What's everyone up to right now?

[arewethereyet]

Getting some work done. Was doing that at 4 this morning due to insomnia. Was able to sleep a couple hours though.

Meeting an old friend and neighbor at 1:30. Looking forward to seeing her.

[Angrboda]

I slept in until 8:30. The nurse who is subbing for Sarah rescheduled and so I don't have that to do today. I got all the recertification steps for my food stamps and housing assistance completed yesterday, so there's that. So I'm not feeling particularly obliged to do anything productive today. I may run to Walmart and do some shopping, as that always cheers me up. I could use it after reading the idiots in conservative media's take on the days events.

[Angrboda]

The bookshelf that I ordered arrived a day early. Seeing as I don't have to wait around for it to be delivered tomorrow, I think I'll make a trip to the Eagan Walmart after my nurse appointment tomorrow. It's twice as far by bus than the Bloomington Walmart, but it's a much bigger store and so they stock a lot more items than the one in Bloomington or Roseville. Not something I'll do every time I need to go to Wally World, but it's a nice option to entertain every once in a while.

[Rev. Rye]

Getting used to the new Windows install on my laptop, and, by an extraordinary coincidence, the last of the patches I ordered finally came today (Hereditary, Nobody, and Neon Genesis Evangelion).

Here they are conveniently laid out (except for the Taxi Driver ones that are long since already attached):



Also, I’ve learned that this sort of arrangement is called “knolling.”

And here’s the final map of where they all came from, with inset for the few that came from SoCal.

[Angrboda]

Putting on some rice for dinner. The weather tomorrow could be spotty, so I'll delay going to Walmart. I need to go to Robbinsdale for something. Tomorrow sounds like a good day for that.

[Thumpalumpacus]

Have most everything packed other than some jeans that are currently in the dryer.  They'll be ready soon.  Some stuff in the car already.  In the morning I will finish gathering toiletries and load my laptop up and get a cooler ready and then hitting the road.

Groomed the other two dogs today so everyone has their summer fade for the upcoming heat.

Looks like a lot of my drive will be in the rain.  Not real happy about that.  Plan is to stop for the night in Alabama and get a good night's sleep, hopefully.  Then up Tuesday morning and on to South Carolina.

Drive safe, ma'am. Those storms on I-10 can be a bitch.

[arewethereyet]

Have most everything packed other than some jeans that are currently in the dryer.  They'll be ready soon.  Some stuff in the car already.  In the morning I will finish gathering toiletries and load my laptop up and get a cooler ready and then hitting the road.

Groomed the other two dogs today so everyone has their summer fade for the upcoming heat.

Looks like a lot of my drive will be in the rain.  Not real happy about that.  Plan is to stop for the night in Alabama and get a good night's sleep, hopefully.  Then up Tuesday morning and on to South Carolina.

Drive safe, ma'am. Those storms on I-10 can be a bitch.

I was on I-20 but ran through some rain that made visibility nearly nil.  Luckily, everyone on the road seemed to be using some sense so made it through unscathed.

[Thumpalumpacus]

Drive safe, ma'am. Those storms on I-10 can be a bitch.

I was on I-20 but ran through some rain that made visibility nearly nil.  Luckily, everyone on the road seemed to be using some sense so made it through unscathed.

Yeah, I was thinking of a recent trip I took, a Gulf Coast museum tour to visit military spots. On the way back home, on I-10 between Baton Rouge and Lake Charles, I got caught in a storm so fierce that I decided to bail off the Interstate ... only to find that that exit ramp was itself flooded and I had to do rapid redress to get back on the highway to avoid flooding my car.

Glad your trip was safe.

[Jackalope]

Preparing for my trip to the USA on Friday. The usual: packing, locating my passport, securing or wiping electronic devices, the usual. How much paranoia is warranted these days?

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Preparing for my trip to the USA on Friday.  The usual:  packing, locating my passport, securing or wiping electronic devices, the usual.  How much paranoia is warranted these days?

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All of it.

Boru