Ugh, msbelle. Fie on your bosses

Irish coffee sounds really good right now. I guess my instant pumpkin spice latte will have to do (I did regret buying it when I realized there were only 4 packets in the box, but it is pretty tasty)

Mmmm, Irish coffee is a very good plan. Alas, the coffee part is all I have here. I was going to have eggs for breakfast, but they were all gone. Instead I had blueberry eggos with warmed frozen blueberries on top. That ended up being pretty darn tasty.

TCG takes ltc to school on Fridays, so I'm sitting here having my second cup of tea and eating cinnamon toast in my pjs.

sj - that sounds lovely.

my bosses aren't bad - this is at least 50% me. I am not my best self and certainly not my best employee at the moment, but venting is important so that I do not get myself fired.

Thankfully my bosses really are team players when someone says "but wouldn't doing this be better than going to the trouble of doing all that?" If it doesn't go directly against procedural instructions from a client, they're all for time- and labor-saving solutions. (Though I do have to occasionally step in with outside subcontractors and push for giving clients what they actually asked for rather than what would be easier and look better.)

That marinated artichokes suggestion sounds really yummy... I may have to consider if it's worth a trip to the grocery store for that alone tonight. If not, I do have an avocado, some mustard greens, and more about-to-turn tomatoes than I can eat today (better ones will be available at the farmers market tomorrow), so I may make a big salad with those ingredients. I guess I've always thought of quinoa as a starchy side like couscous rather than a salad ingredient, but it makes sense.

I guess I've always thought of quinoa as a starchy side like couscous rather than a salad ingredient, but it makes sense.

I eat it as a starchy side if I cook it in chicken broth or vegetable broth. It's only if I cook it in plain water that I use it as a salad base.

Happy Birthday, Ms. Trudy! Hope you're having a lovely day! I've been watching a lot of reruns of Elementary, so think of you often!

That does sound frustrating, msbelle.

I have nothing to add to the quinoa convo, having never prepared it myself.

Hope you and the roommate are both OK, Shir! Sorry about not seeing your family.

We've had 3 different people leave the company this week, 2 of them in site leadership. That feels like a bad omen (except that I wasn't the biggest fan of either of them, so maybe it'll be a net positive?) Mostly won't affect me directly, except that I'm having to scramble to figure out who should sign for stuff that the one guy couldn't be bothered with before he left. And it's making me wonder if my strategy of keeping my head down and being grateful to be able to work from home in *all this* (and not actively job hunting) is still a good strategy or me being lazy when I should be more proactive...

sj - that sounds lovely.

It mostly is except I also have a migraine because of the rain. It's not to bad if I don't move around much. So I guess I'm stuck on the couch watching Wynonna Earp until TCG and ltc get home.

Now I want to make my quinoa salad I haven't made in forever. Will have to see if I can find a ripe avocado....

It is definitely smokier here today. Booo. And I'm torn because it's getting v warm in the daytime and normally I counteract that by having a fan blowing in the cool air overnight. But that doesn't work great when the air outside is smoky. Hmmm.

ET - I sent you an email.