Glad you got the clearance, 'Suela.

Just got back from the grocery store. Seemed like 75-80% of people were wearing masks. Things have really changed here.

Sure sounds like you made the right choice, flea.

That sounds awesome, Consuela! I love the mountains.

Random nostalgia - I'm reading a murder mystery and one of the clues is explained with "Saturday was the last weekend on April - the start of Daylight Savings Time"

Last weekend in April!

Today has been terrible.

I'm sorry, Gud. Can we help or listen?

I dunno, there are certainly a lot of people with bigger problems. It was just a work day were I was busy but didn't accomplish much. Then I kept screwing things up in the evening. I wasn't feeling very well after work so I laid down and listened to an audiobook for a bit, but then I fucked up and feel asleep. When I woke up it was too late for me to take care of dinner and my wife got really angry, pointing out how I always let her down. After that I went to the grocery store where I forgot a couple of things, then went back to get the missing stuff. Then I did some quick carpet shampooing and I fucked up again and missed the spot my wife really wanted me to get. I hate making mistakes, whenever I make mistakes I really let people down which is probably why people don't like me.

Anyhow, then I processed mail and paid bills to discover some really big medical bills for my son. Well, we just had to replace our HVAC system since the blower motor burned out and it was too old to repair so now money is getting pretty tight. I don't want to tell my wife because I know she will freak out and get really angry and I've already fucked up a lot.

I'm still feeling too sick to eat anything and just generally feeling really down and like the world would be a lot better without me just fucking things up and disappointing people.

When I woke up it was too late for me to take care of dinner

Why didn't she take care of dinner? She doesn't have a job.

I'm still feeling too sick to eat anything and just generally feeling really down and like the world would be a lot better without me just fucking things up and disappointing people.

Holy shit, any decent spouse (which your wife is not) would step up and take care of things while you are sick!

Your wife sucks. She's abusive and shitty.

Hang in there, Gud.

A day like that makes me want to listen to this: [link]

(And then listen to the rest of the musical.)

That song is only 2:33 seconds - it's a lullaby for grownups.

Agreed Trudy, And of course that is Tim Minchin. He knows how to hit a crypoint.

I keep having these feelings about the death of live theatre for the foreseeable future. I thought after perhaps a year off, I would go back and try to find a non-toxic theatre, and that is not happening. But also I have so many friends without livelihood. They maybe can have an artistic outlet, but there is no money in zoom videos, and really that is just for performers, not designers and technicians. Imagine a costume fitting or quick change- not happening Do you know how close we are to the actors? I also have survivor's guilt because I got out at just the right moment, and into a field (online learning) that is pretty in demand with the pandemic. I found myself weeping at the video I shared on Facebook, with the dancers recreating dances with their pets, alone. It was adorable, but also- when can they perform again safely? When do the costume, light, set and sound technicians get their highly specialized jobs back? A designer I worked with had two post recently- one asking for an extension of unemployment benefits for freelancers, and one that he won an Obie