Had my one weekly standing meeting at 8:30 and have faffed around online since then. I do not have anything due, but should work on one project today so I can show progress.

I am trying to work up the energy to send at least one email to my team so my boss (who is on vacation) will have documented proof I didn't just sit on the sofa refreshing Twitter all day.

Y'all are making me feel productive. Of course, you are also way ahead of me in time, so I can start slacking off in the next couple of hours (and probably will)

Oh, hey, that started much sooner than I expected.

Hi friends in the shiny box. This year is hard.

Hi Pix! Hugs. Glad you made it safely to your destination (I assume, I would think you would mention if anything else happened)

This year is the hardest, Pix. I'm struggling just to get through it, and the new medication I'm on is making me permanently nauseous (with bonus vomiting occasionally). I usually love Christmas, and this year I would just like to sleep right through it.

Sending everyone hugs and love and care. I'm off today, so I'm going to sip diet ginger ale and try to finish cards. Whee.

Oh, Amy, I so hoped that would get better! I'm sorry.

Hi Pix! Hugs. This year is super hard. I’m so sick of being alone. Dropping off cookies for all my friends last night was fun but also hammered home the “you’re alone and don’t get to see these people or hug them” part. :(

Also work has been bananas.

Amy that’s a miserable feeling, I’m so sorry! I hope it wears off soon or you can try another Ked.

First, my condolences for both sj's and David's losses. I'm so sorry. This year is just so brutal. Secondly, {{{Amy}}}.

Yes, I got here safely last Sunday. The plane was half empty and the terminal deserted, which was good — I've been staying in an Airbnb since so I'm not taking any chances being around my dad. I've met him (heavily masked) at the bank twice to deal with some of the financial stuff and took a rapid Covid test yesterday (negative), but I've otherwise just been trying to deal with school stuff and isolating. Today's my last day of classes, at least. I'll take another rapid test on Sunday, and if that also comes back negative, I'll pack up and move to my dad's place after that. Stuff with him is...complicated. I'm glad I came (I really needed to), but yeah.

I'm supposed to fly back on Christmas, but now ND and I are trying to figure out if that's still a good idea — I mean, none of this is a good idea, but I don't have all of my second-semester school stuff, so I can't stay here indefinitely. I'd decided to fly Christmas day because I figured that was the least busy travel day, and I'm worried if I postpone it will be even worse. Argh. Just a lot of bad choices. I had to come out and I need to go back at some point, but SoCal is a freaking disaster.

Not looking for advice or even hairpats; I just wanted to give an update.