I have had not great dreams two night in a row, well really three I guess. I need to get off devices earlier and read my nice rom-com book before bed.

Still no electrician.

I did a work thing, I think this means I get to do a house thing.

I have not been sleeping well. Stress ... I'm coming in to the office every day and, since my commute - one-way - runs 60 to 90 minutes (under the former, "normal" circumstances it was 40 minutes tops) leaves me with little time at home. Meanwhile, I'm trying to get ready to move. The movers come next Thursday. I haven't packed much and my apartment is such a mass of STUFF that I don't have room for boxes. I've been getting rid of stuff - I have a charity coming Saturday to pick up bags (and bags) of clothes, shoes, etc., but that's taking up so much space. It's looking like something from Hoarders - narrow pathways between furniture and piles of stuff, all over the place. I get home and I'm tired and my arthritis is bad. Sunday I was pretty much immobilized with pain - right shoulder and hip, so I could barely walk and my right arm wasn't much good. Last Thursday I was immobilized with back spasms; Friday I managed to give myself a case of heat exhaustion/stroke. I've dumped books (which hurts). But every time I turn around, I find more STUFF that I have to deal with. And the movers have very specific requirements for sanitation/safety.

I have not been sleeping well. Stress ...

I'm afraid it does the opposite to me. All I wanna do is sleep. Moving is super stressful, Todd.

I'm trying to figure out the NY migration. It's complicated.

Your commute increased?

If you're asking me, yes. Due to the protests downtown (between home and office) a lot of streets are closed off, bus and rail service has been seriously reduced, so my commute is longer. And since I have to change from one mode to the other - and the bus drivers are not required to pick people up if they don't want to - it can take 90 minutes.

Toddson, oh wow - that SUCKS. I am so sorry.

Public transportation is a total cluster right now. And it's such a downward spiral -- no one's on it, so they cut service, so it's less practical, so even fewer people take it....

Holy shit, David. That sounds like a rage & anxiety-producing shitshow of a system that fucks over a lot of families.

flea, my heart is with you. We pushed our public opening back a week since our plexiglass shields aren't supposed to ship until this Friday. Next week will be installation and bringing staff back on staggered shifts to work out the details.

Which will probably change once we open.

We did start our online summer library program and I have posted my first virtual learning lab on Facebook. I basically made learning kits to hand out to anyone who asked. We will do one a week, with projects like straw rockets, origami, paper pinwheels, star sticker constellations and popsicle stick catapults. (OMG--those were SO MUCH FUN!)

I am doing my first virtual story time tomorrow. MEEP.

Listening to Atlanta DA. This is just so painful.

eta: felony murder, maybe something will change in my lifetime

Laura-- are you saying they charged the cop with felony murder? That's astonishing.