideous shoes, and the framed pet pictures from my MIL, and then some more of ours. Hoping to keep going on the offloading of excess.
Way To Go!!!
I did some of the same, and cleaned today. That's apparently what I do with free time, but I already feel so much better.
I need a reality check from out of my church bubble:
Have any of you heard of a statement that came out yesterday called "The Nashville Statement" re: LGBTQ+ people, from evangelical leaders?
P.S. If you haven't, do *not* go google it. It's awful. I just wanted to know how much press/spread it's actually getting. I'm seeing lots of opposition, but I'm afraid the opposition is actually amplifying the original statement beyond what it would have gotten.
I heard on FB, mostly in the form of people responding to "the nashville statement." My brain was already full from other news, so I did not really look at any of those reports.
Esperanza, there's an article in the Washington Post today -- headline says the mayor opposes the statement. So, I guess it is getting coverage...
Hadn't seen that, thank you. Definitely a prominent denouncing. (BTW, the meeting that produced this horrid thing was in Nashville, hence the name. The mayor of Nashville has denounced it, too and is furious that they called it the Nashville Statement)
I've seen the Nashville Statement on Twitter and FB. I'm so sorry and angry.
Aside from all the National stuff to feel enraged about, I'm furious with the local school district's transportation department.
Background: They aren't offering drivers enough in pay and benefits, and consider drivers to be part-time workers.
Result: Not enough drivers, so they changed the routes and now the buses are over-crowded to the point where they made my son go on a totally different bus Monday and Tuesday afternoons. And the bus he was on on Monday blew by our stop and the driver refused to go back. We picked up Ford and a neighbor who was also on the bus at a different stop about a mile away.
I called dispatch on Monday, left a message. Have not had a call back. Called again this morning. Ditto.
Gonna escalate.
Uh, yeah. Time to call someone with more authority. That's terrible!
Oh, Liz. That's unacceptable. Get the schools involved, too -- they count on the bus being safe for their students; and they might have more pull. Irregular schedules, not dropping kids off where they are supposed to go, those are not OK.
Just wrote a complaint and submitted it on their website. Here's the text:
"On the afternoon of Monday, 8/28/2017, bus [number] was too full to permit my son, MM LastName, to board, so he was put onto a different bus that was supposed to drop him off at our stop at [our corner]. The bus drove straight by the stop and did not allow MM to disembark until they arrived at the corner of [Different Corner], which is a distance of a mile and a half from our stop.
My husband went to retrieve him and a classmate who also lives on our block.
I called BWHS dispatch ([their phone]) at 4:35PM Monday and left a message with my phone number about the incident. I did not receive a return call. I called again this morning (Wednesday, 8/30/2017) at 10:10AM and have still not received a return call.
Sincerely,
Me"
The submission was accepted by their website. A staff member will get back to me within FIVE! business days.
Grrr.
School principals have superpowers. Just sayin'. Your school board and/or other local officials might be interested, too. What if it had been younger kids, or kids without cell phones and parents/friends who could come get them?
I'm putting more in the donate pile, but the bathrobe I got to use at the hospital when my son was born 30+ years ago? Think it has done its earthly duty. Hi, I'm Kathy, and I have a problem with "things I might use again someday."
Kathy, you and me both.
Would any part of that bathrobe work in a memory quilt?
I was kind of having heart palpitations at the thought of Mini and Sweet not being let off the bus at their stop. I know MM is much older and likely has a phone, or a friend with a phone, but no way should that matter. I would probably never get them to step on a bus again.
He had a phone, and was texting us the whole time, but yeah. That's about the size of it. I am beyond angry, mostly due to the utter lack of basic response.
If they'd gotten back to me right away? It'd be a totally different story.
Well done with the donation, kathy!
I can't even...with the nashville bs. With all that's going on in the world, all the people suffering because of Harvey, the evangelicals pick *now* as the appropriate time to spew hatred. I have curse words.
Liz, that's not okay at all.
The discharge planners at the hospital want to meet with the family about where dad will go next. The doc stopped dialysis. She feels his kidneys are keeping up and will continue to improve.
Sue, HOORAYYY about your dad's improvement!!!!
Sue, re: Nashville, they've doubled down on the timing and some other horrific parts. "Q: why now? A: well, this is when we had planned to release the statement all along." (that's a paraphrase, but wanted to make it clear it wasn't me saying it). What the actual fireplace?
Re: your dad, hooray for kidney function. I hope the planners have some helpful ideas and guidance.
Oh, yay for Sue's dad! He still needs a lot of help, though, and watching of the kidneys and everything. Hope the discharge meeting is productive. xoxo
The timing of hateful statements -- you know, there isn't a good time. If it strikes folks as insensitive, well that was the intent anyway. Cluesticks to the entire bunch. The big cluesticks.
Liz, this bathrobe was also heavily clawed by cats, and I don't have a lot of sentiment attached. For many years, if something arises in the night, I always grab a jacket; never thought of that robe. Anyway, it's in the trash bin already.
There are swastikas drawn on the stall doors in the boy's bathroom at my son's high school.
Holy shit, Liz. What the fireplace???
I'm not quite sure how to un-do the damage of racial superiority rearing its ugly head, and being embraced by someone who should be modeling something better for the nation. This is horrible.
You probably don't want to tell MM about the Posse, but we have his back, too.
AW: School is taking it seriously. Reported it to the sheriff's office. Treating it like a hate crime.
W: "This is not our school. Nothing like this has ever happened here before". Wrong. There were several anti-Black occurrences last year. They were reported. Don't act like they were completely different from Nazi symbols. White supremacy is White supremacy, whether anti-Black or anti-Jewish.
Oh, Liz, that is awful. I'm so sorry. I'm glad the school is taking it seriously.
Good on the school taking it seriously. They might have just been speaking of the "this" literally, as in swastikas. Knocking wood that they make the connections with other forms of racism, sexism, and LGTBQ hate.
The idea of supremacy, and exclusion, and disregard of or violence toward the excluded -- that kind of thinking has been elevated recently. It is astonishingly awful, no good for anybody. xoxooxo
Amen.
Daughter had a great day!
And this is the Kill Me Now part. Her car won't start -- the same car that died on the 12th, and we had the battery replaced, so that's under warranty for 60 months; and also, I sent her the car insurance info (by Dad, legal owner of the car) and emergency roadside assistance info (also by Dad) which she received last week. But she has not opened the envelope yet, even though it was a greeting card with info inside! Well. Cough. I believe our parenting work is done, and this here is a learning experience.
Glad she had a great day, and sorry about the car :(
Nobody's on the edge of their chair over this, but it turned out the car just needed a jump. She didn't drive it much after the new battery went in, not at all the past week and a half, and just needs to drive it around some. Whew! Over the bridge to TJ's it is, then.
I'm glad that it was such an easy fix, Kathy!
I'm just stopping in briefly, as we prepare for the eight hours total driving tomorrow (four each way, plus there for the funeral for three hours). Hugs to everyone, as a lot of heavy and awful things have gone down this week.
This morning, an already-moody E was talking with me about tomorrow's plans, when it clicked in for her whose funeral we're attending (a very nice uncle, whose grandchildren are her besties, and the only other kids in this extended family). And I guess it clicked that this wasn't a very elderly person's funeral (he was in his early 60s -- he and my dad were actually in the same grade together in school, and then married sisters), and oh boy, did that ever get to be a hard and sad conversation. Which led to me rocking her and wiping away her tears, and answering some incredibly difficult existential and theological questions, at a point of the morning where I hadn't had any caffeine yet. And, once I managed to go through basically an incredibly massive sermon, she suddenly perked up and asked, "Can I paint my own toenails in the bathroom?" Yes, kid. I will definitely allow that, and then a bunch of TV, and I'm going to drink an entire pot of tea.
Much love to your family, QWP. xoxoxo
Kids are perplexing. It was good for her to be able to articulate the questions, QWP. And all before caffeine is beyond the call of mama duty!
In case you're as much in need of a giggle as I am, Mini (who inherited planning ahead from her mama, who inherited it from her mama and so on) has a list for duties for Daddy's birthday next week (her spelling):
Mom Baking
Anna Rachel Dekrading [decorating] Doody
Dad look at everything
So if you need any decorating "doody" at your house, you know who to call.
(((QWP))) hard convos before caffeine is the universe just rubbing it in. So sorry.
Esperanza, that is utterly adorable.
LOL! Love that Mini!
QWP, it's hard when very young kids lose someone they love. They really don't process it very well. Some kids may blame themselves! The permanence is hard to understand. It's OK to tell her how sad you are, too. We were told to take cues from the kids; to answer their questions in simple language, and try not to go farther than the questions asked right now. (Plus, the usual reassurances -- he loved you very much; he is still with us in our hearts.) xoxo
AW: I get to have lunch next week with a dear old friend!
W: gas stations already running out of gas here
AW: I decided not to drive to church today in order to sit in office to do my work. Attempting, somewhat successfully, to work at home. I still have a full tank and will definitely be able to get there on Sunday.
I hear that the major Exxon refinery in Houston is offline. So you might want to go fill up your own cars now, too.
Here on the East Coast, we rely mostly on the New Jersey refineries for our fuel. But your point is well taken.
W: unbloggable whine is causing me stress
(((Esperanza)))
((( Esperanza )))
So much love to you and your family QWP. Good job on the pre-caffeine discussion.
I'm glad the car situation wasn't too terribly awful, kathy! Yay for a good day otherwise.
((((esperanza))))
Back to work tomorrow. It's been so long, I feel a bit rusty, but that won't last. After a day or two I'll be right back into it. 😊
((( Sue ))) You'll be rocking it! Glad you got the time off, and hoping whatever flotsam and jetsam is on your desk clears itself swiftly. xoxo
Hugs for esperanza.
Cheering for Sue, as she settles back into here routine.
I'm here, posting in that dark, in my parents' van, somewhere on the highway between Bigger City and My City (so, the final hour of a long day of driving and funeral). It's just after 8:30, and my never-sleeps-in-cars kiddo is asleep! Cue angel choirs. Now, we just need to get through that last hour, and get home.
Today went well. I gave and received a lot of hugs. We were all comforted. My cousin delivered an incredible eulogy. I went with my gut, and did some nice baking this week, and gave it to my auntie today. My brother was able to tune into the funeral from his hotel in Paris, thanks to live streaming. I'm thankful for my family.
xoxoxo
((((QWP)))) I'm glad you were able to find comfort together today.
((((Sue)))) Hope your first day back is easier than you expect. Be gentle with yourself.
((((Liz)))) Hope the school does some whole school education around the racist event also.
(((esperanza)))) Hope the unbloggable worries resolve. Mini is so cute!
((((Kathy a.)))) Glad your daughter's car had an easy fix.
((((pk)))) Sorry about all the stress of this week!
--Neighbor Lady (who is already looking forward to a long weekend--- school has started, and it's always a hit the ground running kind of thing)
I hope your first day back is going well, Sue!
I hope your first week back is going well, NL!
Our local paper ran a story about the swastikas. Relieved that the school did report it to the sheriff's office.
I'm so sorry that this awful hate crime has happened at your son's school, but I'm relieved that the school is taking it seriously, Liz.
Hugs for esperanza, with the unbloggable whine.
And hugs to Neighbour Lady, with the hectic beginning of the school year. The kids here don't go back until after the long weekend, but Mr. Q has been back with the teachers all week, and has likewise hit the ground running. (He also was supposed to be leading meetings yesterday, but thankfully they had others take that over, so that he could take the day for the funeral. Today, however, he's giving presentations and leading PD all day.)
Hugs, NL. *I'm* exhausted after even a shortened week here. I can only imagine that teachers are ready to collapse.
Much love to all the teachers, students, and everybody else. xoxo
Liz, so glad the school took action, the sheriff is on the case, and the paper is reporting it. Swastikas? Horrible.
Big Fat Whine: At this time of year, if it's sunny and everything, we're talking high 70's F. Today, it hit 95F before noon! And it will keep going up, to over 100F. Records are breaking all over the place. We chose this location partly because of the moderate temps; but the only moderate part today is that the hotter local areas will go well over 110F. Bonus: it's hazy due to smoke from (a/w) far away fires.
I feel so whiny, because a lot of areas get these temps all the time. Personally, I start looking like a heat stroke victim. Must check the local movie schedule...
Hell. 99F at my friend's house nearby, the one with a weather station.
I understand that whine, Kathy! We've had a lot of that kind of heat this summer (and no rain), and it always felt like too much. (Plus side, after a hot summer, now that it's 77 today, E and I are wearing long pants, and had soup for lunch. At the beginning of summer, this temperature felt too hot.)
104F. Not even 3:30 p.m. -- it always gets hotter late afternoon. The inside thermometer is close to 90F, which I don't remember ever happening. I'm using fans, a lot of ice for liquids, and keeping an ice-gel pack right here for cooling myself down.
Oh goodness, I forgot that AC isn't super common there! I lived on a big (Canadian) island in the PNW, and every time the temperature got up to 90F, the whole city would stop functioning, and senior citizens would get heat stroke. (A lot of retirees live there, and many live in high rises with no AC). My sympathies! That's too warm indoors.
AW: I'm typing this using my full-sized external keyboard, and a large external monitor (hooked up to my laptop)! I've been doing without my external monitor (and then haven't been bothering with the full setup, as a result), ever since I got a new computer with wiiind0ws ten, last year, since it decided that it didn't would play nice with my old (from 2008) monitor. Today, through weird coincidences, Mr. Q and I discovered that his (old operating system) liked my 2008 monitor very much, and my (new) laptop actually cooperates with his (2007, but apparently a brand that has put out new drivers) monitor.
I can't believe that the solution to my computer woes was "swap monitors with my husband." But I'm happy that it's solved!
Update: Mr. Q hooked my old monitor up to his computer, and it has solved the minor problem that he was having. I do not understand, but it works.
Whatever works! It's our motto!
(Which is why I keep sticking an ice pack down into the bra sector, after hitting other pulse points. I assume nobody's going to barge in for a visit.)
That's brilliant, Kathy! Mr. Q also sometimes freezes something that can wrap around his neck or head.
I watered thursday, morning and evening friday, and again this morning. Many plants still look disgruntled. It's already 98F, an hour before noon! Got the ice pack, the fan, the ice water -- all set.
This seems like a signal from the universe to delay the "sort and donate" project, no? ;)
Yes. Be as still as possible. If you're required to move, do so slowly. Hydrate constantly.
It got to 105, and has dropped a tad now. But yeah. Not moving much except to get more ice. The air is pretty fireplaced up, too, with smoke.
My husband said he was coming home today, but he's still off the grid.
107F. 95 in the house. My husband's on his way home now, promises to take me out for dinner (and air conditioning).
Going out for dinner with air conditioning is a great idea. Perhaps you should do dinner and a movie? I presume that movie theatres are as aggressively air conditioned there as here?
Or maybe a hotel splurge if possible? (Assuming hotels have air conditioning?)
--Neighbor Lady
That's a good idea, NL! A friend who lives in our city lives in an apartment without AC, and when we had a heat wave that went above 100, she managed to find a cheap last-minute booking from one of those discount sites. Of course, Kathy lives in a more desirable area that I do, and it is a long weekend, but it might be worth checking out.
It's supposed to be cooler today, although the overnight low came at 7:30 a.m, when it was 75F -- which would be suitable high temp for here! Apologies for all the heat-related babble.
Working on a menu for tomorrow, when son and DIL will visit. We went to a nicely refrigerated supermarket last night, and the brain was uninspired. Oh, well.
Apparently, our only president has decided to end DACA -- meant to protect people who came to the US as children and have reached for the stars here. Because, what? Sending these people back to places they have never known will -- do what?
Because it will undo something Obama did. That's it. Or because it's unbelievably racist. Those are the only two things that motivate him.
(Those two things are not mutually exclusive, of course)
Indeed, esperanza. And what a pile of cruelties upon cruelties, to do this in the midst of hurricane devastation. (Not that it's ever a good time. But wow, is this ever extra bad.)
I heard today that lots of dreamers work as first responders and rescued folks. This is what they get after risking their lives, over and over. It is simply cruel, you're right.
Right. Cruel, unfair, racist, complete disrespect of what they have contributed. Also saw articles on DACA folks as first responders. And everyone in the program gave their personal info to our government with the promise of protection. Grr.
I saw that ICE is deporting a guy proved to be a citizen. I can't even.
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