my mom

[Dr. Ivor Yeti]

Yay!!!

[thatguy]

Hakone Gardens had their fall 4th Annual Toro Nagashi (floating lantern festival) so I figured I’d check it out and honor my family…I wrote a little note for my dad, mom, and sister and wrote “Ad Infinitum Et Ultra” on it (“to infinity and beyond” in Latin according to google. My co-worker that was the president of his latin club in college couldn’t tell me if there was a better translation…

Weather was nice, and I took the cycle to make it easier to park. Not a lot of announcement or instruction. After the majority had lanterns in the water, a group did some traditional dancing. That was follower by the head of the zendo that meets there on Sundays. He rang the bowl a few times and then talked a lot about what the festival is about…I think that was the best part of the whole affair. 

It started early enough that the electric candles in the lanterns werent doing anything. I walked the gardens, took pictures, waited till after dusk, took a few more pix and skedaddled.

—tg

[Drunk Monk]

That sounds lovely.

I don’t think I’ve been back there since El Dingo’s wedding, and that was over 30 years ago because I went to the Dead show afterwards at the Frost.

[King Bob]

I went last summer. They have improved the grounds somewhat I think, although I didn't walk around much at ED's wedding.

Couldn't find my Latin dictionary but looked online and ultra seems to be the best fit. You might also say "Ad infinitum ultraque." That seems the most Latin-ish to me because Latin tends toward compression of syntax.

[Drunk Monk]

Fuck the default world.

I had a virtual appt scheduled for my mom today but it was cancelled at the very last minute because her insurance doesn't cover it and virtuals aren't available to new patients. I went virtual because it was the earliest and her blood pressure medication needs refilling, but her previous doctor, who is now out of network, stopped fulfilling it because he's no longer her doctor. An in-person appointment has been scheduled for March but she'll be off her med for well over a month by then. This all happened just minutes before the virtual appt was to take place. 

When I got to my mom's, she was upset that she didn't remember the appt, and that she thought I was in Mexico this week and that I visited her last week. She kept cycling over this, calling herself 'stupid' and hitting herself. I dstracted her with some xmas cards from people that neither of us remember, relatives I think. 

I'm emotionally raw after returning from Mexico to lackluster sales at YMAA and the passing of Bobby, of course. I'm taking tonight off.

[Dr. Ivor Yeti]

Sorry, Dude.

[Drunk Monk]

Yeah. Thanks. Moving on. I'm tackling some KFM work now. 

The wheel is turning and you can't slow down...