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gnomi(Every time I type that subject line, I end up with a song from "The Simpsons" running through my head. My brain is an odd place.)
Today has been a day of many visitors. It has been wonderful to see everyone who has come by; I just wish the circumstances were different.
I played about six rounds of Refrigerator Tetris today (I think I got that phrase fromchaos_wrangler or Spouse-of-chaos_wrangler). People have been amazingly generous.
Today, whilemabfan was at his doctor's appointment (unreschedulable, thus allowable even during shiva), I went briefly into the office to finish up the work I had for the release that was scheduled for today. And then I brought my computer in to our friends the Apple repair folk, as my hard drive needs replacement. I'm using mabfan's computer to post this.
Amidst all the goings-on here at Chez Burstein, we're getting a new stove. Ours has exhibited an inability to come up to temperature in the extreme hot of the summer, and when we returned from New York on Monday we discovered that it has the same problem in the extreme cold of the winter (for this post, the definition of "extreme heat" is 80 degrees or above and "extreme cold" is 30 degrees or below. Yeah, not so much extremes. Thus the new stove). So it was decided that it was better to replace it than to repair it. The new stove is scheduled to be delivered some time tomorrow morning.
Sekrit message toeal and beths_stanley: I keep forgetting to tell you -- it got here, and I'm looking forward to using it.
Sekrit message todonovanstitch: Thanks so much for that which you sent! I'm looking forward to delving into it!
Shacharit folks come at 7 AM tomorrow (as they have been all week), so to bed I must go. Thank you all again for all your kind messages. They've been very comforting.
Today has been a day of many visitors. It has been wonderful to see everyone who has come by; I just wish the circumstances were different.
I played about six rounds of Refrigerator Tetris today (I think I got that phrase from
chaos_wrangler or Spouse-of-chaos_wrangler). People have been amazingly generous.Today, while
mabfan was at his doctor's appointment (unreschedulable, thus allowable even during shiva), I went briefly into the office to finish up the work I had for the release that was scheduled for today. And then I brought my computer in to our friends the Apple repair folk, as my hard drive needs replacement. I'm using mabfan's computer to post this.Amidst all the goings-on here at Chez Burstein, we're getting a new stove. Ours has exhibited an inability to come up to temperature in the extreme hot of the summer, and when we returned from New York on Monday we discovered that it has the same problem in the extreme cold of the winter (for this post, the definition of "extreme heat" is 80 degrees or above and "extreme cold" is 30 degrees or below. Yeah, not so much extremes. Thus the new stove). So it was decided that it was better to replace it than to repair it. The new stove is scheduled to be delivered some time tomorrow morning.
Sekrit message to
eal and beths_stanley: I keep forgetting to tell you -- it got here, and I'm looking forward to using it.Sekrit message to
donovanstitch: Thanks so much for that which you sent! I'm looking forward to delving into it!Shacharit folks come at 7 AM tomorrow (as they have been all week), so to bed I must go. Thank you all again for all your kind messages. They've been very comforting.
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Date: 2007-02-02 03:04 am (UTC)Quite possibly - it's a phrase we both use & an action that was done several times at the shiva house.