Happy birthdays!

I'm very grateful to have this day off work (yay for recognizing Juneteenth) and also feeling massively emotionally overextended. My mom was staying with me the last 18 days and is now back at her home which is a huge relief, and also I now have several days of clean up. Including returning multiple items because she loves to buy lots of stuff and then return most of it. But she is always so very very busy (don't get me started on how much that irks) that I get to return the purchases she made while here. I managed to take care of her amazon and old navy returns yesterday after work, and get to do some REI returns tomorrow after work.

Made some solid progress on getting mom to move across country to nearer to me, which is a relief. Also will be a hella lot of work in the near future to actually make that happen. But she is now convinced that living in the PNW isn't a BAD thing and that retirement communities can be more like college dorms than the horrid convalescent homes our grandparents wasted away in.

Dad is scheduled for pacemaker installation surgery next week. I feel like I should be there....but he's said don't bother and his partner said don't bother so I didn't bother and constantly re-litigating that decision in my brain. I'm not even clear on WHY he's getting a pacemaker. His heart has failed, yes, but he doesn't have any arrhythmia issues, and the LifeVest has never activated in the months he's been wearing it. Sounds like it's more of a precaution than an actual "this will be performing a task" situation. He's grumpy about limiting activity for weeks afterwards, especially being left-handed.

I should have put more effort into keeping in touch with friends while Mom was in town, rather than pushing everything back, because now it's all RIGHT NOW and that feels like too much and that i'm neglecting too many RL connections. Also, maybe, lack of sleep isn't great for feelings of overwhelmedness. Been getting hot flashes the last week which I don't enjoy at all, make my ears feeling all stuffy and fuzzy inside in a bad way on top of the expected sensations. I guess the perimenopause is hitting hard this month. 1/10 do not recommend.

Happiest of birthdays, Plei! Hope you're having a wonderful day!

Geez, Erin, I'm absolutely exhausted reading that. I can't imagine living it. Hope your body lets you recover soonest.

Sheryl, I have no words, just good luck, I guess.

Whoever was asking about glasses, I just received my new glasses (one regular, one prescription sunglasses) from Zenni. They're awesome and I paid less than $60 total. That's with a coupon, but I found it online with minimal searching. Recommended.

Happy birthday, Plei!

Timelies, all! I should have spent this day off cleaning, but it is too toasty to expend that kind of energy.

Erin I am exhausted reading that. Take a rest you need it!

Good lord, Erin. Super exhausting emotionally.

I have a eye exam and glasses credit to use before the end of June (shift from Cobra to new job insurance). I usually go to Costco but i might go back to the place I used to go here in town. I should call them tomorrow.

I have oneroused! I figured out how much i need out of savings, started that process, paid the packers and the cleaner, canceled my power and internet back in LA, went to pet store and Aldi, and did some puttering around.

{{{erin}}}

Congratulations on completing your first half-century, PMM! It is weird! But good!

Hello, all. Hugs and/or thumbs up to all who need them. I was mostly offline yesterday, both because work gives us Juneteenth off and because I was dealing with getting my apartment’s AC repaired. And I will be dealing with AC repairs again today, because yesterday’s didn’t take. Yay.

Smonster, I’m glad you’ve arrived! I hope we have a chance to hang out soonish.

I’m project managing a working group where almost everyone in the group outranks me. Which is fine, except for the part where several of them have decided this means its meetings (the timing of which they decided) are kinda optional. Which is also fine, I can’t very well make the peer of my bosses boss show up—except we make decisions at those meetings. And then they do show up three meetings later wanting to relitigate decisions that were not only made, but we’ve made subsequent choices and plans based on those decisions. And I just want to say, “My dude. Decisions are made by those who show up. You didn’t, so take a seat.” But that would not be great for my long term employment prospects, so I don’t. So, so over it.

Had a colonoscopy today (10 years since first one) and it was a-ok! Also, I’m expecting a job offer to come in today. So, everything is coming up Lisa!

Go lisah!

That sounds like anm irritating spot to be put in, Calli.

I am in the office after yesterday's holiday and there's one other person in my department here (he came in 10 minutes after me - it was eerily quiet up until then). I feel like I missed a memo.

Yay Lisa!!!