Found out on Tuesday that my BFF's older brother died on Monday. I'm pretty sure it was suicide. Though I've known her and her parents and other siblings for almost 30 years, I barely knew him. So I've just been struggling to support her the best I can. She and her husband (unvaxxed, don't get me started) and possibly her younger brother will be driving out to Reno together. Her parents were visiting her sister in Texas, so the three of them will be driving out. Her parents are vaccinated but she's very concerned for her mother (diabetes, heart issues). And then the fact that her brother had threatened suicide on Christmas and she was still dithering whether she should try to go to him or whether there was anything she could do from here...I know is going to be eating her up inside. Any ~ma you can send her way as they figure out plans to deal with...everything, will be appreciated.

And our heating system is leaking oil, which is great timing since we just signed a contract for a new roof.

Epic tons of ~ma for your BFF.

Oh, your poor friend, Epic! I'm so sorry.

And sorry about the house stuff, sj

I have to say, I haven't been impressed with this week, and I would like things to stop sucking for everyone.

Oh, not cool timing, house of sj!

I have to say, I haven't been impressed with this week, and I would like things to stop sucking for everyone.

This! More specific post in a bit since I'm teaching now, but I'm thinking of all of you.

I’m just over this week. I had plans to make food but somehow having the energy to grocery shop, make food, and eat food, is not possible. One per day, apparently. It’s been rainy and cold and gross here and I can’t see my friends which would usually make it better because omicron. Haaaaaate. Have done almost no work, would like it to be the weekend already.

I do not have to do my yearly eval, but instead have to fill out a document with “give an example of a time when you showed leadership/company values/will to win/whatever other stupid categories they want” and I’m supposed to remember specific times I did something great and write about it in a bunch of spots for like, the purpose of selling me to new projects? Gross.

ltc is being teased at school and keeps coming home in tears

Those rotten brats are jealous that she's the human embodiment of Snow White and they're not? Let me at 'em...

So it turns out our evals this year are just writing out 3 accomplishments and 3 areas for improvement from 2021. Which is certainly shorter than what we used to do and what I expected but is still nothing I want to do. It will be fine, I'm sure, once I am at a point where I can stop doing my actual job and think about previous times I was doing my job.