I found out that I'm getting a 4% raise with the new year. Also a bonus, which will be instrumental in getting a washer/dryer unit for the new house sooner rather than later.

Productive, Jen!

{{Sheryl}} I can only imagine how exhausted you must be.

Brrrrr, aurelia!

Yay, Matt!

Somewhat productive here. Did gift cards and socks for my son and his gf. Family tradition is that we always get underwear for Christmas. This year I got him a set of 5 varieties of Grateful Dead socks and her a set of cute kitten toe socks. Usually I get him tie-die boxers, but couldn't find any I liked. Ordered a gift for DH. Did a Thursday pickup order for the food I am making for the Christmas gathering here. I'm making a meaty lasagna and a spinach/artichoke lasagna and garlic bread. Today I am treating myself to a facial and mani/pedi. Unfortunately DH is out all day at a customer site and I won't be at the computer either, so fingers crossed for no crisis at work.

I'm sorry about your daughter's flu, sj. I hope she's better for Christmas Eve.

Yeah, over a decade of midwest winters are hard on a car, aurelia.

Speaking of midwest winters, today I looked at the Christmas weekend forecast for the Detroit area and pulled my puffy, sleeping-bag-with-arms coat out of the back closet, like an ancient soldier picking up the sword he'd laid down lo those many years ago. It's looking a tad brisk.

Speaking of midwest winters, today I looked at the Christmas weekend forecast for the Detroit area and pulled my puffy, sleeping-bag-with-arms coat out of the back closet, like an ancient soldier picking up the sword he'd laid down lo those many years ago. It's looking a tad brisk.

It's going to be stupid cold for Christmas Eve and Day (highs of 10-15). Do not want.

It's going to be stupid cold here on Thursday, with the first significant snow of the season. Of course that is the day I have an appointment with a new doctor, the first available opening since I got the referral back in July.

I just got a call from the doctor's office, asking whether, in light of the weather forecast, I would be willing to switch to a Telehealth appointment. Huge relief. I readily agreed.

Still gonna take the whole day off work anyway.

Good call,. dcp.

Tough call, sj. Whatever you decide, I hope y'all can enjoy the holiday.

Everybody stay warm! My scale of "stupid cold" is much warmer than most of yours, that all sounds almost unimaginable.

I gave myself lots of time to pick up Jelly Munchkins at Dunkin this morning (for the "holiday potluck" because they are basically sufganiyot, right?) thinking I might have to wait, so I got to the office an hour early. Kind of nice to be here when it's quiet from many people not being here yet, but I am already tired.

Just got a text saying that City Hall is closed on my little island today, "due to deteriorating road conditions and continued heavy snowfall". Ken is delighted: his new place is warm and quiet - he can sit with coffee and his cat and watch the flakes land.

Jim is not delighted, as we've already had two power blips and he's got some rather important work calls today. I am bummed, as the Solstice celebration tomorrow was cancelled because of the high rates of respiratory illness locally. It's been three years and I was really looking forward to it.

Hello! I've been behind on posts for weeks and have been catching up in batches, but it wasn't until today that I finally got to the end.

Speaking of midwest winters, today I looked at the Christmas weekend forecast for the Detroit area and pulled my puffy, sleeping-bag-with-arms coat out of the back closet, like an ancient soldier picking up the sword he'd laid down lo those many years ago. It's looking a tad brisk.

Yeah, I flew into Michigan on the 16th and I'm glad I'm not going anywhere for a while with the frigid temperatures and winter storm predictions.

The good: my Christmas shopping is done and presents are wrapped, my Yuletide story was posted ahead of the deadline, and I have approximately 1 1/2 days of work left this year.

The less good: went to my physical after Thanksgiving and my A1C levels are higher than they should be, so I've been trying to step up on exercise and different food choices to see if that helps. Also the previous 3 months before my physical were incredibly stressful what with the election, so I'm going back to my doctor in Jan to discuss options. Pretty sure the weekly diabetes med injections she mentioned I could be a candidate for are in short supply because everyone's getting their doctors to prescribe them for weight loss.

I'm struggling a little to eat the way I want to at my parents' house, even though my family has been on a keto kick for a while. We had keto lasagna last night, and just... no. No, thank you.

Stress can absolutely contribute to diabetes issues. Husband's pretty sure a terrible job he had is what kicked him over from pre-diabetes to actual diabetes.

Huh. There is further reorganization in my department. May or may not affect me. And our VP had something more to tell us today but he lost his voice so that will wait until later. Whee.