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Hard to go wrong with the Poang. I haven’t listened in the Eames clone, yet, but I have fallen asleep in it, this week.

My new beater arrived today at the new address.

We are moved in. I’m so glad I hired really good movers. Now comes all the hard part, and there is still a lot to do at the old place. Anyway, the BB58 is 11.9mm tall, which isn’t so bad. The BB58 looks rather like a vintage Tudor, so rather like a vintage Rolex.

Do you have back problems? Here at 215 pounds, my lumbar still screams, looking at that.

I wish it were thinner, but I’m glad it’s no thicker than it is! I see a BB58 in my future, at some point. I’ve been wearing my beater Sistem51 the last couple days, while packing for the move. It’s a nice watch. I’m glad it’s not quartz. The tic-tic-tic has helped me get through some issues (said issues are including the complete demolition and redo of the bathrooms in the new apartment, due to repair work not being acceptable, but that isn’t gonna be much fun: I’m glad we have two bathrooms. Tic-tic-tic).

JLC Master Control would be on my short list, if a dress style watch is acceptable.

What is your budget?

If I were going to buy a tool watch in the price range we are talking about, there is no doubt what I would get: https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/blancpain-tribute-to-fifty-fathoms-mil-spec-introducing

Lots of work, today, getting ready for the move. Then this. I dunno if Loosey loved it, but I sure did. Colie got about half an hour of Loosey cuddles, too. Mostly White Cat, our male adult cat, even licked Loosey on the face.

This might seem like a dumb question, but what do you consider to be tool watches?

A Ferrier Galet and a Chronometre Bleu, for instance, would certainly be interesting pieces!

I certainly wasn't expecting it! I also don't have any real way of letting her know how appreciative I am of it, as it's very, very difficult to give her a thank you that she will accept as adequate. I tried my best.

https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/bulgari-octo-finissimo-automatique-review https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/a-long-term-look-at-living-with-the-drive-de-cartier-in-steel I actually meant the ultra-flat, but the regular drive is cool. https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/cartier-drive-de-cartier-extra-flat-stainless-steel-yellow-gold-hands-on

I think the large Santos was the right decision. The Santos is gorgeous, and is extremely comfortable (I was able to size it just right). The strap might even be vegetable tanned, but I can't figure out how to get the deployant buckle on (it was not installed from the jeweler). The bracelet is what I'll wear it on, but I'll stop by after my move, next week. My mother also gave me back my dad's watch.

I had meant to put "quality Eames clone."

Friends are giving me a quality Eames lounger and ottoman pair as an apartment warming gift. I'll let you know how it works out. It's from the 80s, but looks similar to a lot of what is currently made.

That was a fucking funny special.

I took a leave of absence from work. It was a pretty painless process. I'll be back after my surgery. I feel much, much better.

I am at work. I had a panic attack on the long drive in. I meet with my boss and her boss in an hour, or so. I'm unsure of how that is going to go. I would like to just leave and never come back.

My stepson wants a tarantula. Can we have that one?

You couldn't be more right, Nate. I'm going to do my best to find employment that doesn't drive me crazy, and let's me actually spend time with my stepson. He needs it and deserves it.

Oh, that carrier is long gone. The pic I used was from about 2 seconds after we got him home. Thank you, that looks like an excellent book for me. Our two adult cats are wonderful, but that is because my wife (who used to run a small-to-medium mammal shelter, in your city actually!) had time to train them and work with them, when they were kittens, and knew what she was doing. She goes to grad school, in two weeks: I'm going to need to do some of the lifting, and she can't always be there to tell me what to do.

Colie turns 30 on the 4th. She has never been what she calls "spoiled" before. I don't call it being spoiled, I just like buying things for people I care about . Well, new apartment, a rather significant shopping spree at Anthropologie and Nordstrom (some of that was yesterday), shit tons of Harry Potter items (she's obsessed with Harry Potter), and this: This is Toulouse-Lautrec. He is 10 weeks old, and came from our vet as an adoption. Apparently it takes about 20 minutes and $35 to adopt a cat. I did not know that. My mother’s Wire Fox Terrier rescue, almost 10 years ago now, took months of negotiations and hundreds of dollars. Anyway. It’s not much of a picture, I know (and that is not my painted toenail, thank you very much). He is very skittish. Mostly White Cat and Mostly Black Cat have been having some issues, though Mostly Black Cat ate treats right next to Loosey’s temporary enclosure, and just kinda did some desultory hisses in between bites of Party Mix, so they are coming around (I heard some very, very strange cat sounds, today, which my uncle and the attorney we were talking to could hear in the background, and were concerned about). He is very, very shy, and very, very beautiful. This was a gift for my wife, nominally, who turns 30 on Saturday (sometimes I feel like I married a child, when I think about that), but I’m the one who had this little cat (who did freak out, at first, and gave me a good scratching, but calmed down) on my lap, safely scruffed and purring like a lawn mower. I don’t know what I had done to deserve that. I had never held a kitten before, though I have petted a bonafide kitten on occasion; it was a magical thing for me. I think I needed a little bit of life added to mine, with everything going on (I have been on bereavement leave, this week; a cousin, one who looks more like my dad than I ever did, and who left the world in the same manner, and I have my own stuff, of course. I had a little bit of a nervous breakdown, I think). I realize that this all sounds weird for bereavement leave. I am not going to the funeral (I am helping my uncle out, from a distance, as best I can). I've been set back significantly, personally, in my own journey, and I need to heal a little before Fall rush and my surgery. I am essentially in the ambulatory (and expensive) version of forced bedrest, if that makes sense. I have worked myself to the bone, and I have not caught a break, other than being hit by a car showing the thyroid issue.

happy birthday Todd!

I honestly like having a date window. I did try it on, and it wore about like this GMT Master, to be honest. It wasn't too big. I feel like the medium also wasn't too small. It was a hard choice.