Timelies all!

My mom is in the hospital. It's not all that bad- she has cellulitus in her leg, and the doctor(s) decided she needed IV antibiotics. I spoke to her, and she seems pretty good, all things considered.

Also, I whacked my leg into a cabinet this morning and it hurts.(Also starting to bruise nicely)

Monday, once again, you suck.

Here's the Band Aid 30 lyrics. Looks like they tried to fix some of the more problematic bits.

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Sorry about your mom, Sheryl, I hope she does well.

Good luck, shrift.

As a local garden personality says, "It's not dead until it's warm and dead."

Given that and all the previous advice, I moved all the plants close to the house, under what shelter there is, they got watered well today by the rain, and we'll see which lives through the winter and which dies before spring.

Good thoughts to your mom, Sheryl.

That's what I thought about the plants! Hooray.

I hope your mom gets better quickly, Sheryl.

The plant advice sounds good to me. I've had things come back that, according to their tags, we're annuals here (after a rougher than usual winter, too) and had alleged perennials choke and die. You never know. Plants, man.

Health~ma for your mom, Sheryl.

JFC I left my front door wide open all day. The regular wooden door, the metal security door was closed but not locked so at least the dog didn't take off again. Gah!

Got weird work news: the head of Completly Sucking Company at our site, the one who has fought tirelessly for us, is retiring. He's eligible and implied obliquely that he's worn out from the battle. This could be bad, depending on who replaces him. Pretty sure none of the managers under him want the job. Also, they're reinstating the raises they didn't give us. Not sure how this is going to work. Highly improbable it will be retroactive. It probably won't amount to much.

This, coupled with the extension of open enrollment by 10 days, indicates to me this company has no fucking clue.

Well, that was a very rigorous interview. Now they want me in person. in Torrance.

Century City job, please appear!

couple of questions.

anyone know how to easily put two images side by side into a new image?

also the remote to my tv has become almost impossible to click on and off. I tried taking it apart and cleaning the connections, did not help much. is this what universal remotes are for?

Good luck, shrift.

Thanks. I'm trying to be patient and not complain too much because at least I have a job, but right now I'm feeling a strong urge to run away and join the circus.

I probably should sign up for some Python and SQL courses since I might be able to find a new position faster if I do. But right now I am drinking beers and burning through a Civil War and Reconstruction course via ColumbiaX because I like the lectures and I've got to deal with this anxiety somehow.