But I came here to make a petty complaint. Yesterday we were told that we are to have a uniform email signature across the company. I followed the directions to copy and paste the template into my Gmail settings and know I have this weird looking .sig where the font is suddenly bigger than the body of the email. And I have to remember to type out "Thanks," instead of having it automatically appear. Boo.

Last night I started taking this Yale course on happiness that was recommended by our Wellness director at work [link]

The first module was pretty good, but I am terrible at practicing mindfullness and using my strengths! There is a journal to track. We are supposed to try and use our strengths every day for a week.

My strengths are 1. Creativity 2. Perspective 3. Appreciation of Beauty and Excellence 4. Love of Learning 5. Fairness.

Not really sure how to use those sometimes. I have been planting flowers to indulge my love of beauty and creativity, but using perspective is way down- she doesn't really use me as an advisor the way Sue did, but then Sue worked and I worked together for close to 10 years so I think her appreciation of me grew over time.

Daily meetings NO. My team has been going the other way - almost all of my weekly meetings are now every other week, and I dropped a monthly meeting down to quarterly (and got a nice thank-you note from the Big Boss.)*

*Not the BIG BIG boss, just the Big Boss of my subsidiary.

A family friend just posted a picture on FB of her teenager having a "prom" in the backyard with a dozen teenagers. No masks, no distancing. I just can't with people.

Here it is county driven. In Fort Lauderdale area everyone is masked. Palm Beach, maybe 85% masked, certainly in stores. Martin county, just north of us, rarely see a mask. My kids move this weekend to Martin and I told them how worrying I find this. Ugh.

Last night I started taking this Yale course on happiness that was recommended by our Wellness director at work [link]

That looks very interesting.

I saw a very sweet story about a seven-year-old boy who discovered that his babysitter, a high school senior, wouldn't have a prom. So he invited her to a prom in his back yard. He put on a suit, got a bow tie to match the dress she'd bought before everything was cancelled, got her favorite foods and (non-alcoholic) beverages. After eating, they kicked off their shoes and danced barefoot on the lawn. Throughout, they used a six-foot pool noodle to maintain their distance.

Toddson, stop restoring my faith in humanity, when I've just rid myself of it.

Aw, that's very sweet!

In other news, I just made the last payment on credit card debt I've been whittling away at for 12 years. Once that's posted, I am officially debt free! (Well, until the next statement from my month-to-month credit card, anyway.)

Wow, Matt, congratulations!

Way to go Matt!!

That's such a great feeling Matt. Congrats!