I'm thankful my company's founder is, like me, Not a Morning Person. And the president who was retired a few years ago, so all our important meetings are now mid-morning or later unless they're organized by clients rather than us.

I may grumble about last-minute changes reaching my desk at the end of the day, but at least I have the mental wherewithal to handle them then, unlike stuff hitting me first thing in the morning.

fuck that noise is right, meara, yipes!

I am going to serve lunch to the faculty and staff at the middle school tomorrow. These teacher appreciation things always feel like the right thing to do mostly because I know how thankless teaching can be at times.

Recurring? Aw, hell to the no, meara.

This spud's for you, Dana.

I feel like I want a second cup of coffee more than I want the pound cake my coworker brought in, and I can't figure out if that is a good impulse or not.

It's not even 11:30 and I have eaten half my lunch and am still hungry. Most days the earliest I eat lunch is 1pm. I am drinking water in an effort to stave off this hunger. I fear this is a result of me walking 5x my normal amount yesterday.

Also? I typed up half this post on my computer keyboard before I remembered I was on my phone (no buffistas on work computer, but can access it on work phone).

Well. I've got three reviews on Goodreads and three reviews on Amazon so far, all five-star. I'm sure I'm benefiting some from friendly reviewers (there are definitely better MG books out there), but it's still a nice start. I wanted to see if I could get a few reviews before trying to promote a bit more. I'm also trying to clear out tasks I need to do so I can have time to do more writing. My goal sales-wise is to break even with the cost of the cover-art which seems doable at some point.

That's nice, Gud!

I've now gotten two recurring meeting requests, one at 5am and one at 6am. Fuck that noise.

I would be fairly unhappy with an 8am recurring meeting! Which is, I assume, how the 5am scheduler was thinking of it.

I am going to serve lunch to the faculty and staff at the middle school tomorrow. These teacher appreciation things always feel like the right thing to do mostly because I know how thankless teaching can be at times.

That's sweet.

Also? I typed up half this post on my computer keyboard before I remembered I was on my phone

I do that all the time.

Go, Gud!

Maybe a pot of tea instead of a second cup of coffee. I need to remember to bring in the honey straws that I bought specifically to be able to have honey in my tea at work. They aren't doing me much good still sitting in the grocery bag in my kitchen.

I really enjoyed it, Gud. One thing that stuck out in particular was your handling of the "mean girl" character, who was much more nuanced and unexpected than I, well, expected. I also appreciated that Cog didn't always make the right choice, or the smart choice, but bucked up and carried on.

ION, I'm so over my acting boss, especially now that they've announced the new boss and his start date. So I just let him know about the days I'm taking off in August - I mean, usually I would ask, but I can't be bothered. (Especially since I've already booked my flights!)

I've now gotten two recurring meeting requests, one at 5am and one at 6am. Fuck that noise.

Seriously? I'm a morning person, and I'd be "hell, no!" about those.