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!

At the dermatologist. A lot to catch up on, but most recently, David, what the hell with the pension? I wish you a fierce and tenacious lawyer. And what awful news about Matilda's friend's mom's stomach cancer.

Pix I hope J did, indeed, get out as promised.

He's mostly out. Apparently he bought a van to live in with the money I gave him. I had a very tense and upsetting text chain with him this morning when he asked for "a few more days" to finish renovating it. I suggested a motel to finish up. He said okay. Then he tried to guilt me into still needing to call for emotional support because he doesn't have a family. For the record, he has a sister. I drew a hard line on that and said no, I don't have the emotional room to support someone else. I also told him he needed to talk to a grief counselor.

Guys, I'm exhausted. But I think he will be out by the morning. Our own Laura is meeting the estate cleanout guy at the condo tomorrow so he can do a walkthrough and give me an estimate.

Man, Pix. I do wish for smooth sailing with this from here on out. Well, for everything.

Here's hoping I don't find him in a van in the parking space when I go there tomorrow!