Week of June 28

[cakewench]

It's almost America's birthday! Here's some Captain gifs to celebrate early.

[cakewench]

PS anyone else still having pollen issues? Because my nose hates everything right now.

[willow]

Thank you for those lovely images to start the day, cakewench.

I also have been sneezing and a bit of a runny nose the last few days.

[jkjacq]

SCOTUS leaves the ruling from the 4th court regarding transgender bathroom use! Students can use bathroom corresponding with their gender identity

[enchanted]

cakewench I'm the only one in the house not miserable.

[lemondrop]

Lemon is here. Lemon is just staying at the top of this page for the rest of the week. Lemon + CE = ❤️

[byjove]

cakewench, yes, it's been bad in our house recently too

[byjove]

I am a bit of an Olympics grinch, but our city high school has been posting clips of students/alumni from the high school at Olympic trials and those making it to the Tokyo games and it makes my heart feel tingly things.

[byjove]

[Minerva]

Jun 28, 2021 7:50:27 GMT -6 cakewench said:

PS anyone else still having pollen issues? Because my nose hates everything right now.

Yes. I’ve been getting sinus headaches every afternoon. Flonase plus eccedrin has been helping, but damn I hate allergies.

[lemondrop]

Jun 28, 2021 8:06:16 GMT -6 byjove said:

I am a bit of an Olympics grinch, but our city high school has been posting clips of students/alumni from the high school at Olympic trials and those making it to the Tokyo games and it makes my heart feel tingly things.

We have a 16 year old girl from the next town over going to Tokyo to swim and the video of her coming in 2nd in her heat and qualifying made me ugly cry. 16! The dedication, the time, the energy... so amazing. 

[ldubhawksfan]

I’m getting really excited about the olympics. Seeing my DD in awe watching the gymnastics and swimming trials is really special.

[elle]

👀

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I love watching the Olympic butI also hate what the athletes do to themselves to get there (I’ve been watching YouTube videos related gymnastics). I also couldn’t believe the # of people allowed into the trials and no masks. It gave me so much anxiety.

[Dr. Cox]

Jun 28, 2021 10:24:40 GMT -6 elle said:

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Lock her up! Lock her up!

[athn64]

Jun 28, 2021 10:20:49 GMT -6 ldubhawksfan said:

I’m getting really excited about the olympics. Seeing my DD in awe watching the gymnastics and swimming trials is really special.

I am really conflicted about the Olympics this year. I like watching the competitions, but I fear it's not a great idea to go forward with them while we're still getting Covid under control.

[athn64]

Jun 28, 2021 10:24:40 GMT -6 elle said:

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Super shocking. /s

[dc2london]

Nothing big out of the daily briefing so far. Mainly a million questions about Beltway intrigue that the White House doesn't want to engage in surrounding the infrastructure deal and Major Garrett thinks legislative text is written at light speed.

[dc2london]

Also Fox News is hopping mad about peaceful protest of the flag

[dc2london]

Kelly O'Donnell asked if we conducted air strikes last night to impress the Israelis so that's.....

[ldubhawksfan]

Jun 28, 2021 10:52:16 GMT -6 athn64 said:

Jun 28, 2021 10:20:49 GMT -6 ldubhawksfan said:

I’m getting really excited about the olympics. Seeing my DD in awe watching the gymnastics and swimming trials is really special.

I am really conflicted about the Olympics this year. I like watching the competitions, but I fear it's not a great idea to go forward with them while we're still getting Covid under control.

Absolutely. It makes me so nervous given where the pandemic stands worldwide. It’s definitely one of those selfish disconnects given how far we’ve come in the US.

[dc2london]

Lol this photo

[jaygee]

Olympics are one of my top ten loves in life. I’ve been watching the trials and gosh I just love the Olympics. It is so foolish to move forward with them. I will watch all of it regardless and I’m just hoping nothing tragic happens.

I was watching the gymnastics trials and they said the parents/families of the athletes won’t be there during the Olympics due to Covid. That’s the right answer but gosh it’s kind of heart wrenching. Especially for the first time qualifiers and the young athletes.

[richard]

Jun 28, 2021 11:09:34 GMT -6 jaygee said:

I was watching the gymnastics trials and they said the parents/families of the athletes won’t be there during the Olympics due to Covid. That’s the right answer but gosh it’s kind of heart wrenching. Especially for the first time qualifiers and the young athletes.

It's super rough for athletes that train so much to get to the Olympic stage and then their family can't be there. Especially since there are no guarantees they'll get back to another Olympics four years from now.

[dc2london]

:snort:

[overboard]

From IG:
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speaking of pride month, my 11 YO asked me if I would disown her if she was gay. I assured her of course we wouldn’t—we love her no matter what. I’m not sure if that’s all I should have said or not. I’m pretty sure her questioning this comes from the JW side of the family. ☹️

[lagom]

Jun 28, 2021 10:25:49 GMT -6 kbw said:

I love watching the Olympic butI also hate what the athletes do to themselves to get there (I’ve been watching YouTube videos related gymnastics). I also couldn’t believe the # of people allowed into the trials and no masks. It gave me so much anxiety.

I’ve been watching both the US and Canadian trials, and they are so different! Masks immediately before and after races, no spectators, families all watching via “bell cam”. It’s wild.

[jaygee]

Cool. Cool.

[enchanted]

Jun 28, 2021 10:24:40 GMT -6 elle said:

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She lied?!? I am just so shocked!

[athn64]

Jun 28, 2021 11:43:22 GMT -6 jaygee said:

Cool. Cool.

We've gotten over 10 inches of rain in 3 days here. And it's supposed to keep raining all week. Nothing can keep up.