David, I hope you can get the dishwasher replaced easily. My brain scrambled around the words (it's been doing this since the concussion) and I read that your refrigerator was what went out, which would be much more stressful and a much bigger deal. I hope your contractor can do most of the work in getting a new dishwasher ordered etc.

Good/Bad news. They totaled my car so I have to replace it. The good part is they are giving me plenty of $ to do it, but ugh, do I hate making car decisions. The what car is easy enough. I loved my car so I will get another Tesla Model 3. The question is new or used. Musk may be bat-shit-crazy, but I do love his cars. I'd go up in his spaceships too, but it is unlikely that they will let me.

One great-grandmother lived long enough for me to meet her although I don’t remember it. I was 2 when she died. My maternal grandfather died when I was 18 (and I still miss him a ton and dream about him all the time). My dad’s parents died a week apart when I was 26. My maternal grandmother died when I was 36. I’m deeply grateful to have grown up with 4 grandparents (who were loving and involved) but I wish they’d lived long enough to meet Bob (my maternal grandmother, in particular).

My brother is still employed as well, but yikes.

I'm glad to hear it.

I'm in a bizarre laid-off-but-still-here limbo.

Oh, man. I've been on a product deprecation skeleton crew and it's a weird time. Fingers crossed on the job hunt.

I’ve done ok freelancing but it’s been a rough year emotionally.

Fingers crossed for you, too!

I did a very onerous task today --or at least a step in the right direction.

You definitely have earned yourself a gold star, askye.

I'm in a bizarre laid-off-but-still-here limbo.

That happened to me in 2014. They gave us a month before leaving, and organized meetings on "how to file for unemployment" and "how to get your own health insurance". And, we were encouraged to use the rest of our time printing out resumes on the org's printers and job hunting on their computers/internet. Sure, we were supposed to be wrapping up our projects and stuff, but it was mostly a month where we got paid to job-hunt from the office. It still took me nine months to get my next permanent job, but that's partially because I took the opportunity to change careers.

I'm sorry about the car accident and replacement woes, Laura. I hope you find what you want quickly.

My great grandmother lived into her 90s, I was in college when she died, although most of the time I knew her she was suffering from Alzheimers. I was very lucky in that while she could never remember who I was, she always thought I was somebody she knew (her friend from school or something vague like that, I guess I looked about as old as she felt and I know I resembled her sister) and was glad to see me. My poor uncle also looked familiar to her but she often thought he was someone she was mad at for some reason.

Way to go, askye, I hope they can help

That's kind of neat, Calli.

I do feel more job security than usual right now, but it's because I have more than one person's worth of work to do which I do not so much enjoy. This whole needing to work for a living thing, I'm agin' it

May all your re-orgs end in treats!

Man, that'd be nice.

Job ~ma all around.

So if I continue to spend about 2 hours a day cleaning out the spare bedroom, I should have it done in about 3 million years.

Tea:

Just got the word that there will be an early dismissal at ltc’s school tomorrow because there’s more snow coming.