Yay molar! May she have some relief and provide you with some relief. I'm sorry you are struggling with pain today.

As noted, I sent a message to my doctor about how awkward the ultrasound tech was. The first line of her response - "there is a reason x ray folks work alone in the dark....Sorry that you did not have a good experience." I think I laughed for five minutes before I could read the rest of the message. I adore my doc.

I've taken my adderall, I've taken 1/2 a lorazepam, and 1/2 a buspar. My brain is just racing and I feel even more ADD than usual. After losing both Tuesday and half of yesterday to medical stuff, I really do have work I need to do. And yet, here I am, chatting with y'all.

Poor, ltc! No wonder so cranky/fussy.

Suzi, would it help you to schedule the work in sprints (Like Jane Espenson's writing sprints)?

I'm not familiar with that technique other than in agile software development which has me hating the words sprint, scrum, swarm, and retrospective.

Luckily this week had actually been fairly quiet. I'm not missing any deadlines. Tomorrow will be busy but workable.

I just took a chainmaille break between work and homework. The only thing I HAVE to do is a discussion response. My goal is to crawl in bed early.

Not an Agile sprint. It's like bursts of activity interspersed with breaks. Espenson does hour-long sessions. Unfuck Your Habitat recommends 20/10s for cleaning -- 20 minutes of work, 10 minutes of break.

Ahhh, I've done that with house cleaning and homework. I'm so tired of feeling paralyzed. I try to make small goals, lots of good enough instead of perfection, but I'm still struggling with even the smallest things. I want to crawl in bed by 9pm. But all I can think about is all the things I really should be doing instead of just doing the one thing I have to do.

Sorry for all the whining. Big picture my life is good. Maybe that is the trap - I shouldn't be fighting so hard because so many people are fighting to have a roof over their head or clean water to drink.

I am so tired. I forgot how tiring it can be especially at first. I got thrown on the sales floor to shadow someone and everyone was impressed how fast I picked up the register.

The store is...kinda sitting at the bottom of sales for the region but we are a small area. But one of the other shoe sales people was like "I don't bother vaccumming often. " I could tell. There is understaffed I guess but even 10 mins a night or picking up large things would make a difference.

There is understaffed I guess but even 10 mins a night or picking up large things would make a difference.

Yes, that would be a worthy 10 minutes. I hate walking into stores where it is clear that cleanliness is viewed as optional.

I got my discussion question done! Now a bit of chainmaille and then sleep.

chainmaille

I've wondered about the spelling for a while. Why not "chainmail"? I know nothing about the craft, so maybe it's a really obvious answer, but I have no idea.

Why not "chainmail"?

I've seen it in various sources as chainmail far longer than I've seen chainmaille. I haven't seen any historical justification for "maille", but that may just be something I missed, so I'm not sure if my annoyance with the spelling is justified or just Old Fuddy-Duddy Medieval Recreationist Snobbery (get off my battlefield, she grumbled, shaking her longbow)