Oh boy. Haven't thought about estrus and diestrus since grad school (had to track cycles in my mice because it affected their behavior and response to the drugs we administered). Hadn't thought about whether it was also applicable to chemotherapy though...

After learning how easy it is to make fresh cranberry sauce, I can never go back to canned. I throw a little cinnamon and vanilla in mine. Hubby is THRILLED when we first see cranberries in the store in the fall. We have them every week until they are no longer in the store.

I have literally been called a wizard when I showed people VLOOKUP. Can't wait til I have an opportunity to show them TEXTJOIN and nested IFs. 🤯

Our cat is clearly solar powered and must recharge in sunbeams through the day. He rarely lets me get a photo of him fully asleep, unless it is under our comforter (which usually means I may get a tail).

Worked for me!

Yep. We let our guard down last month while traveling in the UK, first time since this all started, and got COVID. Back to masking in public!

We last started a legacy campaign in late 2019 with some friends. Ours had an outbreak of a respiratory pandemic... That originated in China... We finally finished that campaign in like 2022 I think. We just started a second campaign a couple of months ago...

Socrates in his usual state of disapproval that I would dare move or try to remove him from my person.

Exhibit A (from pre-sweater season):

Just visited Edinburgh and Scotland for the first time two months ago. Fell in love with this city and Scotland instantly! Lovely country, wonderful people! Will definitely return some day.

Would love to connect with more people here. I hovered at around 200 on the site that shall not be named (though admittedly was not an active user in recent years).

Requisite pet photo: Socrates, our 15 year old cat (shown here very disapproving of being forced to wear his Halloween costume).