No less than two other friends then told me that I wasn't going to need jeans, because it was hot! Even still at night! Sigh. So on Tuesday morning, I checked the weekend forecast again, and it said:
And socks. And closed shoes. And a jacket. I mean, not that I put all that on FB, but as I've considered that forecast, I think I have to face that it isn't going to be sandal weather for me (my feet are always cold before the rest of me is). It's going to be strange, after the aforementioned three months of heat has made me avoid shirts with sleeves, other than in deeply air conditioned situations. I suppose it will renew my appreciation for Florida weather, at least. It will still be hot here when I get back.
Meanwhile, at work today, I ran into (and not for the first time) an instance of an analyst writing about a pharma company needing to "recuperate its R&D investment" and just about pulled my hair out. Ay! Recuperate is not the long/fancy version of recoup!
And because this is who I am, for my own satisfaction, I looked it up; after all, what is the point of having the 20-volume OED except for such things? And I was able to confirm my instinctive "oh no they aren't" response. So there.
If you, too, care to delve, here it is.
I've lost count of the times I mentally correct someone's spelling or grammar in my head when I read their blog. I want to tell them they are coming across as supremely uneducated but I manage to tamp that feeling down. Every time.
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