Uuuugg. I got given a project where I’m supposed to do my job and also a different job. And I hate it and have no idea what I’m doing and have been doing it for two months but only get the training next week. But Monday I have to present a big slide deck of various things to higher ups that is a routine process except NOT FOR MY NORMAL JOB and I have no idea what any of it is (even the parts where I can fill it out because it says “insert screenshot of X” I don’t know what I would then SAY about X??) hate this.

Feeling a little crappy -- headache, generally achy, and a fever. I'm hoping to sleep it off. And side effects are a fair tradeoff for antibodies, so I can live with it.

That's how I felt about the side-effects. I didn't feel well, but I've felt worse, and at least I knew the shot was working.

Thanks, Laura. This year as every year, I'm grateful to share my birthday with the great Willie Mays, who turns 90 today.

It's been quiet this year, which I am beyond ok with. As Ann Leckie says (and I believe it was in amyparker's tagline at one point): "It's only ever been one step and then the next."

I love you all, even if I'm a lot less demonstrative about it than I was at one time.

Happy Birthday, Karl. Nice to see you.

Thanks, Cindy. What a year, eh?

Toddson, that reminds me of this old sketch from The Edge.

So, we have someone coming tomorrow from a company called Cincinnati Hoarding to assess the situation. So that’s where my fucking life is right now. I feel like a goddamn shitshow failure of a human being.

You are a perfectly fine human being, Tep. I’m sorry this feels so terrible.

You are a perfectly fine human being, Tep.

This is true. You know what's good? Getting some help in a situation like this.

Put aside your reflexive shame-response, and see that this is part of the process of fixing the situation. It's almost like seeing a therapist. And alleviating it going forward. It's going to be okay.

When my people came, they were so nice! I was a wreck, though.