What are you doing today?

I'm at work mourning the Astros losing last night and Rodgers being out Sunday because of Covid.

I hope my Roadrunners beat UTEP Saturday or it will be a crappy week.
 
ronntaylor said:
Been a political junkie since age 12/13.
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Same, except I was a bit younger and it was certainly much longer ago. I was walking around in a home brew Halloween costume meant to resemble a mobile voting booth. it was the eve of the 1952 contest of Dwight Eisenhower v Adlai Stevenson. I won "most creative" costume award at school for having doctored on some big cardboard box, painting Vote! on the sides and back, and putting little curtains in front that drew open to reveal a simplified ballot.

The thrill of that award didn't overcome my disappointment that Ike won the 52 and 56 elections, even though of course I had been taught to respect him for his leadership during the war. For some reason, probably related to hanging out since early childhood with a couple great great aunts who were both teachers and one of them a distinct leftie, I had wanted Stevenson to win.

Anyway I too stayed up quite late last night after the World Series game, catching up with election results. It suits my purpose to be up late the week before the clocks go back to standard time, but my grumpiness today is not from lack of sleep, more that I'm disappointed at some of the election results. But the vote is the vote. Sometimes voters do stupid things. On the other hand sometimes how a vote turns out is just a necessary part of an electorate's education. One can only hope in that case that the lesson is not too expensive.

On with the afternoon. Everything I had set aside in favor of October baseball is now screaming for attention...
 
So, last year one of my team members was taken away from me during a period of Covid related downsizing. I've been suffering ever since.

6 months ago I put in a request to replace this headcount and was shot down in flames.

We got all summoned today to meet with the CEO.

I came out with personal approval from the CEO for a +3 headcount.

What a strange day...
 
JagRunner said:
I'm at work mourning the Astros losing last night and Rodgers being out Sunday because of Covid.

I hope my Roadrunners beat UTEP Saturday or it will be a crappy week.
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Hey, we have teams in the same conference. Or what is left of it anyway.
 
JagRunner said:
Yeah, UTSA is leaving to the American in a couple years. I'm not really sure when.
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Marshall is headed to The Sun Belt. Basically reuniting with a bunch of old Southern Conference schools and some new ones.

Would have preferred the American (except for the name, I see AAC and my brain automatically changes it to ACC) as I think it is a stronger conference, but some commentators say the Sun Belt is. So who knows. We leave 7/1/23 at the latest.
 
Phoned the German stall in the farmers' market in advance of Saturday's trip to the market, mainly to see what they still had, and placed an order for eggs and vegetables.

And ordered coffee, and am mulling what to order from the fishmonger.
 
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Ventured out ot the local shop to collect my organic milk and organic double cream, among a few other necessary purchases of the - literally - butter and milk variety.

Damn, and double damn; I forgot to buy marmalade.
 
Scepticalscribe said:
Damn, and double damn; I forgot to buy marmalade.
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Hate when that happens to me too. Now though, when I realize the Instacart shopper has already checked out and is halfway up the mountain heading over here, I can shrug it off with "Well at least I don't have to decide whether it's worth making a U-turn and going back for it." Usually whatever I forgot landed on the next-time list, mostly because there are few opportunities to change course off the state road over that hill anyway.

Today finally responded to a pal's request to lend out a quilting book I had showed her once before. Took awhile to find it again: I'd left it in a tote bag I was carrying on the day we last had lunch together a couple years ago, then took a shortcut while putting the totebag away, filing the book in a nightstand cubbyhole rather than taking it back downstairs where it belonged.

"Haste makes waste"... I must have ransacked half the bookcases in the house during a multi-day search for where I'd misplaced that thing. Oh well. Took the occasion to correct a few more "wrong pew" placements while I was at it.
 
lizkat said:
Hate when that happens to me too. Now though, when I realize the Instacart shopper has already checked out and is halfway up the mountain heading over here, I can shrug it off with "Well at least I don't have to decide whether it's worth making a U-turn and going back for it." Usually whatever I forgot landed on the next-time list, mostly because there are few opportunities to change course off the state road over that hill anyway.

Today finally responded to a pal's request to lend out a quilting book I had showed her once before. Took awhile to find it again: I'd left it in a tote bag I was carrying on the day we last had lunch together a couple years ago, then took a shortcut while putting the totebag away, filing the book in a nightstand cubbyhole rather than taking it back downstairs where it belonged.

"Haste makes waste"... I must have ransacked half the bookcases in the house during a multi-day search for where I'd misplaced that thing. Oh well. Took the occasion to correct a few more "wrong pew" placements while I was at it.
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Marmalade is already securely placed on the "next time" list, - for, rather than retracing my steps, I made the exact same mental decision as you have done and decided to defer the purchase of marmalade until "next time" - along with crisps (chips to Our Transatlantic Cousins) and possibly a bottle of wine, along with whatever other sundry necessities find their way into my basket.
 
lizkat said:
Hate when that happens to me too. Now though, when I realize the Instacart shopper has already checked out and is halfway up the mountain heading over here, I can shrug it off with "Well at least I don't have to decide whether it's worth making a U-turn and going back for it." Usually whatever I forgot landed on the next-time list, mostly because there are few opportunities to change course off the state road over that hill anyway.

Today finally responded to a pal's request to lend out a quilting book I had showed her once before. Took awhile to find it again: I'd left it in a tote bag I was carrying on the day we last had lunch together a couple years ago, then took a shortcut while putting the totebag away, filing the book in a nightstand cubbyhole rather than taking it back downstairs where it belonged.

"Haste makes waste"... I must have ransacked half the bookcases in the house during a multi-day search for where I'd misplaced that thing. Oh well. Took the occasion to correct a few more "wrong pew" placements while I was at it.
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The funny thing was that I was thinking of "meals to come" (hence a bottle of soy sauce, Kikkoman, effortlessly found its way into my shopping basket - for, Heaven forfend that - when dreaming of sushi or nigiri that I should find myself without soy sauce), rather than "meals already consumed" (i.e. breakfast).

Now, in summer, I wold have no hesitation in trotting to the local store before breakfast to remedy such a deficiency if I discovered that the marmalade had somehow disappeared. But, no. Not in winter.
 
Scepticalscribe said:
Phoned the German stall in the farmers' market in advance of Saturday's trip to the market, mainly to see what they still had, and placed an order for eggs and vegetables.

And ordered coffee, and am mulling what to order from the fishmonger.
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In addition to phoning the German stall (the best of the organic stalls), in the farmers' market in advance of Saturday, I also took the precaution of phoning the French bakery, and they had no difficulty in accepting that I was phoning them on Thursday (rather than Friday, a single day ahead) for them to reserve bread on Saturday, as they have often run out of the stuff I like before 9.00 a.m.
 
Scepticalscribe said:
Marmalade is already securely placed on the "next time" list, - for, rather than retracing my steps, I made the exact same mental decision as you have done and decided to defer the purchase of marmalade until "next time" - along with crisps (chips to Our Transatlantic Cousins) and possibly a bottle of wine, along with whatever other sundry necessities find their way into my basket.
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There is a great app called Our Groceries. We use it all the time. The wife can add stuff to it and it shows up on my phone. Then as I shop, I cross the items off the list. We have several lists like Grocery, Costco, Hardware etc. When you think of something, pull out your phone and add it. The app also remembers your entries for easy recall. I think there is a way to add pics of products, but we don't use it.
 
Herdfan said:
There is a great app called Our Groceries. We use it all the time. The wife can add stuff to it and it shows up on my phone. Then as I shop, I cross the items off the list. We have several lists like Grocery, Costco, Hardware etc. When you think of something, pull out your phone and add it. The app also remembers your entries for easy recall. I think there is a way to add pics of products, but we don't use it.
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Interesting, but isn’t that basically what iOS reminders does on family sharing? Minus the photos of course.
 
Been busy with work as ever. Trying to recruit staff, but so far only one of the four has shown up. Hopefully tomorrow’s candidate is a little less work shy. Hope everyone is all good.
 
Herdfan said:
There is a great app called Our Groceries. We use it all the time. The wife can add stuff to it and it shows up on my phone. Then as I shop, I cross the items off the list. We have several lists like Grocery, Costco, Hardware etc. When you think of something, pull out your phone and add it. The app also remembers your entries for easy recall. I think there is a way to add pics of products, but we don't use it.
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ericwn said:
Interesting, but isn’t that basically what iOS reminders does on family sharing? Minus the photos of course.
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Sure but the trick is to remember to begin with to put something on whatever reminder app or format one is using.

I keep free-form shopping lists on Notes (and that app has improved over time for sure) as my preferred app, and sometimes supplement that at shop-out time with a glance through the "Buy It Again" list that Instacart includes as a menu category.

When I was still shopping in person I liked that even my last-minute additions from laptop or some iOS device in the kitchen would be my list in the supermarket when I consulted my iPhone to shop the list out.

But nothing really helps me around the time seasons change and I start reaching for stuff I didn't re-up on late in the same season a year ago, had possibly run out of entirely and forgotten I might need. Heh, I've always been one for school of hard knocks.
 
Got my third Moderna jab -- the booster. This time was a lot easier and more convenient than the previous two times since now there is plenty of vaccine to go around and many of the local freestanding pharmacies and pharmacies within grocery stores have the vaccine available and have qualified personnel to administer the jabs. Also doctors' offices and various walk-in clinics also are set up with the vaccine as well. It's only been a few hours so at this point I'm still feeling fine, no obvious issues, and from what I understand the side effects are likely to be similar to what I experienced after my second jab back in March. No plans to go anywhere or do anything special tomorrow, just in case I do feel chills and a general malaise.....
 
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