I made the scones, facetimed a friend and did not sew. Now I have overwhelmed myself looking at canning stuff and flower garden stuff. why I think of taking on new projects when I have a million still unfinished will be the death of me.

My house is a mess and still have boxes to unpack.

New projects are exciting and unfinished projects have an oppressive hint of obligation to them

-t I kinda think the store manager is looking forward to telling some customers no and being able to actually make them leave. So many times we have to let certain behaviors slide because "the customer is always right" .

He is taking this stuff really seriously. In fact, he personally bought enough reusable masks so we can all have one. the ones from the store got there but he said it was pulling teeth to get them and we have enough of those for everyone to have a new mask every day for 30 days but he wasn't sure if he could get any after that. And he wanted us to have a mask we could reuse.

He is really one of the best managers I've had. He's bought us food during the holidays, paid for it out of his own pocket and things like that.

Gris, that is fantastic! Also, you have both a Matilda and a bunny? That is so fricking awesome I cannot even.

Dana and shrift, thank you thank you thank you! I have to be cautious and judicious so as not to spoil myself, but that is *exactly* the kind of meaty meta talk I was craving.

I just spent three hours at the actual office at work, and... wow, that's horrible. I already knew I was okay being a demi-hermit, but going back in there just solidified it. I truly do not ever want to go back any more than is absolutely necessary.

In fact, he personally bought enough reusable masks so we can all have one.

Wow, that is great.

So good to read, askye!

The film crew at our school, inspired by some of my wife's Tik Toks, decided to make a video documenting the craziness of two full time teachers and three kids, partly to build empathy with our demanding parent community.

That was great! And so fun seeing your family.

Gris, I LOVE that. I shared it on my FB and asked everyone on the planet to watch it.

JZ, I'm so glad you're finding some joy. If you haven't read it yet, Chicago's Most Wanted is just marvelous. I haven't read a lot of DS but that one is worth your time.

I teamed up with a friend and we got takeout from a local place: chopped salad, wood-fired pizza with house-made sausage, two manhattans in a plastic bottle, and chocolate-chili pot de creme. We ended up with two pizzas because they messed up the first one. We ate on E's back patio with lots of room between us, and she opened a really nice bottle of red from Paso Robles.

... I really don't want to work tomorrow.

Gris and family, you are all wonderful.

I survived this morning's presentation in zoom class. I didn't get how much I'm dependent on feeling-the-room thing when I give a presentation and that felt really awkward. Now to hearing some comforting music (because I hate feeling awkward especially in something I'm pretty good at) while doing some house chores. And trying to wake up enough to do two other class assignments today.