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I apparently live in a place where there are are a lot of indoor/outdoor cats. I'm not quite sure why I see so many cats. I guess there are just a lot of people with indoor/outdoor cats here (oof - mixed feelings). I live in an apartment with no yard (the building itself occupies the yard) but since I live on the second floor, I look out over multiple neighbours' yards. I love this. I look at my yard constantly when I am home. First thing in the morning, all day if I work from home, with my desk set up so I look out, one last time before bed - primarily for birding and just general enjoyment of the outdoors but, increasingly in the last few months, also for cats. I guess I am outside all the time because I walk to and from the train station, I bird all the time, plus I play ingress, I get groceries on foot, etc. Also okay yes I do randomly pspsps on the street sometimes. I see so many that my friend suggested I start a bingo of cats.

Here is a list:

Calico cat, mostly white with scattered orange and tabby spots - Jenny - very friendly, learned her name via tag and also a poster on the street
Big plush grey cat - no idea, often plopped in the yard now
Big fluffy orange cat - probably lives down the street - this cat I have seen for the longest but have no idea who he is
Small white cat with tabby on head & raccoon tail - Luna, owned by the convenience store
White-and-orange, orange saddle - Noisy
Fluffy tabby-and-white, very thin with age, now deceased - Sarah (learned her name bc she only hung out right by her home and I actually talked to the humans who lived there on occasion). She lived till 18!!! but I miss her and when I pass by her place I still reflexively look for her under the bush she liked. I petted her so many times because she would trot to the pavement and let you admire her.
Fluffy large black cat - probably lives near park
Tabby with white paws and white sliver on back - new, I only started seeing them a week or two ago
Dilute tortie/calico - new within a few months, don't know name

This is Jenny:

This picture is so cute I could die

This is how I learned Noisy's name, though I actually saw Noisy after the poster was put up:

But yeah a few days ago I went to get groceries and as I was walking by I distinctly saw Noisy disappear into someone's yard.

Then there are the cats in windows:

Ollie & Luna, the asymmetric and symmetric tuxies in the window (also learned from talking to the neighbour)
A nondynamic duo of a tortie and a tabby tuxie, always sleeping in a bed in the window
White-and-orange shorthair cat, plopped in the window

I have no conclusion for this entry. CATS. (Please keep your cat indoors!)

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torachan

1. My stomach felt almost as bad this morning when I woke up, but once I got going, I started to feel a lot better, and it wasn't like yesterday where I'd feel better for a while but then anything I ate would make me feel worse again. Not quite 100% but mostly back to normal.

2. There was another ant invasion this morning, though not nearly as bad as yesterday. I was worried that despite my precautions and clean up this morning, I might come home to more after work, since yesterday we had both been home during the day to monitor any scouts and keep things from snowballing, but with Carla out of town, there's no one to keep an eye out during the day. But the diatomaceous earth I put down this morning seems to have been enough and there were no ants in the kitchen this evening and only a couple in the dining room near where they had been coming in. So hopefully I won't wake up to ants again tomorrow.

3. When I first moved offices last year, the area I was in was the coldest in the whole building, but then they made some change and it was the warmest. It was tolerable for the winter and spring, but it's really bad now and I was just sweltering at my desk this afternoon. I put in a request to the facility maintenance department and they said they will get it looked at ASAP so fingers crossed they can get it to a more reasonable temperature.

4. Look at this sweetie girl.

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Title: they've got ears
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Rating: G
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Summary: icons of mules and their big ears, made from images found on the interwebs

( they've got ears )

yourlibrarian

1) Looks like this obsession with identifying people online is spreading to all sorts of places. I've been working with two survey companies for a long time for some extra cash. One of them recently prompted users to verify their accounts, offering better opportunities if they did. The other unexpectedly asked me to set up verification to access my account, which included uploading ID and revealing other information.

This is an account I've had for over 20 years. No matter what age I was when I opened it, I would clearly be of age since, and I have contacted customer service various times in the past due to problems. They know I'm a real person who has almost always accessed them from the same IP. I even had "diamond status", meaning I got extra points with each survey completed for faster rewards, as a result of being such a longtime member.

Apparently that was unimportant. I closed my account and they have not contacted me. Makes me wonder how many other people are doing so as well.

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musesfool

I meant to post last night but I could barely keep my eyes open so I went to bed early (and missed a super rare Mets comeback in Atlanta!) and slept for 10 glorious hours! I felt great at work today, and got some stuff done, and made some suggestions about the September board meeting agenda that I am sure the CEO and the Chair will not like, but they wanted to get radical and also not overrun the meeting time by 45 minutes again, and I offered a good way to do it to my boss. We'll see if anyone bites.

I am off tomorrow for the dentist - it should just be a cleaning (though I am braced to hear I need yet another crown) but I am always so tired when it's over. And my team meeting on Tuesday got cancelled so I am tempted to take next Tuesday off since I'm already off Wednesday (my birthday), Thursday, and Friday of next week. My boss was like, sure! but I'm still thinking about it.

I thought I had something else to post about but I can't remember... oh right, I finally watched Project Hail Mary the other night. I enjoyed it but it was too long. And there was not enough Eva Stratt, who was the best thing in the movie.

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Following on last month's re-release of The Writer's Little Book of Naming, The Writer's Little Book of Platitudes is back out in the world!

A white background with the text "The Writer's Little Book of Platitudes: Tips and Tricks for Taking (and Ignoring) Advice," by Marie Brennan, author of the Memoirs of Lady Trent. In the center is a red circle with a diagonal line through it (the symbol for "no") with the words "thou shalt not" inside.

A white background with the text "The Writer's Little Book of Platitudes: Tips and Tricks for Taking (and Ignoring) Advice," by Marie Brennan, author of the Memoirs of Lady Trent. In the center is a red circle with a diagonal line through it (the symbol for "no") with the words "thou shalt not" inside.

“Show, don’t tell.” “Murder your darlings.” “Write every day.”

Certain pieces of advice are widespread in the writing community — but what do they really mean? And are they nuggets of universal wisdom, or do they only apply to some writers in some circumstances? Award-winning author Marie Brennan tackles these old saws, dissecting each one to see what purpose it might serve . . . and when you should toss it aside.

And starting next month, there will be a brand-new Writer's Little Book -- stay tuned for news on that . . .

(originally posted at Swan Tower: https://www.swantower.com/2026/07/07/the-writers-little-book-of-platitudes-returns/)

snickfic

David Lowery Tackling Adaptation of Horror Novel ‘The Fisherman’ for Focus (Hollywood Reporter). You guys!! Lowery directed Mother Mary, which I didn't love but which had style for days, and The Fisherman feels like exactly the kind of surrealist psych/cosmic horror blend that he could really sink his teeth into. Here for it.

Also in movie news, Park Chan-Wook is making another English-language film, and it's a western! Starring Matthew McConaughey and Pedro Pascal. Put it in my eyeballsssss.

"Couch to 5k for Reading", an 8-week event for building up a reading habit. There are three tracks, depending on your goals. I am tentatively doing track 2 but with harder reading material (classics or nonfiction). Bummer it's on Substack though. :/

Okay so did everyone but me know that Ty Olsson and DJ Qualls (Benny and Garth on SPN) got married?!?! Turns out there WAS a gay romance on the show. Just, you know, not any of the ones people shipped.

Also learned this week that there was a Supernatural "Valentine's Day Special" comic book complete with T&A cover. Published this year, 2026!! These things are never good, and yet I'm so tempted.

The Oasis reunion doc teaser trailer is out. Guys, they titled the doc Don't Look Back in Anger. Here are some gifs from the trailer. My demise is imminent omfg.

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Laptop-TV combo with DVDs on top and smartphone on the desk

On our Saturday post

solenne mentioned the upcoming loss of TV Time, which is used for tracking shows to watch. Given all the networks or streamers in use, this has become complicated to do.

What method(s) or service(s) work for you? How transferable is your data? Have your tools/habits changed over time? What problems have you run into?

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If this describes you, go get represented!

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These pinch hits are due on 17 July, though I will consider offers for later dates. The exchange is currently scheduled to go live on 18 July.

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rionaleonhart

I've been feeling very 'I need to write something or I'll explode' for the last few weeks, and I've managed it at last! And, hey, it's a Deltarune fic. Apparently I'm still capable of writing for things that aren't The Goes Wrong Show?

(This fic would be improved by the presence of Robert Grove, of course. Any fic could be improved by the presence of Robert Grove.)

Oh, wow, this is apparently the three hundredth work I've posted to my main AO3 account. How did that happen?

Title: Through the Cracks
Fandom: Deltarune
Rating: PG-13
Wordcount: 1,400
Summary: Kris and Noelle end up somewhere else.
Warnings: Spoilers for chapter five of Deltarune, specifically the weird route.

( Through the Cracks )

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Title: Uncomfortable Scrutiny
Fandom: The Fantastic Journey
Author:

badly_knitted
Characters: Willaway, Varian, Fred, Liana.
Rating: PG
Spoilers/Setting: Funhouse.
Summary: Willaway wishes his friends would stop looking at him like that. He’s fine!
Word Count: 654
Content Notes: Nada.
Written For: Challenge 520: Ear.
Disclaimer: I don’t own The Fantastic Journey, or the characters. They belong to their creators.

( Uncomfortable Scrutiny... )

Current Mood: tired
Current Location: my desk

liv

So next/this year I'm assigned to Wimbledon, a kind of apprenticeship or internship where hopefully I will learn how to actually do the job of a rabbi as a whole, rather than individual pieces of it. They have asked me to write an article introducing myself for their magazine. And I'm really struggling to write something not boring; what I have reads like a list of the places I've lived, worked and volunteered with the Jewish community, like a very pedestrian covering letter. So, if you were a member of a synagogue and there was a new intern about to join, what would you want to know about them? I've included the (slightly redacted) draft below the cut.

( this is boring even to me and I'm the subject )

One of my next year teachers has set us for our pre-class homework over the summer "read a book". Like, literally pick up a book and read it. Presumably there's a point to this, I was planning to read some books anyway, but I assume there's more to it than just ticking the box to say, yup, I read a book. Suggestions welcome! If an eminent professor of Bible told you to read a book, what would you pick? I know the prof is an SF fan, she's trying to start a theological SF reading group.

Current Mood: blocked

tielan

Quilting weekend away - went to a quilting retreat. Found myself sitting at the 'introverts table'. Friendly, but not chatty people. *sigh*

Otherwise, I got to hang out with a couple of women I haven't really been able to since COVID days - the group mostly split because the mothers weren't able to get away as much once their kids hit primary and mum's taxi became a full thing for weekends as well.

Retreat was set at a Catholic convent retreat centre. The food was surprisingly good for somewhere that was clearly set up for camps (complete with bunk beds). I got lots of sewing done, which was excellent, because I've gotten almost none done otherwise lately.

Now I just have to get the rest of it done! That's always the trick, isn't it?

quilting pics

Finished quilt top for Scrapbox Elegy:

So named, because I am hoping it will be the end of my scrapbox. (*insert laughter from all the quilters*) Yeah, I know. But we live in hope!

I like to make quilts that people can look at and think "yeah, I could make that". I think this one does it pretty featly.

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I'm feeling...really different right now. It might just be a function of my age, or my stage of life, but I'm feeling a bit...detached and ruthless, if that makes sense?

Reading through some of the fics for AtlA, they feel young. So many feelings! So much emotion! So much passion! So dramatic!

As much as I enjoy the dramatic stories, there's a part of me that rolls her eyes and thinks, "man, I don't remember being this young". Which, I feel like I wasn't. But also, I'm nearly 50 and I don't remember that shit anymore. Not to mention, when it comes down to it, the original stories are about teenagers - admittedly very talented, skilled, competent teenagers (with major major family and war trauma) - as a redramatic, passionate, emotional, and young is the order of the fandom. And most people came to it before they were fifteen, not when they were fifty.

Anyway, right now, I have two multichapters (although one is one story out of three, and the plots of the other two are slightly epic; may not get anyway) and one one-chapter-could-stretch-to-two smut.

I am finding myself writing character backstory to the stories I'm writing, though...

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( do you ever think about death? )

Anyway, it was a really helpful weekend, and helpful in conceiving how I might be able to manage this if it came down to it.

Although, we're looking at the introduction of the bad strain of Bird Flu here on the East Coast. This is bad news.

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I haven't played hockey in weeks, and I won't be playing for another 12 days, so I guess now is the time to start conditioning myself, right?

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I need to send out the invite to my 50th Birthday Karaoke NIght.

Speaking of which, on the weekend, I was staying at a small town pub (they're called 'hotels' for a reason) and while the bed was very comfy, the place is not soundproofed, and they had karaoke night down below.

If I'd had any kind of a voice, I'd have gone down and sung some myself. Alas, I am still recovering from the lingering cold (another set of antibiotics were necessary, they finish today) and so I would have been...well, tbh, I'd have been about standard for the quality of the karaoke I was listening to downstairs.

transcript of chat to friend on Saturday night

[21:35]Saturday, 4 July 2026 21:35 Tielan: I'm sitting in a small town hotel/pub, listening to the karaoke in the pub below.
[21:37]Saturday, 4 July 2026 21:37 Tielan: great moogly googly, people cannot sing in tune
[21:37]Saturday, 4 July 2026 21:37 Tielan: which I know, is not the point of karaoke
[21:38]Saturday, 4 July 2026 21:38 Tielan: but I'm in bed, laughing like an absolute drain
[21:38]Saturday, 4 July 2026 21:38 Tielan: right now, they're massacreing "Always" by Bon Jovi
[21:38]Saturday, 4 July 2026 21:38 Tielan: several songs earlier, it was "Man, I Feel Like A Woman"
[21:38]Saturday, 4 July 2026 21:38 Tielan: Initially, I thought it was a Very Bad Cover Band
[21:39]Saturday, 4 July 2026 21:39 B: karaoke is always best when you are too close to the speaker to hear the singer properly
[21:39]Saturday, 4 July 2026 21:39 B: or you're with friends and they're the ones butchering the song
[21:39]Saturday, 4 July 2026 21:39 Tielan: then at least you get the hilarity
[21:39]Saturday, 4 July 2026 21:39 Tielan: I mean, half the battle up here is trying to work out what the song is
[21:40]Saturday, 4 July 2026 21:40 B: rate the karaoke on how easy it is to tell what song they're murdering
[21:40]Saturday, 4 July 2026 21:40 B: 10/10 you butchered it but we know what it was
[21:41]Saturday, 4 July 2026 21:41 Tielan: I don't think I know this song.
[21:41]Saturday, 4 July 2026 21:41 Tielan: either that, or it's so butchered I don't recognise it
[21:41]Saturday, 4 July 2026 21:41 Tielan: oh, another song from a previously in-tune singer was "My Life" (Billy Joel)
[21:41]Saturday, 4 July 2026 21:41 Tielan: that was earlier
[21:43]Saturday, 4 July 2026 21:43 Tielan: I am slightly tempted to go down and see if I can get in the line, but my voice is still recovering thx to this bloody cold
[21:49]Saturday, 4 July 2026 21:49 Tielan: "A Guy Like Me" (Lifehouse?)
[21:49]Saturday, 4 July 2026 21:49 Tielan: I think this guy has sung before
[21:50]Saturday, 4 July 2026 21:50 Tielan: he's...not quite hitting the notes.
[21:50]Saturday, 4 July 2026 21:50 Tielan: Sorry, but since I can't sleep, I might as well comment on the karaoke downstairs.
[21:54]Saturday, 4 July 2026 21:54 Tielan: I don't know this song, but it sounds like whoever is singing it is doing a decent job of it
[21:56]Saturday, 4 July 2026 21:56 B: if they didn't want to be a part of your liveblog, they shouldn't have been so entertaining
[21:58]Saturday, 4 July 2026 21:58 Tielan: oh no.
[21:58]Saturday, 4 July 2026 21:58 Tielan: someone is trying The Climb
[21:58]Saturday, 4 July 2026 21:58 Tielan: "there's always gonna be another mountain..."
[22:01]Saturday, 4 July 2026 22:01 Tielan: I wonder what time this goes until.
[22:03]Saturday, 4 July 2026 22:03 Tielan: Okay, this one has a good voice and is in tune
[22:03]Saturday, 4 July 2026 22:03 Tielan: don't know the song thought
[22:06]Saturday, 4 July 2026 22:06 Tielan: ooh, someone has brought in cabaret. Bad Manners?
[22:11]Saturday, 4 July 2026 22:11 Tielan: "Take Me Back To You" - I think it's the same guy who was trying for "A Guy Like Me". He has the yen for the 80s power-ballads
[22:11]Saturday, 4 July 2026 22:11 Tielan: might be the same guy who did "Always"
[22:14]Saturday, 4 July 2026 22:14 Tielan: I've Done All The Dumb Things
[22:15]Saturday, 4 July 2026 22:15 Tielan: Singer has the feel and the voice and just managed an "AAOOW!" yelp in the middle of the song
[22:17]Saturday, 4 July 2026 22:17 Tielan: Don't Stop Believing
[22:18]Saturday, 4 July 2026 22:18 Tielan: can't mistake those chords; voice is okay, but no timing
[22:23]Saturday, 4 July 2026 22:23 Tielan: Never Tear Us Apart
[22:23]Saturday, 4 July 2026 22:23 B: should someone tear them apart from the mic?
[22:23]Saturday, 4 July 2026 22:23 Tielan: I mean, mostly, I just want to sleep
[22:03] Tielan: Okay, this one has a good voice and is in tune
[22:03] Tielan: don't know the song thought
[22:06] Tielan: ooh, someone has brought in cabaret. Bad Manners?
[22:11] Tielan: "Take Me Back To You" - I think it's the same guy who was trying for "A Guy Like Me". He has the yen for the 80s power-ballads
[22:11] Tielan: might be the same guy who did "Always"
[22:14] Tielan: I've Done All The Dumb Things
[22:15] Tielan: Singer has the feel and the voice and just managed an "AAOOW!" yelp in the middle of the song
[22:17] Tielan: Don't Stop Believing
[22:18] Tielan: can't mistake those chords; voice is okay, but no timing
[22:23] Tielan: Never Tear Us Apart
[22:23] B: should someone tear them apart from the mic?
[22:23] Tielan: I mean, mostly, I just want to sleep
[22:23] Tielan: I'd be a little less annoyed if they were singing in tune
[22:24] Tielan: Alas, it is Saturday night in Small Town NSW
[22:24] Tielan: if this town has more than 50,000 inhabitants, I will be Very Surprised
[22:24] Tielan: and no, livestock is not counted
[22:24] B: that seems big for small town NSW
[22:26] Tielan: Have You Ever Seen The Rain?
[22:26] Tielan: the main street is a pub, a post office, a general store, a milk bar, a coffee shop, a laundromat, a realtor, and maybe a couple of craft-ish/antique shops
[22:27] B: yeah i'd bet on 15,000 max, town that small
[22:27] Tielan: I have no measure for a small town 😄
[22:28] B: town i spent some time in when i was a kid, had two primary schools and a high school. a hospital. just checked wikipedia - population 5,000
[22:29] B: maybe 12,000 if you count the local region around it
[22:30] Tielan: ...this song is so badly massacred I know what it is, but I can't make it out
[22:30] B: haunted by the song
[22:30] Tielan: he's not in time
[22:30] Tielan: he's not in tune
[22:31] Tielan: everything that's in this world is sure to fade?
[22:31] Tielan: 90s grunge?
[22:31] Tielan: too far away?
[22:31] Tielan: great moogly googly
[22:32] Tielan: NICKLEBACK
[22:32] Tielan: ded of laff
[22:32] Tielan: even Nickleback doesn't deserve this
[22:33] Tielan: damn this cold, if I had my voice, I would absolutely be down there belting out something like Pink's Trustfall
[22:33] Tielan: Take It Easy
[22:34] Tielan: I think there are max 3 people down there singing, and they're taking turns
[22:42] Tielan: Handle Me With Care
[22:43] B: are they handling the song with care?
[22:45] Tielan: no, but he's belting it out with a decent approximation of enthusiasm
[22:46] Tielan: I will accept enthusiasm in lieu of tunefulness
[22:46] B: enthusiasm does cover a lot of sins
[22:46] Tielan: exactly
[22:46] Tielan: a duet that sounds like it came from the 80s
[22:46] Tielan: has that balladic feeling
[22:49] Tielan: oh dear, it's the guy who can't carry a tune in a bucket
[22:49] Tielan: again
[22:49] Tielan: okay, I do him a disservice
[22:49] Tielan: he can carry a tune in a bucket, but the tune he is carrying isn't in the key of the song he's trying to sing
[22:50] B: he can carry a tune in a bucket but keeps picking up the wrong bucket
[22:50] Tielan: a far better simile
[22:50] Tielan: metaphor?
[22:50] Tielan: it's too late for me to remember which is which
[22:50] B: the second i think
[22:50] Tielan: also: I think he's singing about cowboys
[22:50] B: simile needs the word like in it i think
[22:50] B: from memory
[22:51] Tielan: ...I'm not sure if the cowboys are also a metaphor or not
[22:51] Tielan: no, that sounds right
[22:51] B: i was not great at english in high school
[22:51] Tielan: hey, look, it's nearly 11pm. I was kind of hoping to be asleep by 9, and I'm hoping this ends on the hour
[22:52] Tielan: yeah, he's definitely got the wrong bucket
[22:52] B: i don't know you'll be that lucky
[22:52] Tielan: yeah, I'm afraid of that
[22:53] Tielan: On the up side, at least there isn't a major sporting event on; I think there was the last time I stayed in this hotel
[22:53] Tielan: so not only was it noisy until midnight, but afterwards there were also a lot of drunk people yelling in the street
[22:53] B: ooof
[22:54] Tielan: we are back to enthusiastic guy
[22:54] Tielan: I Got A Love That Keeps Me Waiting
[22:57] Tielan: oh, someone is singing I Want That Man (Deborah Harry)
[22:57] B: we are getting an education in the music tastes of small town NSW
[23:00] Tielan: She can sing pretty well though.
[23:04] Tielan: 90s grunge boy is back: Glycerine
[23:09] Tielan: something country?
[23:13] Tielan: sounds like Springsteen
[23:13] Tielan: oh wait, no, Jimmy Barnes
[23:16] Tielan: yeah we are ALL OUT OF BUCKETS NOW
[23:16] B: the singing has kicked the bucket
[23:18] Tielan: okay, this is not a usual karaoke choice: The Way
[23:18] Tielan: "but where were they going without ever knowing the way?"
[23:29] Tielan: We Are The Children (?) dare I hope this is the last song?
[23:29] B: crosses fingers for you
[23:31] Tielan: oh well, they're belting it out now
[23:31] Tielan: I think all of them are doing it
[23:31] Tielan: ::giggles::
[23:31] Tielan: ooh key change
[23:31] Tielan: belter guy is doing the interspersions.
[23:31] Tielan: "we are the children" we are the children!
[23:32] Tielan: "We are the world!" we are the world!
[23:39] Tielan: okay, we are DONESKIES
[23:39] B: sleep well!
[23:39] Tielan: ...unless someone is about to start singing Don't You Want Me Baby because that's the background music that's just started up...
[23:39] B: oh no
[23:39] Tielan: no, wait, it's just pub background music
[23:39] Tielan: phew
[23:39] Tielan: BEDTIME
[23:40] Tielan: apologies to anyone who wakes to a bajillion pings on this channel
[23:40] Tielan: xo

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Anyway, no hockey training tonight, but we're doing dinner at the local club which sponsors us.

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1. Woke up to a huge ant invasion in the dining room/kitchen this morning, which was not fun to clean up, but they seem to be staying away so far. Fingers crossed!

2. I have been having really bad stomach issues since yesterday afternoon and I am not sure what the original trigger was. In the evening I did have gyoza and the brand was garlickier than the one we usually get, so that definitely aggravated it, but nothing I ate earlier in the day should have affected me like that. D: I have been feeling really bleh all day because of it (and ended up working from home) but it has been a reminder that even with all my stomach issues, it's so much better than it was when I first developed them. I used to feel like this all the time and now it's really rare. I just hope this passes soon. :-/

3. I got Carla packed off on the train to Chicago this evening. She is going to be gone for a couple weeks to visit family.

4. This morning I went to Sidecar for donuts as they have a new summer menu, including one that is only available on Mondays. The Monday only one is a peanut butter filled malasada with raspberry icing. It was really good but not so much that I feel I need to plan a trip specifically on a Monday. I also got one of their other summer ones, a chocolate cake donut with potato chip streusel. The streusel was super good but I wasn't that into the donut itself. Carla got a passionfruit filled one that she was super happy with, so I'm going to try that one at some point for sure.

5. I love this picture so much. The randomly outstretched arm! His grumpy little face!

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