well, we had an outbreak of covid in my office - I'm not sure if I got hit with that, but I spent all last week sick - runny nose, cough, generally not feeling well. I did a test last night and it came back negative, so I'm grateful for that. Would have preferred to skip it, but it happened. Meanwhile, it's cold outside, so I bundled up warm, since I have a lot to catch up on.

Best to all here and hope things go well.

I hope you're on the mend, Toddson.

Matilda woke up feeling congested and gunky but no fever.

Good vibes appreciated.

Easy-peasey, routine procedure -ma!

Y'all!

It’s Monday so obvs I don’t wanna work. I was gonna just put my audiobook on, but it’s a light romance and they’re ending a date, so spiciness or semi-spicy language afoot. NOW my boss just announced she’d be out for the rest of the day with all the other managers!!! Do I just close my door and play my book?

I can’t just be on my phone for the rest of the day because nosy Nellie sits in a cube outside my office and she is up and down from her seat every 10 minutes or so.

Happy to report no food poisoning after eating at the Indian buffet yesterday! (I'd come down with it the previous two times, and took a break of a couple years.) I tried new-to-me dishes like bhindi masala, broccoli pakora, and wok-tossed cauliflower as well as old favorites like butter chicken and gulab jamun. All ranged from tasty to delicious, no duds among the selection.

I also employed a brief moment of productivity Sunday to hang solar string lights along the roof edge of the outbuilding behind my outdoor patio area: [link]

Msbelle are headphones not an option?

Jen good luck with the surgery!

Nice, Matt. Both on the happy belly, and the lovely lights.

Good luck to your husband with his surgery, Jen!

I'm meeting with Lola and her husband this morning at 11 to try to prepare them for her cancer care and give them some sense of what they're facing.

It's making me a little anxious. That's going to be a difficult talk.

Oh David, sending comforting and calming thoughts. It is excruciating for all of you, but it may also help in your healing to assist them.

My uncle died on Friday. He'd been in the hospital and had been released to a nursing home for rehab, so not really sudden but it's always sudden. I'm having complicated feelings because I didn't much like him as a person, but grieving for my aunt because they'd been married for 28 years. He didn't want a funeral and there was a family gathering yesterday, which I wasn't aware of ahead of time. I guess I'll try to focus on how we can best support my aunt now.

Sending out good vibes for all the Buffistas who have it rough right now.