Timelies all!

Laura, that's just not possible. Remember, he has PEP in the morning, and the nanny brings him home afterwards, so any time I take off would not be spent without disruptions. Meanwhile, today hasn't started out all that great with him.

I'm sorry, Sheryl. I know how exhausting it is. Try and find some method of taking time to unwind and regenerate I worry about you burning out.

meara, may your insurance card problems be easily and quickly resolved. You've reminded me that I don't have a new card from Cobra and I probably will need that next week for my doctor appointment.

swears in Geralt of Rivia

I have the bestest friends. I'm in the living room, in pajamas and messy hair that I didn't bother to arrange and a slightly messed house, while the friend that I invited over to help me assemble furniture and my roommate are assembling said furniture while I'm not doing much at all (though the furniture is both for me and my roommate).

I'm with a migraine so I'm super weak physically and with a deadline to school, so they are letting me rest and sit and write my classwork while building the new furniture. I love them dearly.

That's so good to hear, Shir. I hope the migraine passes quickly.

"Hey, hon, you know where the medical POA is you signed for me, right?"

Speaking as someone who holds medical POA for a friend - take photos of the documents and keep them on your phone.

I am going to go quietly have a meltdown.

I support this!

Sold the driveway basketball hoop today. Dismantled one of two tall shelving things in garage. Took a carload of things mostly from garage over to parents' for the estate sale. Aired up all the tires. Gave 2 bags of groceries from my house to my nail lady.

I cooked up 3 chicken pieces for meals. I've got banana bread and cheesy Hashbrown Casserole in the oven.

And I started steam cleaning my area rug.

I love steam cleaning!

I can only share here—. so I have embarked on my certificate program that will eventually lead to a master's. My realization, which frustrates me, is that all the things I do are validated (which is great) and named. But they all still just seem like common sense to me. Like, why wouldn't you conduct a needs assessment before embarking on an educational offering? Or whatever. I am trying to look at it as teaching me terms and studies that will make my (common sense) recommendations matter to academics, but do we really need a theoretical framework and evidence to tell us that if we are moving to a new technology, we need to teach people how to use it? Isn't that just like, logic and common sense? And this is why I never pursued a graduate degree.

You'd be surprised how many people need the common sense solution pointed out to them, Sophia!

But this is where being an older student, with plenty of Real World ™ experience pays off, because you'll sound like a freaking genius to all your younger classmates.

Like, why wouldn't you conduct a needs assessment before embarking on an educational offering?

Ha. Ha. Ha. It's just self-evidently a good idea! And who has money for a needs assessment?? Or time??