Oh, David, that sucks. I'm so sorry.

Hello friends. It's been a minute. I skipped a lot, I'm sorry. Just to say that I am OK as can be, and my time (when not at work) is mostly dedicated to mutual aid and protests. This government continues to neglect its people as well, so civil assistance is needed in various places.

There are no words to how much I want a ceasefire and to see a new government and the hostages back (it's kind of all the same thing, pragmaticlly. One will lead to all others, this way or another). This war is also an ongoing lesson in just how little effect one has over a war, what corruption and populism do to a country, and how much heartbreaking it call all be. It's also an ongoing lesson on humanity and how the little that you can do for others matter, even if you can't change the big picture. There are amazing acts of solidarity within the grief.

There are still many voices and organizations here that call for a different reality. Thought you might want to read one of those. [link]

Love y'all.

Shir, I think about you a lot and wonder what you're doing. Hec, so wish going in with my (imaginary) hammers labeled Freedom and Responsibility could get some kind of justice for all those things. (I made a joke about architectural barriers themed like that and some people got very judgy about it.) But, you know, being earnest isn't helping either! Maybe I would send Hec Paulie Walnuts...Paulie is very persuasive AND knows where the funders' dog park is(Not that he would do anything...Paulie just tends to avoid misunderstandings, generally.) He could get you an apology, too, I bet. Just don't ask a lot of questions. And I could cash in my Magic Cripple points...maybe they're not valid in Arizona anyway...based on the literally excremental day and a half I've had, it would seem they are not--to do what I could about the diagnosis.

Timelies all!

Been sleepy all day, thanks to Mr. S waking up at 6:30 and immediately being loud and annoying. (He does this all the time on the weekend)

Man, I guessed wrong and suffered the consequences: I woke up at 3 a.m. with a pounding headache, but it felt very distinctly UN-migrainey, so I took ibuprofen and went back to bed. [Narrator: it was, in fact, a migraine.] If I had just taken Ubrelvy at 3 a.m., the migraine would have been gone by the time I woke up again. Instead I took Ubrelvy at 7 a.m. and huddled in bed with a hot microwave beanbag on my head for a while. But true to form, Ubrelvy worked because it is spooky magic, and I'm functional now. Or functional enough for a Monday.

Why are people at work getting on my last nerve on a Monday.

There a few people that seem to love discussing and debating the virtues, or lack there of, of policies/rules WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER. Listen Linda, it doesn’t matter if you think the County should charge employees for xyz on County cell phone plans or offer reimbursement on personal cell usage. It’s not the policy and we aren’t the department that makes that policy. They discussed various aspects for 25 minutes. FFS

That would drive me nuts, msbelle.

Glad the magic drug worked - if at a later time than ideal.

Was away from Wed-Sun in Asheville for my cousin's wedding (well, first cousin, once removed). We got there a couple days early for a mini-vacay. Was nice to get away. Did do a Biltmore tour, which was very cool. I was expecting to be, "Eh, whatever, going.for the company,"... but I was instead, "Wow, pretty cool. I would recommend."

I took an extra PTO day to catch up with life, so that's what I'm doing.today. and I have a full body skin check at 3p, which is very overdue... like, by decades, so I'm feeling adult... Like a lax adult. I'll take the W.

Nice to be back home and here.

...due to some technical legalistic detail they've decided not to pay me and if I had an issue I should get a lawyer.

I am dismayed that this is happening, yet very curious to see how the story unfolds. If I were in your position, I have no idea how I might go about finding (and selecting) a lawyer adequate to the task.

Hec, I am stupendously angry about the pension bs and so very sorry about Lola

Would anyone be interested in a zoom/facetime “chat while we do some kind of boring tasks” thing this week? I have various cabinets and drawers that really need to be emptied/cleaned out but it’s such a boring thing to do alone. I really want someone to just sit nearby and chat while I do it!