Sleep is super important. There probably has only been less than a handful of times I have denied myself a full night's sleep in the past 7 years. I committed myself to getting myself in bed and reading for a time, then lights out. It has honestly changed my life. I spent decades with lack of sleep between pulling all nighters for work or just insomnia. No more. Best life change I ever made.

It's Wednesday! DH thinks we are leaving for NY Friday. We shall see. I'll be ready, but his list is way longer. I'll miss my pool, but I won't miss Florida in general. A bit on the steamy side.

I went to a grocery store yesterday. Masked up of course. I'd say 80% were, but somehow I suspect those that weren't are likely the same people who didn't vax. Everyone in my age group was! Perhaps that with age comes wisdom thing has some merit.

Gud, working 8 hours in one day and doing all that stuff is probably more than I accomplish in a week (she says, realizing that it’s going to be 90 degrees the next three days and she hasn’t done laundry recently so none of her shorts are clean….)

Our back in the office day got pushed out by one week so now it's the day after Labor Day. That is going to be the worst come-back-to-work-after a holiday ever. And it's a Tuesday so I will be starting at 6 am. I can't quite roll out of bed at 5:45 and be in the office by 6 the way I have been managing my Tuesdays...

Bummer. Start a petition that Tuesday is WFH day?

You guys, see this tweet: [link]

Just learned there is a YA book coming out soon in which a teen looks for clues about her birth mother in HER DAD’s LIVEJOURNAL. I don’t know if I’ve ever felt older than in this very moment.

And then the author comes in talking about "fellow millennials," and this Gen Xer is really feeling older than ever.

Ha! Will we feel that way about FB some day?

Oh my god. That is….I just….wow.

Oh dear. I mean, yeah that tracks with calendars and whatnot but also NOOO

Although also I do kinda want to read that now

I am out in the world meeting a friend for lunch/drinks! I feel very daring. Also I haven’t seen this friend in over a decade and we haven’t really kept in touch online but we talked on the phone (can you believe that?!) on Monday and that was pretty great so I am excited. Also I am having tacos and a cocktail right now and they are both yum. Red letter day.

Dallas County issued an emergency mask order Wednesday following a judge's ruling that local leaders could require masks as a measure to curb the spread of COVID-19. An executive order from Gov. Greg Abbott previously prevented mask mandates.

This is good, but I can't imagine the shit people are going to get trying to enforce this.

Yay tacos and cocktails!

Dear Texas, why for are you and Florida trying so hard to outcrazy each other?