Have you tried a vog mask, shrift?

Not yet, although I definitely looked at them during the poor air quality we had due to the wildfires. I'm curious to hear what you think after trying it.

I still have some N95 respirators that I could use while dusting, although I probably need goggles of some kind if I want to not feel like crap afterward.

Also, I need to remember to dust first THEN vacuum.

In what turns out to be oddly on-topic news, I had a meeting with the cleaning guy at my ex-apartment today. It turns out they're willing to take on not just the furniture, but literally everything that belongs to me, books, comics, CDs busted and non, cookware, dishes, DVDs, EVERYTHING, clean the smoke off it and set it up in the new apartment, and the manager will let them do it without me because she met him today.

This means all I have to worry abount is getting the paperwork set up for the new place, and making sure it looks OK. HUGE weight off my mind.

Yay, chrismg!

Smoke cleanup is a big part of fire recovery. Most of my company's products have categories for smoke remediation of personal posessions. At least you don't have to worry about water cleanup and mold remediation.

That is wonderful, Chris! Still stressful, but about as good as can be expected with the professional help and cooperation.

I have not listened to or watched any of the entertainment today. I did read Cohen's opening statement. I'm hoping that there will good summations and clips later when I can actually take time.

Excellent news, chris!

I would really like to keep the salary and benefits and WFH perks of my current job, without having to do the actual job. If there was a different job with all of that, I'd be interested in it, but I'll never find anything like that.

Lol, I feel that way too Dana. I have to complete my goals tonight and am trying hard to not put a goal of "don't rage-quit this job"

I have to complete my goals tonight and am trying hard to not put a goal of "don't rage-quit this job"

During my incredibly insulting review, at one point I did say, "I'd hate to lose my 4 weeks of vacation, but 4 weeks of vacation isn't worth THIS."

That's fantastic news, Chris.

Fred, I'm so sorry to hear about Joey. Stupid shorter lifespans than ours.

We divide and attempt to conquer. H is clean-as-you-go guy in the kitchen, and I've just picked up the habit. If there's not a pile of stuff, it's easy to wash a plate, a glass, a fork. If there's a few things dry in the drainer, it's not a problem to put them away.

But he's the worst.ever. about leaving stuff--"I'm gonna get back to that, I'm not finished going through those papers," and goes off and builds a tree fort or something. He *strews* things: boots, jackets, gloves, hand tools, baskets and stacks of clean laundry. He works hard and takes on tasks, but he really has trouble finishing, like, ANYthing.

So I'm the cleaner. I scoop and stack and shelve and file...and remember where *I* put it, because gods know he doesn't remember where he left it. I'm a tidier. Square corners on those stacks of books and magazines, clothes and dishes and papers picked up and put away. I will run a swiffer over hard surfaces, tops of picture frames, lampshades, etc. But below ankle height? Not my domain, man. I will scrub the hell out of the range hood or the fridge/freezer gasket while the coffee drips, but I don't do floors. Or tubs or showers. There's a squeegee I use on the shower walls and door, shoot some scrubbing bubbles on the floor, let it set a while and hose it down with the hand shower next time I go in the bathroom. Toilets? Yup, inside and out. Kitchen and bathroom sinks? Sparkle. Mirrors? Frequent wipe-downs.

H does the laundry, I do the folding, we both put away our own (do not look at the basket and a half of unfolded unput-away stuff on my closet floor. It's an aberration).

He cooks, I clean up. It works. We'd both be a lot happier to strip out all the carpet in this place and replace it with hard surface, swifferable flooring, though.