(Old) It's Moanday So That Means We Need A New MMP

[LSLGuy]

Hi folks - Midafternoon here at the airport to go home. I caught all the breaks getting here, so got to the gate 2 hours before scheduled departure, not just 1 hour as desired. To find the flight is 45 minutes late. Oh well. The gin & tonic is cold, the bartender is nice, and the Wi-Fi is strong.

I put my morning post in the old MMP. Oops.

Here it is for reference:

@LSLGuy

@purplehorseshoe

Friday was a real pisser, and I think that’s why I kinda melted down later, but a lot of the learning curve has already smoothed out.

Yaay for progress!!

Mornin’ all. Was up at dawn and now around 9am local I’m done w lazy last breakfast here. Next steps are shevel & pack. I’m gonna squeeze at least some of the ziplining in before having to leave for the airport around 2pm. But between a couple of unreliable cab rides and the awkward timing versus hotel checkout, and the need to change clothes later, this may all become a bit more vexing than ideal.

Despite my earlier trepidation, going ziplining, etc., at Rainforest Adventure - Rockland Estate, St Maarten worked out great. Did all their events and got back to the hotel in time to eat a lunch, take a shower in their lounge, change in to travelin’ duds and head on down the road.

Jumping off the side of a mountain was kinda fun. Not quite like BASE jumping or wingsuiting, but still a pretty good rush. Besides that mongo free-fall zipline they had a dry-land log flume ride in an innertube, and more ordinary ziplining in the usual harness. It was a relay of 5 lines across a narrow canyon, but with amazing views of the whole island and nearby sea. With the added spice of dying if the equipment failed. Great fun.

The weather home in MIA today is gloppy and in the mid 50s by the time I’ll get outside. Should clear up for the next few days but remain typically Miami winter: mostly sunny with overnight lows in the low 50s and highs in the low 70s. Not summer, but tolerable. Golfing weather, but not beaching except between noon and 2pm. At best.

@scareyfaerie

I have had an absolutely idle weekend being poorly, so I spent most of it in the highest sloth possible. I divided my time between bed and sofa, only managed to bestir myself to feed me and the mogs, and deal with their litter trays. I’m feeling a bit better today

Sounds like you took the best care possible of yourself and that’s now paying off. Boo for sick!! Yaay for getting better!

@peedin

I’m sorry for whinging about this but this vacation really has been a waste of my time and money. I always enjoy spending time with my sister but she has been sick while I’ve been here. Not contagious thankfully but she hasn’t had the energy to do anything.

Ouch. I too have had vacations where the whole thing sucked due to one or an other incompatibility with the people, or an illness, or shit weather or … A failed vacation is one of the more disappointing experiences an adult can have.

Next time Sis needs to visit you and leave BIL & Faux at home.

@Spice_Weasel

Good morning! Here’s to me remembering to post in the right thread!

Hooray! You did better than I did. I flunked Mondays yet again.

@Spice_Weasel

have pointed out that the continuous process of getting distracted and then coming back to focus on your breath is a sort of “mental push-up” that leads to better overall focus in cognitive tasks across the board.

You’re not the first person to say that. I need to dig into that in good earnest; I’ve been doing it half-assedly for years, but now especially it might help w my other issues. Thank you.

@InternetLegend

but I know from experience that we’ll be plucking clothes from the basket and dryer and couch until next laundry day if I leave it to them. Not exactly a taxing chore, but it’s amazing how tasks expand to fill the available time.

I think you mean it’s amazing how their tasks expand to fill your time if you permit that.

How about you put away your stuff, dump their stuff in a pile in the middle of their bed or bedroom floor, and declare your part of the total job complete? Evidently they’ll be as lazy as you permit them to be.

@Wheelz

Well, I seem to have picked up some sort of ick from the touristy throngs over in Vegas. Coughing, headache, and lots of snot. It’s not the plague (I tested),

Uggh! Hope you recover soon and well.

You hadn’t mentioned the family / hockey / U2 event before (that I noticed), but good on all y’all! Sounds like fun.

@FairyChatMom

Tahred. Very tahred.

Ouch. And the ordeal is just beginning. I bet you sleep soundly on the plane.

@purplehorseshoe

I pointed out that he was in “stealth mode” in the darkness, and he replied that he had turned the lights off so they didn’t shine in the eyes of the person in front of him.
I was a bit verklempt. Two complete strangers looking out for each other, with absolutely no reward expected or even possible; just being good souls.

And this is the difference between a community and a bunch of co-located selfish people aggressively defending their right to be selfish from the other selfish people around them. I do what Earl does. Confuses folks.

Hooray for phones that don’t ring late in the night. No matter why they’re not ringing.

Taters sorry MPA is such a thorn in every one of your sides. Far better to work alone than listen to yabberage all day while stuck unnecessarily in traffic to accommodate the yabberer’s restrictive schedule. Are there any secluded bridges on your route that (s)he could fall off?