I don't even know

[cupcake_goth]

 Nattering in a list form:

• I am swinging between mindsets of OH MY G-D I MISS SEEING PEOPLE IN PERSON and OH MY G-D STOP TALKING TO ME FOR JUST 10 MINUTES. I want to reach out to my friends, I want to join Zoom streams and whatnot, but also any effort is hard. 
• Also in the effort is hard category, I have been failing at my goal of putting on makeup and some form of real clothes every day. But allergies + sinus migraines + increased pain because of spring weather is a not great combination.
• Work is work. Our WFH orders have been extended to June 1st.
• In social distancing/no events or gatherings news, I am being avoidant about a phone call I need to make. I need to get over myself; the organizer is a dear friend and will understand.
• The madwoman in the attic continues to be a surly joy to live with. 
• Remember when I mentioned I'd taken part in a Twitter photo meme and the likes on the photo kept climbing? Yeah, still doing that, and many Twitter young'uns (at least, I assume they're young'uns) asking if I would be their mom. I invariably answer no, but do volunteer to be their auntie.
• Along that vein (and hey, any writing counts right now, right?), I've been posting "Today's advice from your Goth Auntie" tweets, and they seem to be popular. (I'm also posting them to Tumblr.)
• Last night I discovered that my favorite Mexican restaurant from my late childhood-through-early-twenties is not only still around but available through Grubhub. Do I have any idea if the molé poblano is made with corn tortilla? NO! Do I care and am willing to accept the consequences? YES. OH G-D YES. (This may be why I'm foggy-brained and in pain right now, but I don't care.)
• I lost my temper over on FB on the post of someone who is Peak Entitled White Male, because he was being tone-deaf flippant in his whining about the Seattle school closure being extended to the end of the school year. He's been pulling numbers from the news and running spreadsheets: we're dropped under "peak hospital resource usage" no really, people need to resume their normal liiiiiives. I, uh, smacked him down about what actual scientists and health care providers are saying, smacked him down again about how being cavalier about people's health risks was a bad look after he whined some more, and then another of my friends really let him have it. It was beautiful, and he deleted the entire post. (To follow it with a "I guess I can't vent or express my opinion because of political correctness!" type of manbaby whining, but that's his standard method of communication.)

... Huh. I guess I had a lot of random stuff to burble about. Hi folks, how are all of you holding up?

Comments

[luminosity]

Greetings from the hoosegow! I have questioned my existence as a dime-store introvert, but after 38 days IN A ROW, I've graduated. I guess I'm never happy. This quarantine/stay home/shelter in place stuff is my jour du jour as it is, but I always had the option of going out and talking to another person. As it is, it's my husband and me, and I'm more thankful every day that we like each other and get along really well.

Twitter's *hoppin'*, isn't it? I feel as if I'm doing the bulk of my socializing in the form of retweets. The more Hannibal, the better. I'm ready to rewatch the entire series en masse with Fannibals again. It's been TWO WEEKS!

The pollen this year is ... a minor plague in this year's pantheon of plagues, but it is AWFUL. I sympathize. Springtime allergies seem to have a side effect of making me move in slow motion. Wiping my nose while simultaneously attempting to put a face on feels like I'm defeating the purpose.

[sara]

Don't feel bad about not wearing makeup, I've decided pandemic means fuck if I'm wearing a bra.

[staxxy]

I have been getting out to get my mail every couple of weeks, and Ris is still doing most of my actual shopping so I am not exposed to any masses. I do my own asian market shopping with gloves and face mask. And spending a lot of time hanging with The Usual Suspects online, which has been really nice actually.

[staxxy]

Also - what is the name of said Mexican restaurant?

[cupcake_goth]

Las Margaritas! They're at 143rd and Aurora. And I guess I *knew* they were still around, but I never remembered when we were trying to figure out where to go for a meal.

But Grubhub! My nostalgia can be delivered!

[oldhalloween]

Mexican food does sound good. I guess we have enough fixings for roasted veggie and black bean nachos. Need to use up some salsa. Good talk.
Dripping nose all day and stuffy at night. The only saving grace last night was getting to see blood red tulips that just opened on our street. Deep dark red.

[sistawendy]

I've kept to my goal of wearing work clothes & makeup on weekdays, but I always did give myself a break at least one day every weekend. It's good for the skin anyway.

How am I holding up? Not too badly. I am the queen of Just Do It, and I'm finding stuff to do. I'm just about to write it up. I do miss the hell out of you, though.

[trilliumgrl]

I did not see the original post in question, because I try to avoid Facebook for anything not related to working out. That said, I have heard about and I thank you heartily for your service. Our friends are the best I am somewhat sorry I missed the great smacking.

[melchar]

Smack-age is good! Reminds me of the meme that:
'Some people just need a high-five'
'To the face'
'With a chair'

Glad that you did this with words ... right to his ego.

Otherwise, doing okay. Allergies are bad. The trees are having orgies all around me.