Much the same here, sj, minus the cops. And me thinking "hope they have ICU beds left for you, ignorant motherfuckers!"

I have not yet received an Amazon catalog, but since my ballot wasn't mailed until yesterday I sure hope a catalog isn't gumming up the works.

I've seen multiple friends on fb or elsewhere ask for a ride to the airport, in the past few days. Which is frustrating—I know there are some folks that feel they have to travel (for a sick family member, say) or are appropriately quarantining on either end and combining with testing and whatnot, but man it makes me annoyed I'm doing the "right" thing when I really want to be going somewhere and seeing someone (anywhere, anyone!)

There are like 4 cops being paid goodness knows how much to direct traffic at every construction site and you know they are also interacting with the public.

My department is apparently reorganizing. I am tense and anxious about it. I think the changes are probably good, but I don't know yet what it'll mean for me personally, so, anxious.

And a team meeting has been scheduled for 20 minutes from now, presumably to discuss the department meeting, which we sure as hell need but I don't know when I'm going to be able to have lunch...

There were actual PEOPLE in the office today! I'm so used to being alone ... our top two staff members were in, along with a representative from our new tech support company. It was strange.

Oh, wow, Toddson!

My town is currently a maze of different detours of construction projects, and every time I pass a group of construction workers and cops talking to each other without masks on I get angrier and angrier.

I get that. We have a roundabout going in about half a block from me. Hardly anyone involved is wearing a mask. And on one hand, it's very physical work, and wearing a mask might be difficult in those circumstance. On the other hand, when COVID came in, they really hadn't done much. Halting construction would have been a much better choice, I think. I don't recall anyone crying out for a roundabout to begin with.

I got my oven to light.

That's great! Yay for more hot food.

Say, did anyone else get an Amazon "holiday wishbook" in the mail?

Not yet, but someone in our building left it out for any takers in the mail room... I noticed there are stickers, so I almost took it, because stickers. Then I realized I'd probably get one or five in the mail.

Hope things are going well, -t, and that you're getting some useful info.

I went to the doctor this morning for a blood draw, then I went to grab a coffee afterwards. Just as I was leaving the coffee place, the doctor's office called me... "Um, we didn't collect enough blood... can you come back?" Ha! That's a first. I went back and bled more for them. They were very apologetic; I thought it was funny.

Fingers crossed for good outcome for you, -t.

There's a chance of a semi-promotion/bit of a job change for me in the organization. I'm not clear on all of the details yet and waiting to hear more, but it looks promising and interesting (better yet: I asked for that opportunity, more than once). So I'm trying to hush down the "don't betray your current department that you love!" voices with the "staying in a mostly-safe place where you are loved with little challenge and a bad salary when you can do better is not a good career move" rationale. Because I f***ing love my job, but I also want a challenge.

Why would I still like a professional challenge in 2020 and when I'm in grad school is another question altogether that makes me question my sanity a bit.