Yeah, I can see where your MIL did not get the reinforcement from the universe that one might hope, Laura. I’m sorry, and I hope she feels better—physically and emotionally—soon.

Yay fentanyl patches! I’m glad that’s taken care of, JZ. And I agree, pain management system in the US is both racist and classist, and everyone should have similar access to relief.

In other news, I finally cracked the code on French toast this morning. I’d made soggy sadness that only served as a vehicle for maple syrup in the past. It turns out I was soaking the bread too long and cooking at too low a heat. I revised both parts of the process this morning and made wonderfully golden-brown French toast—a little crisp on the outer edges and perfectly soft (but not soggy) in the middle. And if there was ever a chance that I’d be slender in this lifetime, that chance has flown, because day-um.

Mmmm, French toast. So yum. My nephew makes a French toast casserole that is yum. Maybe I'll try that when my son visits next week.

MIL is sore, but okay. I really can't go over there as I have things that must be done here. We are trying to persuade her to come and hang in the lounge chair with tv and bathroom a few feet away at my place. Then I can keep her company while I sort through a dozen bins of stuff still unpacked. My SIL didn't sleep all night and would happily bring her here and crash in my bed.

I got the first shingles shot and forgot to go back for the second! I should see about that...

Timelies all!

Quiet here. Mr. S is with his nanny and Gary went to the 60th anniversary party for the Baltimore Science Fiction Society. I could have gone, but didn't feel very social.

A quiet evening sound very nice Sheryl.

America's whole healthcare system is broken, along with other systems...

M's mom is sick, she finally went to the doctor. Well she went to CVS minute clinic but I'm glad she went somewhere, she's had some problems breathing and yesterday she had a scary experience where she was coughing and then couldn't catch her breath but she finally did. She has bronchitis according to the minute clinic and has a prescription and seems content to stay at home and not go out-- like she didn't go to her daughter's this afternoon and opted to stay home.

the house continues to be weird with the electrical and the power in part of the kitchen went out (over head light, the plug the stove is on and another plug on the opposite side of the room) but if you turn the dial on the stove it flips the breaker back..or something. I don't know.

I continue to feel run down and kind of icky I'm hoping I'll feel better tomorrow . Maybe. Mom is doing well with covid and she hasn't had anything bad happen.

I wish I had something interesting to talk about. Well today there was someone kind of new (I think) and I was asked to show her around a bit and kind of train her and I really struggled with that and struggled with finding things. It was just too much to try and do and I kept starting to say something and trailing off and losing my train of thought. So that is frustrating because it's something I could have done previously and I really don't know if this is going to get better or if it's something I'm just going to have to deal with. I did let the team lead know that it wasn't something that I should be doing again, at least in the foreseeable future.

And I used to be really good at training people, at least on the registers, one of the former assistant managers said she could always tell which employees I had trained because of how well they did.

Well crap. I'm having issues with Hulu. I splurged for Live TV during the last of college football and I want to cancel that but keep hulu, disney and espn+ and I couldn't find an option for that so I contacted support. And they cancelled the entire thing. I just realized. So now it's telling me to sign up for all 3 again and that's not what I wanted. So I'm back waiting to talk to someone in support and ask why there is no option to just get rid of Live and keep Hulu, Disney and Espn

Night shift. Lonely and frightened.

Sympathy. Empathy. Comfort from afar.

Not yet caffeinated. The gronk is still strong.

I hope you were able to get some sleep, JZ.

Sorry you’re not feeling well, askye.

It’s a cold, clear morning here in NC. I was thinking of taking the bike out, as it’s sunny. But the 31F temps are making me reconsider. It’s been damp lately, and icy patches + bikes = sadness. Maybe later.