Throwback to March 8, 2015

1. Watching Duke basketball.

2. Taking care of summer internship details.

3. Sleeping.

4. Driving to the beach with the lovely girlfriend.

5. Showing British Boyfriend all the landmarks in Manhattan.

6. Touring the art museums of Manhattan.

7. Standing in Times Square.

8. Driving to the beach with British Boyfriend.

9. Sleeping some more.

10. Pondering that perhaps a visit home could mean free meals for several days.

11. Rolling their eyeballs at their mother’s attempts to induce profound guilty feelings and longing for her loving arms.

Throwback to March 25, 2014

1. It was on the way home from my dental appointment, so I felt I deserved a treat.

2. The shopping center parking lot was remarkably empty, probably due to the falling snow.

3. The falling snow. Enough said. Another reason I deserve a treat.

4. Easter is only 3 1/2 weeks away, and I needed chocolate eggs for the family members’ baskets.

5. I wanted to see if they were playing Christmas carols in the store, because after all, it is snowing out there. (They weren’t.)

6. Chocolate is a cure for the depression brought on by late March snow.

7. Chocolate is a cure for the depression brought on by the realization that my baby will be 17 tomorrow.

8. Why the hell not?

Friday, March 5, 2021

Hooray! Vaccine dose number 2 went into my arm on Monday, and other than a wee headache and a sore arm, I felt no pain and no real side effects. (Oh my goodness, could this mean it didn’t take? I won’t dwell on that–should I?) I am counting my blessings, and really feeling hope-filled for myself, at least. I step into the high school building this coming Monday to prepare my workspace, after being gone for almost exactly a full calendar year. I meet the freshmen on Wednesday and Thursday. And the next Monday, “hybrid school” begins, which means that the 40-plus percent of our students who want face-to-face education will be able to come in two days a week. And yes, I like calling it “face-to-face” versus “in-person,” because I miss seeing faces–or at least partial faces, since we are wearing masks.

A new normal is coming for me, one that will a bit more closely resemble the normal of pre-pandemic education. Whew!

Today’s drink is my version of the Corpse Reviver No. 2 Cocktail. It’s easy to remember the recipe, since you need equal parts of (almost) each component.

Chill a small martini glass. In a cocktail shaker with ice, combine 1 ounce dry gin, 1 ounce Lillet Blanc, 1 ounce Triple Sec, and 1 ounce lemon juice. Rinse the inside of the chilled glass with Absinthe and drain the extra. Shake the cocktail well, and strain into the glass. Careful–this one is potent!

Throwback to February 29, 2016

1. The Supreme Leader/Snoke looking less like a cross between The Wizard of Oz and Voldemort, and a little more “normal.” Maybe with a bad, Trump-like comb-over.

2. A subtle wink-wink to Disney, which now owns the franchise. Like Buzz Lightyear as a Resistance pilot. Or Mickey Mouse sitting with the “aliens” at the bar. Or even Princess Jasmine shackled to a slug-like crime lord.

3. Kylo Ren acknowledging that he should have thought his actions through a bit better, because his momma is never ever ever going to let him forget what he did. The guilt she will inflict on him, both actively and in a passive-aggressive manner, may be more powerful than The Force.

4. Some lip-lock action between Leia and Han. They may be older, but a woman still has needs. And he’s freaking HAN SOLO, for heaven’s sake.

Throwback to March 9, 2013

1. Dude! You pulled out quickly and without looking and missed us by inches!

2. When my son honked at you, it was to warn you to stop before you hit us. This action does not justify your vulgar gesture back toward us.

3. Both men in the front seat–Son and Husband–were wearing their uniforms. Isn’t there something profoundly wrong about flipping the bird to a Boy Scout? So un-American, shame on you.

Throwback to March 11, 2013

1. He walks with a lot of energy.

2. If he can manage the NYC diocese, he must be a good businessman.

3. Since he’s an American, he knows all about world affairs.

4. Dolan? Nope, the family changed the name. He’s probably Dolanski, and therefore Polish!