Chugging Along

I've apparently lost the ability to ramble frequently about the inconsequential these days. Or I don't have time. Or some combination thereof (plus whatever else might be impacting things.)

And so I bring you, instead, a little Random Thursday:

• I took Faceplant off my phone (I think I mentioned that) but still pop on occasionally on my laptop to double-check my business page and see if any of the groups I'm in have something useful. Boy is that almost always a mistake. I don't know what the deal is with my friends, but everyone is losing their collective minds about something. All sides. And it's just all meanspirited and ugly and...yeah. Close that bad boy right back down.
• It's been a rough couple of days with the youngest. Not sure what's changing, although he's been eating and sleeping more - so maybe a growth spurt? Dunno. Also don't love it. But presumably this too shall pass.
• We're coming up on a year of my sister's passing. I don't love that.
• Speaking of the above, apparently when you file taxes for the deceased you also have a separate form that you need to include to prove that you get the refund. Which kind of makes sense, and I thought we did that, but according to the IRS we did not, so I did that form today and had to call to figure out where to send it, because the letter and envelope they sent were not so helpful in that regard. Honestly, I didn't remember her getting a refund, so who knows?
• We still have some spots of snow lingering. Mostly shaded areas (duh) but I'm not sad to see it melting. The boys aren't thrilled. And their enormous igloo still stands, so that's fun. But as much as I love that we got a good snow that stuck around a bit, I'm also glad to see it go.
• I've been invited to an event in South Dakota in September. I of course then spent an hour looking at fun road trips that we could take to and from said event. It'd be 80 hours of driving all told (planned a different route there from the one back) and would encompass Yellowstone, Devil's Tower, Branson, the Laura Ingalls Wilder museum, Hot Springs Arkansas, and Graceland to name a few. We won't do it. But it was fun to plan. (I told hubby about it and he thought it sounded great until he hit the 80 hours in the car thing. Unless we're spreading that over 40 days, he's never going to buy in. And that's just one of many reasons it wouldn't work.)
• I also spent time this morning drooling over a 14 night cruise from Fort Lauderdale to Barcelona. And it's CHEAP, which kills me. Like less than airfare to Barcelona cheap. Plus it stops in the Azores and takes you through the Strait of Gibraltar. I feel like it would be a fantastic way to spend two weeks (and the a week in Barcelona? Then fly home? Or...so many options! If only time and money were free.)
• The big takeaway here is that I really would love to go somewhere that isn't traveling for funerals.