Oh, dear, Sheryl! Glad you made it today!

I'm looking at the world right now and my urge to just get in the car and start driving and just somehow get away from all of this is super strong. It's not a rational urge at all, but I can viscerally feel the pull to just start driving until I can be someplace to start over where the world isn't like this.

I hear that ND. Hugs. This whole thing is such a shit show. I’m leaning heavily into reading trashy escapist shit but that’s it really good for me. [edit: that’s NOT really good for me]

I did dishes AND laundry today. But there are still dishes in the sink because I made more stuff after I washed the first bunch. Never ending!!

I am also embracing the fiction. Very engaging science fiction where the bad guys are fictionally OTT bad, and soundly defeated.

It like a deal will be signed this morning, with a closing date of March 23rd. Ya know, I'll believe it when we close, but it is a cash deal so no potential issues on that side, and they plan on major structure altering renovations, so not worried about inspections either since they are tearing off the roof and building additions and all that stuff.

{{Karl}} and {{ND}}

In the midst of all the world craziness I decided my best move was to buy art. Yeah, I don't know either, but it beats doomscrolling. I got prints of these: [link] , [link] , and [link]

I mean, I'll be donating blood at the Red Cross later today (planned before all this [waves hands] everything) and donating to relief agencies when I have a better sense of where it'll be useful (probably the UN Refugee agency: [link] ). But as stress reactions go, I guess "throw art at it" is probably not the worst. Mucha was also a person who didn't like Slavic nations to be taken over by their larger neighbors, so there's that.

I'm looking at the world right now and my urge to just get in the car and start driving and just somehow get away from all of this is super strong. It's not a rational urge at all, but I can viscerally feel the pull to just start driving until I can be someplace to start over where the world isn't like this.

I feel this so much. {{{ND}}}

ltc's allergies has turned into what is probably an ear infection, as I was sure it would. Her Dr's office is closed today because we are having a huge snow storm. So, we have to head to urgent care when the roads are clear, hopefully later today. I wish they'd just give us a couple days of an antibiotic and make an appointment to see her on Monday. This is entirely predictable, and we know what it is.

Nice, Calli! Art seems like a good impulse.

I totally get the just-drive-away impulse as well, although I am falling into my usual hide from everything mode. Which I was already well into, frankly, so there's not much more I can do in any practical sense. Possibly I will bounce into some other coping mechanism, that would be nice.

Poor ltc, ear infections are so awful.

In the midst of all the world craziness I decided my best move was to buy art.

Me too! I just put a downpayment with a friend who is having the first curated museum show of her work.

ltc's allergies has turned into what is probably an ear infection

Ugh. Ear infections are the worst. Hope it clears up quickly and painlessly.

Thanks, Hec. This week hasn't worked out exactly the way I was hoping it would, but we're still planning on seeing vw and Stitch tomorrow to celebrate Stitch's birthday since ltc doesn't have a fever. ltc woke up crying because she thought the fact that her ear hurt meant she couldn't go.

My coping mechanism today seems to be to eat all the things. How does that help? No clue.

I got my second shingles shot today.

Congrats on new job!

Congrats on housing starts and closes.

Boo ear infection. Seems like tele-visit should be allowed for that.