hey S'up?! weekend recovery mode

The Hashi's isn't hard to live with; not really-- I do need to got pick up my Rx soon though. But, dudes-- I am so freaking tired. Two social events in one weekend (using that term loosely)! J's bDay dinner in Brighton was Saturday night and despite a lot of pre anxiety about driving up North (actually coming home w/potentially buzzed driver was my bigger worry...The good doctor had one glass of wine early on and we were fine.) The roads were assuredly black ice because shitty freezing rain all day. eep. That is neither here nor there. Because GD it was fun hanging out!!! Best conversation IN MONTHS... Gregoire and James trying to decide if audio books count as reading! I was delighted. Great crowd, Nice steak, weird bathroom.

Sunday was pretty chill, (Literally! UGH my knees hate the cold.) I made waffles. We mostly just made sure we had bevvies for MONDAY NIGHT!! WHOOP! WHOOP! Petey grabbed Faygo red pops and he scored special label Labatts. The Wings' centennial and all. Spent Monday afternoon cleaning the bathrooms and "decorating" for hockey watch party. Finally, Monday about 4:30, I got the Toramina's ordered. Hockey was to start at 5:30.

Izzy asked Adri and I asked Nezka--and we had a huge puppy pile to watch Sergei's 91 get raised to the rafters of the Pizza Arena (LCA). An honor that was a long time coming-- that dude can skate.

It was a lovely evening. Katie and Z hung out for the ceremony and pizza and made the puck drop but Katie was wiped too; so Z took her home mid 1st period. We were all a little teary eyed RE/Vladdy and missing COACH. I, of course, made popcorn during the first intermission. Pete made sure the flag was straight and so... rituals in place... THEY WON! IN OT!! It was a GREAT game; reffing sucked. I don't like the 'Canes and my boys WON! SQUEEEEEE. Stayed up too late and had too much junk but it was worth it. Starting to plot for Danny's 5th. Plane fare procured...he wants a croquet set!!

I am not sure what happened to November

Sebastian turned 2! (See earlier post). Did I say I stepped down as Chatelaine!? But, now it is December 31. What a year. Attended a NO KINGS RALLY. Enough said about that. Let's remember pleasant things, in reverse order... I guess. Last night was quite unusual, not the normal Tuesday. Not only did we get oven fired pizzas ckingcafe.com downtown, but Izzy and I finally got our shit together for "Tarot Tuesday" at the Ypsi Cocktail Club.

Everything the reader said made perfect sense. I wasn't surprised. When we got home Matt & Fabi called and we watched the boys open our presents. They were in Mexico with abuela and the primos...next year is our turn! WOOOHOOOO! Did get to spend an afternoon with Dave and Lorine, that was so nice. Took them to Biercamp in A2 for lunch and just hung out and shot the shit. Christmas here was pretty quiet. The snow all melted on the day of and we had a high of 58F...then a wee blizzard so it is snowy again! #PUREMICHIGAN I have mastered the bird feed mix. 50% hot pepper flavored and 50% "no mess". OH HI! We had a mated pair of red tails raise two younglings. They were very loud. LOL. One of the juveniles saw that a goldfinch was trapped in a large feeder and it could not figure out how to get it. After an hour of entertainment Pete took pics and we laughed about the "hawk feeder". I let the lil doofus out and she escaped to live another day. Keiki's toe however? Not so much. My bff had a weird bump on her back right paw. It was like a bloody lima bean. SO GROSS. It kept getting bigger; didn't respond to antibiotics so it was amputated and girlfriend learned how to wear a boot. It was NOT cancer. She is fine.

October

Team Rocket and Gengar went out to SoCal for Trick or Treat and Gramma stayed through Sebas' 2nd Bday. He loves Cookie Monster and Gonger so it was a Sesame Street Fiesta. It also RAINED. We "pivoted" indoors and it was awesome.