Status Updates From Death on the Danube: A New ...

This has gotten intense!!

Oh dang! So Sally proposed to Carl first! And… well, given her “scaring away her boyfriend” history, I’m not surprised.

Dotty clocked Carl’s foolishness!
“Oh Lord, what games was that boy playing? Carl always was the type to live beyond his means. No, Carl didn’t own anything. Heck, I let him stay in one of my apartments for free whenever he was in Seattle. I sure hope he didn’t promise it to Jessica. I don’t want any trouble from that rabble-rouser when she gets back.”

Oh nooo 🫣 Jess and Sally are fighting again! Ugh and Jess is so delulu! I think Carl was lying about a lot of things, and if she is really pregnant, oh I hope she keeps her baby but leaves Carl and his lying self!!

Rip Margaret 😢 and poor Harold! He loved his wife!!!

Okay now Dotty know about the drama with Carl, Sally, and Jess.

Okay, I do like that Frieda is being kinder to Lana and willing to help her. Also, Harold advocating for his wife Margaret’s needs because she’s deaf and he wants her to feel calm on the creaky boat? Such a green flag move from him!

I like that Rebecca, Nicole, and other ladies like Lana are trying to comfort Sally. Also. Dang, Carl has bad relationship choices and bad money choices! Gambling addictions? Something with Helen’s insurance

Okay, I do love that Frieda is like agreeing that Carl was using Sally

Sally found out that Carl is cheating on her with Jess, and she is mad 😡 (as she should be) and I am mad at Hess, too, because she called Sally an old biddy, like don’t you dare disrespect Sally) and Carl needed to come clean!!

I’m convinced that Carl and Tom got into a money/business fight

Sara, Nicole, and Rebecca are awesome, but Carl, Tom and Helen have me on edge!

Okay, so I hate Carl for cheating on his girlfriend, Sally

I do like that Sara and Lana are having more chats (and finding some catharsis in talking about their experiences with divorcing their foolish husbands).

Okay, new characters, Sara, Frieda, Greta, Tom and Helena.

The FaceTime chat with Dotty and the cute pets 😂 in crochet outfits!!

The FaceTime chat with Dotty and the cute pets 😂 in crochet outfits!!

“A massive bridge built from stone arches and long bars of linked metal led across the Danube River. Two fierce stone lions gazed down onto the traffic, almost daring cars to cross it. That must be Chain Bridge, the first bridge built connecting Buda to Pest, Lana thought. She held her breath and gazed down into the Danube as they crossed, humming the waltz of the same name softly to herself.”

Oh I love the imagery of Buda Hill and the town around it, Willow is such an encouraging friend. :)

I didn’t know Hungary had a Vladimir Lenin statue: “She turned left at the Statue of Lenin, his hands recently painted red again, then walked past the Fremont Rocket, towards the main street.”

Okay, Lana has dear friends, Willow and Jane, who are a lesbian couple. Also, I love that her cat is named Seymour, and Dotty’s dogs are named Chipper and Rodney