Yuck, Kat, that would drive me nuts.

Hope whatever unspecified~ma is necessary gets to you, Pix.

I didn't mention it yesterday 'cause I was busy dealing with it, but the SO's grandmother died the day before. She was 96, and had dementia, so in many ways we'd lost her long ago. Since the SO is still on tour, we won't be able to head back for the services, which is sad, but also okay for many reasons.

I had a good cry yesterday and then watched Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, which was a bad idea, but oh well. So I'm doing pretty well with it. It's just sad because she's the last of our grandparents.

That is sad, Liese. I'm sorry.

Oh, Liese, sweetie. Much comfort and many vibes to you and the SO, and peace be to his grandmother's spirit.

Are there any cultures that have managed to take the sting out of any sort of death? Like their religions or philosophies work well enough that relatively natural deaths of our oldest generations don't hurt? Is that possible, on any sort of general scale? Because I'd like some of that, and then I'd share it with my friends.

Because, objectively, it should be fine.

But that doesn't count.

Why did I think two cups of tea was good in the first week West LA has actually had summer? At home, with no AC? Opening my front door is distracting, since then I can hear everyone else's AC better. I'm staving off turning mine on for as long as possible...

Damn, I have to work out this project plan for a September go live where we have a company wide big deal right at the beginning, so that's a no go, and then I'm travelling right in the middle, so that's verboten too. I need my manager's help on this one.

Liese, I'm sorry. It was the same with my mom. It always hurts.

Kat, FFS. I hope that's not a sign of how the rest of the year will go.

Pix, whatever that was, hope the shady thing has gone away.

Viva Las Vegas, Jesse! "Hardly any" hookers and blow, hmm?

I woke up at 6:30 to call smonster, fed the furry demons, took out the trash, said fuckit and went back to bed, slept through the second alarm, got up an hour ago when Leo walked across my head, and ate tuna sandwich for breakfast while discovering a bunch of crap I have to deal with at work. That's been my day so far.

My friend's roommate and very good friend was killed in what they think was a robbery this past weekend. So tragic. He had just recently moved to the city. Another man, a pillar of the commmunity, was critically injured in the attack. The police haven't made any arrests and I am not sure they even have any suspects. It happened in a, for Baltimore, relatively safe part of town. There is a vigil tonight and I think I will go. For what it's worth. It is all just so senseless and sad.

Oh, lisah, that's awful. I'm so sorry.

I just realised my post blathered on without being specific. Der. Rude and insensitive. Liese--my sympathy goes out to you and your family that are mourning her loss. Nothing is gonna magic that away instantly.

I set my snooze for 30 minutes, since I'm working from home, and it technically goes off 30 minutes early anyway, since I never switched back from the adjustment I made from when I had to be in the office at 7:30.

So I lay in bed for 5 minutes and then just got up. That just doesn't work.

Tech document question: I'm writing a test strategy document, and some of the audience doesn't understand some of the acronyms--glossary goes at the beginning or the end? I can't really expand it in the text, since it's a label in a diagram.

I'm possibly wasting my outfit on home. It's linen top to bottom--blue linen top, brown linen slacks. But kind of relaxed. Definitely cool.

Ach! On top of that, cross post with lisah. That's tremendously shocking and sad.

Oh, lisah, that's just so horrible. My condolences to your friend.