# (Old) A Head For The Hills MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [May 22, 2023, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-a-head-for-the-hills-mmp/984409 "2023-05-22T10:18:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 353
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> [@Baker](#): > > Did you ever start a project that you can’t lay down, but now you are regretting starting? All the time. And then I finally _can_ put it down/get busy with something else, and I end up with about 30 projects partially finished. The biggest one at the moment is getting my CDs/DVDs out of their cases and into the boxes and bins. Now that I have the summer, maybe I’ll attack it again. The Klingon recipe book sounds really interesting! > [@LSLGuy](#): > > The magic word you might try looking for is “Tapas”. Originally a Spanish idea of course, but now lots of restaurants of other cuisines are experimenting in that direction. Although a good buffet can deliver a Tapas-like experience as long as you can a) manage portion control, and b) not eat just the desserts. 🙂 The desserts have been my problem a lot of the time, though lately I’ve had less of a desire to eat as many sweet things. I also love dim sum, though finding a good dim sum restaurant in Nashville hasn’t been the easiest. With the communities around here, tapas might be a bit easier. > [@JaneDoe42](#): > > Have you downloaded Diablo Immortal yet? It’s free to download, but the folks who are into PVP spend a whole lot of money on armor and weapons. By whole lot, I’m not talking a couple of bucks for a cool staff, I’m talking 50 bucks for a cool staff. I haven’t yet. I’ve barely been able to do much of anything with the computer thanks to keeping busy with everything else. I’ll have to get it downloaded. I’m not as big into PVP, or spending lots of money on virtual gear. It’s strange, micro-transactions in a lot of my phone games drag me in, but spending bigger bucks for other games… just never been my thing. **flyboy** , the potting bench looks really great! I wouldn’t have known it was a first try without you telling me. **metal mouse** , there will be some chauffeuring still happening - there are definitely appointments and the like throughout the summer, but at least it’s more an occasional thing instead of daily. And Sonics shakes are fantastic! My biggest problem is always trying to decide which one to have. BtY is always easy - hot chocolate shake. CtE usually goes with Oreo Cheesecake, but has been known to branch. Mine goes everywhere from banana to peanut butter oreo and everywhere in between and beyond. **doggio** , is it just pistachios or all nuts? I’d be ok with the pistachio allergy until it was time for ice cream. I do love pistachio ice cream. > [@Die\_Capacitrix](#): > > I never thought about this being a texture thing. Hubby’s the same way, and I don’t think he even realizes how much of it is also texture. He has texture issues with other foods, so this makes sense. BtY has a lot of texture issues as well. As time’s gone on, he’s gotten better about eating more things, but there are still some textures he just can’t even try. I can’t bite into things, but that’s more because I have nothing to bite with than because of texture. Mundanity is a wonderful thing to read. I need more of it in my life. And I should read _To Kill a Mockingbird_ as well. I’ve never read it either. Maybe I’ll make that my summer reading requirement. CtE has to read _The Importance of Being Earnest_ for their Senior Honors English class and BtY has to read _The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian_ for his Freshman Honors English class. I figure I can set a summer reading goal for me and Hubby as well. **yank** , I’m glad that your doctor is doing this the right way. Even if it’s frustrating having to wait, it’s so much better to have a doctor that’s willing to wait until the conditions are much more ideal than jumping in to fix things now. Hopefully you won’t have to wait until mid-July, but good on ya for trying to get back to normal. Gradually pushing the envelope is a good way to go! **sensei** , no worries about being busy. It’s the time of year for busy, methinks! > [@TokyoBayer](#): > > I’ve got a new class. Two wild boys, maybe 10 and 7? The younger one may have ADHD and I’m teaching them online. Hubby transitioned into online tutoring a few years back and it was a bit of a change for him to get used to. He’s had in person ADHD/ASD students that he’s tutored (usually older than your two newest), but not online yet. Good on you for taking on the challenge that online teaching a younger ADHD student is. There are a lot of teachers that wouldn’t even give it a try! > [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > What was she _thinking_?!? Charitably, perhaps she was very hangry. Still no excuse. Temporary insanity? True insanity? The Karen-gene taking over? And I second **metal mouse** on writing for NAR. > [@Kitten\_Mitten](#): > > Woke up shortly after midnight and wasn’t able to get back to sleep until sometime after 4, then rewoke about 6:15ish, if memory serves. I hate nights like this. It’s almost like you’re so tired that you can’t sleep. I hope you’ve gotten better sleep since. **flyboy** , I’m glad you were able to get the refund on the chainsaw. Being out $40 _and_ not having it work would have been the complete suck. **FCM** , I’m whipped just reading the things that you’ve been doing! I don’t know how you keep up that pace and stay sane! **rc** , all that sorting sounds like what I did before the move. Though I really need to do a second sort. Somehow, I’m overflowing again with clothes. And I really don’t buy a lot. I suspect some of it is things that I gave to CtE to own and forgot that I’d passed along so they ended up back in my closet. **swampy** , every time I’ve tried making cheesecake, it’s come out very badly. I need to find cheesecake making friends so I can trade my cookie-and-cake-making output with their cheesecake output. **VanGo** , I’ve never had pizza cooked on the grill. It sounds like it would be delicious. **red** , resting is a good thing. This is a perfect weekend for resting, IMHO. > [@dogbutler](#): > > I dreamed I was in a sort of _Dirty Dozen_ style unit, with Rod Steiger as the sergeant, and Winona Ryder as the unit Intelligence officer, and part of the unit’s lesbian witch coven. We had a box of nice butter knives, too. This would make a very interesting story to write up. It’s the lesbian witch coven that’s getting me. **JtC** , I love the Cthulu needlework swag! Personally, I think it means great things for future generations. They are both crafty and willing to show their Old One love along with their craftiness. > [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Sometimes I wish we could take turns cooking, but spousal unit doesn’t like to cook, and apart from omelets, he’s not a good cook. Plus he’s messy. For us, it works out better if I cook and he rinses the dishes after. And if I don’t feel up to it, there’s always dining out! 😉 It’s the opposite in our house - Hubby does the cooking. CtE and BtY do the clean up after dinner (or are supposed to). I probably _could_ be a good cook but I don’t care for it. Let me bake and I’m a happy woman but cooking… no thank you! **Taters** , of course we missed you! No worries on anything you missed - we’re prolific! 😃 An it sounds like you had a really great week, especially the visiting with your sister. I don’t blame you for being exhausted when you got home, though! Even enjoyable things can be exhausting. > [@missred](#): > > I did order a new desk chair, given that my regular one has now completed the process of falling apart and the back up has triggered sciatica (the reason that it’s the back up). That reminds me of my latest frustration with BtY. Someone left a desk chair at the dumpster near our apartment. BtY has decided that he needs this rolling chair to have all the fun in the world with. He’s been “riding” it back and forth on the sidewalk, bringing it into our porch and just generally keeping it around. Every single time we tell him to put it back near the trash (since we really don’t need anything more in this house), he’ll do so for about 15 minutes then sneak back to get it again when our backs are turned. It’s been an… interesting… couple of days. Friday, I took BtY for his math placement test. It came back with him needing to take Integrated Math I again - even though he got all A’s and B’s through the class. He was very wiggly and had to be put into a room by himself so as to not disturb the other kids. We forgot to give him his meds and I suspect that might be the largest reason for why he was having problems. I’m going to check with the teacher to see if we can retry the exam after his orientation day. The kid is smart, he just needs to have the meds to keep him focused. Hubby got out of work early and he and I went shopping at Kroger. I’m loving their 4 times fuel points on Friday. It definitely helps. Yesterday was a big emotional day. I had a friend tell me they needed space and kind of cut me off. I’m always a “worst case scenario” kind of person, so of course, yesterday had me convinced that I was never going to hear from him again and this was his cowardly way of cutting me out of his life. So I’d be upset because I was convinced that I’d lost a friend, then get myself under control, then start thinking and crying again. The good thing, though, is that I’m usually good at getting myself past the doom and gloom within a day, so I’m able to be a bit more sanguine about it all, partly by noticing the ways that I _haven’t_ been cut out. I just have to give him the time and space he needs and hope that it all works out in the end. Hubby was really good at helping keep me distracted. We ran out to do our recycling and dropping off a bunch of stuff at Goodwill, followed by a trip to Ollie’s. I had a 15% coupon for my purchase that was good for this weekend and I was wanting to get better chairs for the porch. Along with getting two chairs, we picked up a bunch of other things we probably didn’t need but were good for my mood (like Hershey’s Nugget Truffles - chocolate makes everything better). I spent a bit of time sitting outside reading, enjoying the new chairs. Then Hubby and I played some board games, followed by watching _Bullet Train_ last night. It’s been on both of our to watch lists for awhile so it was a good way to end the night. Today has been mostly more board games. We even got CtE to play one with us, which hasn’t happened in awhile. I went out to do my Pokemon Go and pick up more milk (BtY goes through about 1/2 a gallon a day and we only have so much room in the fridge.) We just got done having yummy sketti and sauce with sausage and meatballs, plus some garlic bread and a simple spinach salad. All four of us are kind of off to our separate corners, with me trying to get some computer work done so tomorrow can be another day full of board games. I did get a package in the mail. I bought a dress from Temu that I was hoping would be similar to one that I’ve had for years and love but can’t find another one of. It’s not exactly what I was wanting, but I really do like it. [https://photos.app.goo.gl/W2w3JXdz5wnUfpJr5](https://photos.app.goo.gl/W2w3JXdz5wnUfpJr5) I think it looks pretty good on me. Tomorrow is going to be another day of board games and other fun things. Starting Tuesday, it’ll be “Everyone Cleans!” Whether the kids like it or not. I’ve got to get caught back up on a bunch of things. Plus, I need to get my characters and my plot ready for the gaming convention that I’m participating in at the end of the month. Have a great night/day/whatever, fellow Mumpers! And hugs to all because I’m feeling like giving (and receiving) hugs. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-a-head-for-the-hills-mmp/984409)._