Good morning all and happy Father’s Day, shaw.
Toronto food tour today. Already visited the hotels fitness center for a treadmill run and will be walking a lot. Should be fun though I am not too happy about the potentially record breaking heat.
Gosh, we would love some of that heat! Our stay in Iceland has been fierce winds and rain. Not cold but difficult.
We fortunately have been in a very nice hotel during the worst of it. Even had advisories --wind-- where we drive tomorrow but that has finally ended. Sadly, the majority or our two week trip is forecast for rain. And it is beautiful
In Oregon right now!!!
The people are very nice and love living here. We have found great food despite negative reviews of Icelandic food.
Also, did not buy enough alcohol at the duty free shop and the towns with liquor stores have super limited hours–one place is open 2 hours a day.
Ok, lucky to be here, I know. Complaining not allowed
Oregon, I totally understand. We took the kids to Holland and Switzerland in '11. Rain almost every day for two weeks. Holland not so bad in the rain. The canals and museums were still there. Switzerland … The fabulous views were technically still there, we just couldn’t see them for the clouds. Never has so much money been spent to see so little. But no one complained out loud.
Last night H and I saw the musical “Bullets Over Broadway” (we have season tickets to the local musical series.) Certainly unfortunate timing. Gangland shootings at a nightclub are decidedly not funny.
Thanks mp.
Driving the scary fjord road but have not seen anything.
So why is it when I have plans to do something for ME it never seems to work out. H and D are out of town hiking for a few days - left yesterday and won’t return until Sat. I am taking tomorrow off. Plan was to get some housework done but more importantly to sew. Well now I have a head cold and feel like crap so will end up spending much of my day off tomorrow probably sleeping. Ugh!! NOT what I wanted to do! I have a list of things I wanted to do while I had time to myself!!!
RM, that’s so sad! That happened to me last winter when H went to see his parents.
Sorry to hear about it RM. I’m in London working away in the exec lounge at my hotel. I’ve come down with a bit of a cold and am finding myself very frustrated with both a client and the team working on it. The client keeps asking for something that is both hard to do and won’t be helpful – unless I misunderstand what he is asking for. My team keeps promising this – and I’m the only one who can do it. I’ve said several times that this can’t be a useful exercise and they keep getting a little feedback from the client about how important it its to have this ASAP. Not happy with either set of people.
Everyone has been so busy! Happy Belated Birthday Shaw!
Feel better RM!
I have been at the lake since last Thursday and haven’t turned on my laptop until today! The weather has been lovely. H’s parents were here for 2.5 days and that was enough for me since he wasn’t here to be a buffer! I really shouldn’t let them bother me but they can be very annoying. His mother is always complaining about everything.This trip really reinforced that they can not be here at the lake by themselves. They can’t figure out the gas stove, computerized thermostat and lighting system. I cringed when they took the pontoon out! They had issues launching and my MIL almost fell off the dock but of course they didn’t want my help. I did have to go down and help them dock after they tried to get close to the dock four times. And then I found out they had no phone service here as they switched to a discount carrier to save money. FIL was so proud that his little phone was free until I burst his bubble by saying free isn’t that good if it doesn’t work! Glad to have some downtime by myself!
D2 is hosting a bachelorette party here this weekend. It is supposed to be 90+ degrees on Saturday so I imagine they will be in the water quite a bit. The bride to be doesn’t drink alcohol so i think it will be pretty low key.
Maybe I just have to suck it up and do what I planned (and just keep a box of kleenex handy).
Hi all.
Yeah, I hear you RM, bout that life getting in way jazz 
Yesterday I ended up in the hospital with a diverticulitis attack, as it turned out. They let me go for home treatment after doing a CT but they warned me I might have to go back and stay if the antibiotics don’t work well enough.
Which means in the interim I have to behave. I don’t actually FEEL like misbehaving, so its a moot point, but there were plans for a book club boat outing tonight that I’ll have to reevaluate
On the bright side, if all goes well, I should be sorted before the July 4th holiday. Supposed to have friends in from out of own but we may have to wait and see on that front.
Mcson is hilarious. He pushed me on going to emerge b/c he said my pain tolerance is too high to be trusted. But after the DX, he hugged me and said in the same breath: “I love you so please behave and avoid ruptures and dont die, and by the way, is this hereditary?”
Too funny.
He’s taking my meetings today so I can “behave” and rest. I’m grateful to know my clients are in good hands.
Shaw, re team and client…since you’re the only one who can do it, you get to say. Perhaps its time to fire the client and discipline the team
Oh my, kmc, RM and shaw - I hope you all feel better soon.
RM- I can completely relate about getting to be “home alone” and then not being able to do what you planned. It’s frustrating. NM- I hope you have a relaxing weekend after the inlaws visit.
We are home from Canada, but not going into work today. I need a day to catch up on a lot of things at home. There is so much going on. S starts his internship on Monday, he will hear about his big interview (for next summer) next week, but sadly he is not optimistic. Not sure how Brexit will affect that although at least in the short run with the value of the pound falling his tuition will be a bargain for H and me. Still wish the vote had gone the other way.
On a better note, SIL started his new job this week and D called last night to tell us that she received a promotion. She is very excited. She will be doing much the same work, but better title and money.
Kmc, you always sound perky, even after the ER. Hope you recover soon.
I wish I was in London shopping right now!
My mother is so despondent. My sister is pretty much the only way she gets to leave the house and the two of them don’t get along. No matter what a pill my mother can be, it would be terrible to be old and visually impaired/unable to drive. I am thinking of taking her up to Washington state to visit two of her siblings. I told my sister that I would do it if I had a good source of opioids and she replied that to handle Mom and her sister at the same time would require heroin.
Is it a death wish to take a miserable person on a fairly expensive trip to see other miserable people? Mom’s brother is ultra right wing and Mom adores Bernie Sanders, and Mom can’t not talk politics.
Does this trip seem like a heart attack or stroke waiting to happen? (Possibly for both of us?)
A condition precedent for the trip would be the agreement that we would not stay at either relative’s house and that we would spend a maximum of 2-3 hours a day with each. I’m insane, right? Tell me I’m insane, tell me to stop even thinking about.
Not sure I think it’s insane, mp but it does sound like the trip from h***. Has your mother expressed any interest/desire to see her siblings? If she has or you think she does , it might be worth it. Totally agree on the limited time and not staying with anyone. Is there anyone else who you could enlist to go with you? I’m thinking someone who will help neutralize potential situations.
Yes my mother wants to see her siblings and she also wants to see the ocean one more time.
Well then, I think it sounds wonderful that you would be willing to take her, since that is something she really wants to do. Agree that it sounds like a good plan to stay elsewhere and limit time with people.
Let’s just say I’d rather be convalescing from a nasty diverticulitis attack 
With that said, it could be the opportunity for a memorable breakthrough intervention in your mother’s attitude. Something miraculous could happen along the way. It could be an adventure bar none.
Curiosity almost always gets me in these kinds of situations Maybe approaching the trip as a psych experiment would help. Or novel fodder.
The true novel fodder would be if I talked my aunt’s long-estranged daughter (my cousin) into coming with us. That would have the makings of a Eugene O’Neill play or at least, a reality show.
Aren’t artists suppose to suffer for their work?
Hope everyone is having a good weekend.
Lost my post!
Still raining but the winds died down.
I think some of our let down is that we live in Oregon. Much seems the same.
Fabulous sushi last night. Their lamb is incredible, also. Tastes nothing like what we get at home.
Could not take my mom to NYC when she asked. I told her the peramiters and she would not agree.
Chain smoked, 80’s, barely walked a block and was insisting we would take the subway not taxies.
I wanted to hire a driver! But taxies would have worked. Do not regret saying no but wish things could have been different.
So far the hit of the trip has been the food…who would have thought.
Since everything important happens outside the rain matters too much.
Beautiful botanical garden here next to our accommodations.