May 18, 2020
Direct & virtually live from the NAH kitchen counter, volume five of Todd's Tales – Hi-five!
Hard to believe another week has gone by already in the time warp of our current reality. Let's see, what's been going on…
We had another Poli + Pepperspray sighting, another Iliana sighting as well as two – count them, two – independent Latrell sightings! So, that's been fun. After Poli's most recent visit, Latrell & AJ spent a busy afternoon in the NAH garden pulling weeds & harvesting some of the mint that has already sprouted up. Auntie Kat stopped by with freshly-harvested fiddleheads at one point, too. Makes me wish I ate more than pellets sometimes.
Sounds as though plans are starting to take off to get everyone's possessions taken care of & back to you one way or another. Props to all of you for your patience with that. Granted, I travel light, but I'm sure you want your own gravel & plastic plants back – or whatever it is y'all keep in those above-water spaces...
Speaking of - everyone's plants, succulents & cacti are still doing well & chattering away to each other over there in the sunny patch. I've stopped asking them to translate – most of their conversation is, frankly, not that interesting. You wouldn't believe how much they talk about dirt. But, glad to see them thriving! (TBH, steven – not my Steven, the big furry steven – has had kind of a miserable track record with plants. Don't tell him I told you that. Oh wait, he has to type this. Meh, he probably won't even notice. The big doof. Erp, I hope he doesn't notice that either.)
So, I've been asked to remind you about two things this week:
First, you've probably seen the 20s posting links on social media for their graduation honoring pages. Please remember to take the time to leave your thoughts, photos, well wishes & memories for the them online as they get ready for graduation. As Aristotle said, "Memory is the scribe of the soul." (Yeah, I'm a goldfish quoting Aristotle – we're deep, 'member?). Can you imagine this place without the 20s? Super-happy for them in all their next steps & new opportunities, but BOOO for losing them… Sad goldfish face. Anyway, take a mo' to tag those pages! And big applause to Sarah & Shelbi at the NAP for setting all of that up! In fact, Sarah is going to make it super easy to submit those notes by adding the form below.
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Second, application for the Fly-In is wide open & they apparently need help in spreading the word. Still no official word on what things will look like for the Fall Term here, but they are moving forward with Fly-In either way! Watch for a flier in your email.
And, as always remember everyone who is here for you.
Stay well & keep supporting each other!
Much goldfish & air-breather love to all.
Yours in NAH-ness – Gurggle blug glugg,
--Todd