interim: cross cat edition

 We've had a lot of sunny, bright weather here in the northen UK lately, and the days are rapidly getting longer (the clock change added to that) and now it's light until 8pm or so.  Mr Shoutypants established a routine recently of eat (at 6), poop, then demand entertainment - that is, wanting me to wave his laser toy around for him to chase for ten minutes.  However, now it's light in the evening the laser toy is apparently much less fun and he has made his feelings known.  What out-of-your-control thing have you done lately to annoy your pet (or other household inhabitant)??

As usual, a space for checking in if you want during this transition.

Interim: chocolate edition

I need to go do some errands instead of eating All The Chocolate. OK, I'm not really eating all of it; there's still plenty left. But chocolate is always more-ish. So, what are your favorites? While I was in the UK, I had a good bar of plain (dark) chocolate from Sainsbury's, but then turned to Green & Black's ginger chocolate. At home, my go-tos are Trader Joe's Pound Plus of dark chocolate, and Chocolove's peppermint flavor (also fond of their ginger and Rich Dark). Your recs?

And how are the work and other to-dos going? Bonne courage!

Another interim post: what's next?

Greetings! I'm back from my travels, with three weeks plus exams left to run in the semester. But! My first conference of this overloaded year is over, spring is springing, a TLQ session wrapped up: what time is it, anyway? If it would be useful to have a short, interim session while North American semesters finish up, I can put up some posts. There won't be a unifying theme, and if there's a discussion question, it will just be whatever is on my mind that week.

So, here we are--a post, set goals and/or check in from last week if you mentioned any to-dos then--and if you feel like it, jet lag: in what direction do you feel it most, is it easier to adapt to big or small changes, does it depend on where you're going (familiar or not, stressful people or not), what do you do to help deal with it?

And who would like to volunteer for the next proper session, and when should it start?

Happy Easter/ intersession

 Hi everyone, and Happy Easter to all who celebrate!  We had high winds and hail/very heavy rain squalls here. interspersed with bright sunshine, as the southern fringes of "Storm Dave" passed over, so the illustration is creative commons generic doodles because the garden was feeling sorry for itself!

Feel free to use this post for any check ins you want - and perhaps we should also discuss a future session, since we usually run one from May to August.