'Serenity'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Oh, Epic. I'm so happy for you!
My father offered to pay for me to take a gap year and travel to Europe (much cheaper in the 90s!), but I declined for 2 reasons - not wanting to give him any leverage over my life, and I knew if I didn't go to college right out of H.S., I never would. I definitely needed to get out of Alaska. The college I went to wasn't the best choice for me, but they offered a half scholarship & an awesome theatre program, so off I went.
Epic, amazing news!!
I was so ready to leave home and where I grew up (although both my family and town were pretty great) and not going straight to college wasn’t really on the table. I did fine but my younger brother really could have used a year or two off. He tried to go into the marines, actually, but broke his foot in basic training and got discharged so he went to college instead. He struggled for a couple of years before he met his now wife and they moved to NC where they finished school. He went on to law school and did great.
Working today is not taking. Piddling around, barely getting anything done.
Movie watch list for tonight and the weekend:
Spider-man: Across…
Maestro
American Symphony
Nyad
And a bunch of shorts.
Working today is not taking. Piddling around, barely getting anything done.
Same. I have one task that I (in retrospect, stupidly) thought I'd be able to focus on today and get done before I go on break, but brain says NOPE. So instead I made cranberry-pecan muffins and bagel dough (set for an overnight rise in the fridge) and spent an hour going through old emails to clear out inbox space.
My job gave us off today, but I have gotten SEVERAL emails, most of which I have looked at and will ignore until next year. (Probably the same amount of work I would have done if we were supposed to be working a half-day.)
I had about a half-day of work, plus wrapping up some admin stuff for the end of the year. Now I need to change the sheets, wrap the presents (god bless gift bags), and bake some pumpkin bread.
Productive lunch time. Watched a short doc (20 min) and confirmed I’ll get a 2% COLA 1/1/24.
I am at work, but currently screening the movie Elf, so it could be worse.
I’m off work today. I’m heading to Michigan on Sunday, so I’m wrapping up household stuff (cleaning, laundry, etc.) at a leisurely pace.