so my bronchitis that did not including wheezing sounds or coughing does a bit now. laughing is not so good, it seems.

Interesting subconscious programming.

Today is a business formal day. The "mannish" woman one row over is wearing button down shirt, slacks, and a blazer. I'd wondered how she'd dress, since I've never seen her in anything other than button downs and jeans. She likes my tie.

Anyway--there's a new receptionist being trained. If I had to guess, I'd say mid 50s, white guy? So, dressed business formal, not typical for our receptionists--we've had a number of men in the role, but never white, and never old. In fact, I'm not sure any of the women were white either, and I doubt any over 40.

The place my brain went wasn't receptionist. I thought he was there to fix the computer. For no reason at all, since he was just sitting in the receptionist chair, using the mouse.

My biases, let me show you them.

The other Jamaica woman, my schoolmate, is wearing a tweed jacket and skirt, and knee high stiletto boots. She makes me feel like a consummate failure all the time. She's nothing but really nice (not many people here get to hug me, as you might imagine), but seeing someone who was right where I was 30 years ago, and now has a better job, even though I don't want her job...the part of my brain that lies to me is kinda mean.

Ack! I need to go buy lunch, stat. Call in 15.

No one in my family has hit a deer with a car, but I've had to brake many times for them.

I contend that the deer hit me. I saw the deer and slowed way down. Just as I passed it, it threw itself on my hood. I don't know if it thought it could jump over the car or just entirely misjudged the whole shiny moving monster thing. You know those inspiring USAA insurance ads that say things like, "Mine was earned at Guadalcanal"? They don't mention they will cancel that warm, fuzzy policy if a deer runs into your car. Also, my ex totaled a police car on a deer. Deer apparently have not been educated on the role of lights and sirens.

Having lived in deer country for years, I think of them as rats with long legs. They, like the nutria, are man-made natural disasters.

It wasn't easy to read, but I'm glad I did. Also, the cat nation idea was pretty great.

I loved the Oatmeal piece. I'm trying to decide whether to send it to a friend who has loved several damaged cats. The problem is that one of them died in November. I kind of think it will make her feel better, but I certainly don't want her to feel worse.

Edited for homonym fail

I contend that the deer hit me.

That actually happens a lot in Upstate NY. You stop, and the deer runs into the side of your car.

That actually happens a lot in Upstate NY. You stop, and the deer runs into the side of your car.

Deer are known for pulling insurance scams.

Our receptionist is a white guy in his 60s. We all treasure him, as do the customers. Best hire ever. He is the only reason we didn't go to an all virtual office, because he wouldn't work that way. So we rented our current space.

So I am considering a bit of a vacation to Jamaica. Flights out of Fort Lauderdale are surprisingly reasonable, like $196 RT. Friend that was our best man lives there most of the time now and has room at his house so it would be super reasonable. The only debate is whether to take the boys with us.

That actually happens a lot in Upstate NY. You stop, and the deer runs into the side of your car.

Yep. I think my sister has had 4 hit her over the years. Although usually it was just the inability to stop short on snow/ice.

school shooting in CA? people have any info on this?

I heard an adult and a student were injured. The student's injuries are not life-threatening.

Oh, remembered that the local paper posted a deer in the road picture a few days ago. [link]

Local as in where I live in the summer!