Hello, my lovelies. I keep catching up and then being too overwhelmed to Meara and suddenly without words of my own.

So: continued love to Nilly and Shir, and various assorted ~mas as needed.

I’m so glad you’ve got some time to yourself, Hec.

My psych uses Teams for our sessions, and it’s a pain. That’s all I have on software suites. My complaints are all about Contractor Foreman and ClickUp.

My mental shitstorm has somewhat subsided for the time being. Mostly, I think, because 1) R and I had our biggest tiff to date and got through it pretty well and, relatedly, their new job started 11/1 so there will be money soon! Relatively lots more money. So they can catch up on bills and I can rebuild my emergency fund and hopefully we can get on some kind of budget thing going forward, which will be a new adventure for R. I use YNAB and I’m hoping they will, too.

My body has been semi-well-behaved this week. Here’s hoping I can get some stuff done this weekend - both living places are pretty messy and I hate not knowing where anything is.

What are other folks doing this weekend? We’re also hoping to go hiking or something with the boys.

I will accept having to use Teams with outside vendors if it means I never have to try to build and updated content and sites using Salesforce. I want to burn all of Salesforce to the ground.

Salesforce is made from pure evil.

What are other folks doing this weekend

I'm working until at least midnight tonight. Tomorrow night I'm have a few friends over to drink whiskey. And around all of that just trying to stay ahead of the curve on the piles of work and stress.

What are other folks doing this weekend

Probably unpacking more boxes. I want the front room cleared by early December so we can actually have a Christmas tree this year.

We’re staying at my aunt and uncle’s place in Lewes, DE for a little vacation weekend. Went on a bike ride today and we’re meeting up with my cousin and his wife for oysters tonight.

There's a gallery show that is closing that I want to get to, and another one that just opened. Plus, I've got two of my own half-fished rolls of film in cameras that I need to work on. The last couple of times I went out I hadn't really been able to get into the zone, but there's nothing I can do except keep trying.

Hi, friends. Nothing new to report here. Today was a volunteer appreciation day of some sort to one of the two/three volunteer gigs I'm in. So for three hours we got a nice picnic and a short tour of YMCA in Jerusalem. We're operating from the grass visible in this picture: [link] and a few rooms in one of the buildings in it. Not that any of us had the time to lift our heads and observe the views until now, but today we could. It's a gorgeous building, with architectural elements from the Mamluks to Art Deco. That was nice.

My ~ma to those who need it.

Not staying on the computer for any longer than it takes to report that the animals are fed, Skinner walked, I am fed, about to take a shower and read till I drop to sleep. In somewhere VA, and will stop tomorrow in Savannah. The hotel has a (slow) Tesla charger so that is a time saver.

Zzzzz

Timelies all!

It’s quiet here. Gary is on a short business trip (left yesterday, gets back late tonight) and Mr. S is with the nanny. I’ll just enjoy it while it lasts.

My mom has now been chipped (heart monitor loop), and I spent the afternoon loafing and cuddling cats since I had to get up well before dawn for the hospital trip.

Plans include digging up the dead evergreen shrubs in front of my house, planting giant alliums in their place, and possibly painting a garage door with a second coat.