On the less-heavy side, the weather here is gorgeous -- it's supposed to be close to 70 before the day is over, and sunny. Tomorrow starts a run of 30something- and 40something-degree days that are going to be rainy/snowy, so I really need to go take a walk. (The downside to the weather is that its rapid changing has given me a migraine that doesn't want to budge even in the face of drugs. So a walk isn't super appealing. But the weather is SO nice, and it's going to be crappy starting tomorrow. So I'll probably drag my aching head outside, but meh.)

It's going to be in the 60s this weekend. It may be time to sit on my balcony and bask. After I wash the winter's worth of gunk off my balcony chair.

It's pretty here. But according to Weather.com we are supposed to have snow Sunday morning.

The AMA hasn't sent me anything to edit, which is fortuitous timing since my head hurts. So I'm going to take more drugs and lie on the couch and watch Ghostbusters. (Which makes me sound like a stoner.)

Just heard from my boss about my annual increase. I got a 5% merit raise, which is the top of the available range, plus a 1% equity raise. I haven't gotten a 6% raise in YEARS. Lately, 4% has been exceedingly generous.

I do not, as yet, have the promotion I was given to understand would happen at the same time as year end increases. My boss says it is down to the paperwork, she has all the justification. But it is clear she hasn't actually talked with HR about it yet. I forgot to ask for an expected time frame. I'll give it a few weeks and then touch base.

But 6% is a bit more than 7 1/2 cents, every hour, every week...

Good thing I didn't have anything I really needed to do today -- I woke up in the morning, ate breakfast, then fell asleep again and slept until 4.

But 6% is a bit more than 7 1/2 cents, every hour, every week...

I hope it's a lot more than 7 1/2 cents.

And I know how aggravating the HR delays can be, but congrats on getting some recognition anyway!

It is, Brenda, I'm just constantly earwormed with The Pajama Game when i think of fighting for a raise.

Last night was hard, nothing like an anxiety attack about the future of the country right when I was trying to go to sleep.

Today though I called both Blue Cross Blue Shield and Delta Dental. A friend of Second Life sent me smiley faces and cheered me on over skype. Downside was I cried for about an hour after.

I applied for a job yesterday.

I also had a dental cleaning today which I go through only using one coping skill (naming off 5 tv characters from various shows). I forgot my stuffed owl and headphones to listen to music. My dental hygenist did give me a break AND asked if I had ever tried CBD oil for anxiety and then told me where I could get it in town. My teeth are in great shape.

Right after that I went to the grocery store to pick up odds and ends because we are supposed to get snow this weekend.

That doesn't sound like a lot but it is. It's not as much progress as I would like to make but I'm celebrating my victory.

Oh and when I got home and put away the groceries I hung out with my nephew - we shared the same chair and watched the end of Scooby Doo. I did not immediately have to go to my room and rest and recover.