That does not seem ideal, t, but possibly like it could work better in the future?

I am being driven nuts at work—I have multiple projects that were given to me as things that shouldn’t take much time, and I only am supposed to spend 2-5 hours a week on each of them, but they’re all messy and require a lot more than that, and it’s hella frustrating and next month I have a NEW project that I supposedly will be able to give away some of these but I’ll have to jump right into that, and meanwhile on my one steady project that is supposed to take most of my time, my Australian counterpart is taking an entire MONTH of vacation and expects me to just cover for him. Aaaargh. (Unfortunately even if I could get a replacement for him for a month it would not be worth trying to teach someone what to do in that amount of time). Like when am *I* supposed to take vacation??

I got lunch delivered (burger from nearby diner, after breakfasting out of the sorely depleted vending machine) and I went and asked the person at reception (someone who works in HR, not a full time receptionist) what the process is for that because there used to be one with a sheet to fill out with the time the delivery was expected and so forth but I guess now the process is to hunt up the HR person who is manning the desk and tell them you expect a delivery so they can listen for the chime that says someone is at the gate. So I did that, and also kept half an eye on the "where is your order" map which turned out to be a good thing becuase my poor driver did not initially understand my directions and ended up on a side street that doesn't have an entry gate, so I went out front to wave him down if necessary and he found me before he found the gate, so I ran over to the desk to tell them they didn't need to listen out for my delivery and it was a completely different person working there and she had no idea I had a delivery coming. So all's well that ends well, I guess, but I do not have a lot of confidence in any part of this system.

Oh, yeah, meara, this was a learning experience and next time should be better. Boo on the overwork situation!

Ugh indeed on the work overload, meara.

That sounds like you worked off the lunch before you got it, -t.

Ohh!! Definitely get Cold Hollow Cider donuts. And Cider. And Champlain Chocolates.

And Jeffersonville isn't close at all (it's 40 mins away) -but if you are up that way or want to go to the Smugglers Notch area and are craving a burger I highly recommend Burger Barn. Or if you are looking for a Montreal Smoked Meat sandwich (or really any kind of sandwich) The Cupboard Deli is right there. And if the weather is nice, go find a place to eat by the Lamoille River.

Cold Hollow had a really excellent looking lunch menu so I think we'll eat there.

Cold Hollow had a really excellent looking lunch menu so I think we'll eat there.

We've never had a chance to eat a meal there, but the restaurant was packed when we were there, so it must be good. There are 2 separate buildings with a parking lot in between -- one is the original building, where they make the non-alcoholic cider and the donuts (GET A DONUT) (TAKE SOME HOME) and sell a lot of merch. The newer building has the hard cider tasting room on one side and the restaurant on the other.

Now I'm missing Vermont something fierce.

I'm enjoying all the Vermont love! I've only been there once, and that was a brief trip, but I am vaguely fond of the place for no real reason.

Unrelatedly, I just saw an ad for "probiotic water" and that sounds like something that could easily go horribly horribly wrong.

Vermont is really lovely. When I was a kid we went over on the ferry from NY to VT to buy booze! My dad said the taxes were less there. Of course with my dad it could be that he just liked to drive to Vermont. There were a bunch of liquor stores right on the Vermont side when you got off the ferry. Don't know if that is still the case. We did cross Lake Champlain one year in the winter and the ferry was an ice breaker, which was super interesting. Crunch crunch crunch goes the ice.

Weather is going to be mixed. Thursday rainy and 66 for a high, but Friday high of 78, which is like a super heat wave. The inn has hot tubs so I hope the rain stops long enough for me to dash outside and get a nice soak.

Bus back to the transit center in 33 minutes. We're under a heat advisory, so I don't want to walk it. Express bus home in an hour. I am thinking I will stop for dinner on the way home from the station, maybe a margarita.