I just realized I am the sole surviver of the team I was a part of before I moved to Colorado. Some folks have come and gone over the years but with this round of retirements/layoffs, the rest of the team was let go. That was about 14 years of my work career.

I have never regretted moving to my current job or moving to Denver, but this sure underlines that decision.

Wow, Suzi.

Water heater ~ma, meara

Have Box o' Meat and some Autumn Maple beer. Yum. No eggs, again. Consequences of the delivery process change up, I'm sure.

So, now that I am not actually at work I feel more comfortable boggling that my BOSS who has been with the company for 18 years was laid off. And my coworker who sits across the aisle from me is moving to another department to replace a laid off new hire who has been here maybe a month. The whole thing is shocking and is going to lead to increased workloads. Total number of positions cut is 23, which doesn't sound that large, but it's the biggest layoff in company history.

As I've gotten into knitting and cooking, I've been following Ravelry and Facebook groups and reading comments on recipes. It boggles me the number of times people ask how they "should" do things. Granted, I obsessively research options to see get an idea of processes, but I get the feeling that people don't have the "try it and see" bent. "How big should a hat for a toddler be?" Um, measure the toddler in question? "I did the recipe exactly as it said, though I knew there was too much liquid in it. I'll never make this again." So maybe make it again with less liquid?

Is it really not that obvious to people that instructions can be modified? It always makes me antsy when my worldview is revealed to be counter to that of a large number or people.

Oh, this pile of stuff in the middle of my soup is rice, not sun dried tomatoes. Yum.

Cranberry cider, also yum.

Ugh. I have not eaten anything other than water, a little bit of tea, and a recent mug of milk in the past three or four days. No wonder I had to postpone that job screen. I can't drive!

I need Gatorade. Can anyone help?

Maybe that chocolate endure stuff for old people between Gatorade and solids.

In happier news, I have now seen Guardians of the Galaxy. My feeling that I am the last person to see it was reinforced by my being the only person in the theater. I thought I had missed it, but after seeing another Groot reference, I idly googled and found that this was the last day at any theater near me.

I now have a spirit animal, and it's a genetically altered and cybernetically enhanced raccoon.

Uhg, ita. I could make a run... in a little over a week. But I suspect you'll need it sooner.

So the freezer didn't get shut ( or got knocked open) this morning and I lost about half the contents. All the meat (just some pesto sausages and precooked chicken and some chicken potstickers), all my frozen produce... Some might've been salvageable, but sorting the still mostly frozen from the gloppy room temp stuff wasn't worth the effort. Oh well, it needed clearing out anyway. Got rid of some frozen veggies of dubious vintage.

In happier news, I have now seen Guardians of the Galaxy. My feeling that I am the last person to see it was reinforced by my being the only person in the theater.

I saw it with my dad in September, and we were practically the only people in the theater. One more person came in just as the movie was starting.

I know I saw it, but I don't remember if it was first-run or dollar movie. I've been hoping to see it at the dollar. I may just have to buy it, but I'm not sure if I loved it enough for that. Though Howard the Duck makes a strong case.