Asking for -ma for my mom's friend's grandson...it's a saga, apparently, and not mine to post anyway, but thought I'd ask for a good thought for Branden, anyway.

I have so much work to do, and my motivation to be doing it is...not great.

I'm going on vacation in two hours and people keep wanting me to do my job, which just seems mean of them.

My computer started working again. I think my east coast colleagues had given up for the day (fair!) but I feel like I probably have to do some work this afternoon. Boooooo

Much ~ma for Branden, erikaj.

I was supposed to be flying up to see my niece’s family, and that didn’t happen. They were able to get me on a flight for tomorrow, so that’s nice. As I was waiting in the support queue for ~4 hours this morning (on my phone, while slounging on my sofa) I was extremely grateful that I wasn’t working a Delta customer service desk today.

My flight is allegedly still happening today, which is an improvement on this time yesterday. If it doesn’t go, well, I can spend the rest of the long weekend at home with the cats, which isn’t bad, as worst case scenarios go. I still hope I can see my grandnibblings tho.

I have worn the Loop Quiet 2 , still not sure I have the fit right on the ear piece. But the verdict is ...it doesn't block out as much noise as I would like but it does a good job of blocking out all the annoying little noises. I can still hear people talk but at work it blocked out the speakers the background voices and the beepinga and someone's phone playing video. So it made my break a lot better.

Good luck, Calli! I hope Aimee is safely arriving in AUS after her 7 hour layover.

ETA: Per her FB post, Aimee Star is still in the air although approaching Australia now.

So it made my break a lot better.

Sounds like a good investment then.

I got out of the house before 8 to do my run. I've been slack this week but Matilda has been busy cleaning her room ("I want to get my shit together," she declared) and I'm catching productivity vibes from her.

I was pretty much off computer through my trip to Florida, which was pretty awesome, but y'all were missed.

My return flight to NY was scheduled at 3 yesterday, with a 3-1/2 hour layover at LaGuardia, then a puddle jumper to Albany. It was delayed until 6, making it possible to make the connection so I headed to the airport. In line 2 people from TSA check-in I get a text delaying the flight until 8, which would mean a missed connection. Not wanting to sleep in the airport I called DH who made a U-turn and brought me home. The line for rescheduling at the counter was several hundred people. Went home and opened a couple browsers, and stayed in the hold queue with Delta to attempt a reschedule for almost an hour when I got a text that the Albany leg was now delayed making connection possible so we ran back to the airport. (fortunately very close to my place) Got to the gate while they were boarding and got all comfy in the plane. Except then they say we are pushed back again and sit on the tarmac. When we did take off I was down to a 15 minute window to get my next flight. The ~ma was with me and the gate for the commuter flight was 72 and I landed at 70 so I boarded after a quick restroom stop. That flight waited for a bit for others connecting, which everyone more than understood. Got to Albany at 1AMish and to my son's place at 2:30. I slept on his couch and drove home this morning. Got to Otter Lake with 8 miles to spare because I didn't want to stop and charge. I was one of the lucky ones. There were people stuck in all 3 airports having to find spots to sleep.

In much better news, my friend finished the mural in my condo and I am over the moon with the joyous color added to my life.

Sometimes it hits me all over again that he's just a shitty, failed businessman and a game show host.

The hits keep coming. I still am capable of being shocked, but it takes a lot more now. I just have to hope that sane people don't respond to pollsters and that the majority doesn't find this vile human an acceptable choice.

Shir, so good to see you. Have been thinking about you.

Yes, I think about you and yours so often. Miss you.

Both Dylan and car returned undamaged AND he made bacon for lunchtime BLTs. I think this kid's a keeper.

Well done, Dylan!! A keeper indeed.

Mostly I'm just very very angry and ready to argue with idiots on the Internet.

I'm trying to work myself up for that because it doesn't come naturally. But idiots. And it can not stand.

I will eat soup when it’s hot out. I love soup.

I love soup year round. Mmmm soup. My issue is that I need to halve the recipes because I end up with way too much otherwise.

Thank god they have so many protections to prevent laptop theft. It's actively stopping me from using the laptop.

I am so frustrated on your behalf. This should not be so complicated. I was hoping to see a resolution before I finished catching up.

Apparently That Former Presidents incoherent rambling speech went well past midnight, leading Emily Nussbaum on Bluesky to say, “Man, just ascend already” which is making my morning.

I planned on watching, then did other stuff. Sincerely grateful that I didn't because those who watched it regretted it.

I love how when Biden has a verbal stumble the political commentary is all, “Biden’s senility advances,” but when Trump goes on an incoherent ranting ramble that’s just Trump being Trump.

And the newscasters, who speak for a living, misspeak on the regular, as do all of us, and that is just normal. Which it is!

The solution to this IT problem is for IT people to tediously, manually fix every single machine that's been affected, so I imagine that's what's got Scola reconsidering his career.

Insane! I was in the Ft. Lauderdale, NYC, and Albany airports and all their screens were blue. Talked to one IT dude at FLL who was going from screen to screen with an operating system on flash drive. I was at the gate about 20 minutes and he had only managed to get to a command prompt. No clue how long this is going to take.

(I did bring in muffins for the Windows team that sits two rows over from me).

You are a good man, Tom.

Asking for -ma for my mom's friend's grandson...it's a saga, apparently, and not mine to post anyway, but thought I'd ask for a good thought for Branden, anyway.

You got it.

Also, I was stunned that the dude who shot Trump flew a drone over the event hours earlier. Clearly, Trump only has his flunkies for security. I find him despicable, but it is the job of the Secret Service to keep him from being shot.