My Christmas cactuses are getting an early start even for their usual Thanksgiving schedule. Twitter / X , that source of all that is true and wise and pure in the interwebs has notices that others' plants are also starting to bloom. Considering all the blech that is also blooming, let us all in a joyous bipartisan way embrace beauty where we can find it. Big Green plant. Pink buds and one blossom White buds, not as much foliage 5.4 hours of sleep. LOOK how much more alive I am with only urk 25% more sleep. Big accomplishments for today: Find. among my collection of tote bags, zippered bags with enough space between the two selected to carry home THREE pairs of shoes. They all seem to fit but will need some breaking in. Successfully sent another pair back because it is too big. PRAYING that the gods of internet shoe sales will take pity on me and let me return another pair that is too big but that I took too long to get around to dealing with. Otherwise, EBay here I come and ditto