Today I helped my coworker through a meltdown including talking her out of buying a gun to defend her family in some kind of walking dead scenario by pointing out that a gun in the house is more likely to be used for suicide, and listened to my father urge me to tell Mr. Flea to take this “buyout” offer (which seems pretty sketch so far.)

I did get ice cream when I got home.

Nutria sound like water-rabbits, frankly.

These end of day executive orders and memos are fucking annoying. So now public schools. Fuck all of them.

More and more he sounds like Hitler in his bunker.

Nutria are basically rats.

It's been a long couple of days, and it's hard to feel anything but depressed and powerless.

Apparently, Florida has nutria, but I don't think I have seen any. (maybe my cats saw them first?)

Kitty! Barkley sounds like an absolute delight!

Today, I got the all-clear from the eye doctor to swim, go to the beach, bend over, or do all the other previously restricted activities. So I am watching TV. Well, tomorrow is another day.

KITTY!!!!!

I am so enjoying the Japan adventures.

It sounds like our Uni has renamed a few offices, but the DEI Council I am on is still going and we had our Lunar New Year Celebration as planned.

I am sending ~ma to all those more affected.

Yay Laura to be cleared. Losing the beach would be terrible!!

I also really understand that everyone is superstressed right now, but I need everyone at work to not go to eleven for tech issues. I say that as a person who often goes to eleven. I am in this weird spot between IT and faculty/Students as an Instuctional designer and often butt heads with first line support, but when we get to level 3 support, let's just give them a moment (especially when we think the problem is that you put in an incorrect link, but you won't give us access to your video!) That is my work vent. I feel like the time in my young life when I literally grabbed an actor in a quick change by the shoulders, shook him, and shout whispered "YOU NEED TO CALM DOWN". Like, people do not need to be emailing all the deans if we don't solve something in two hours.

Timelies all!

First off, hell no, I am not resigning or retiring or any of that bullshit. It's also damned annoying that we can't order things for the lab without explaining why it's an emergency.

The trip to visit my folks was fine, if not as warm as I'd like.(Still warmer than up here.) Mostly went out to eat, and sat around while my folks watch various cop type shows(NCIS and Walker, Texas Ranger-no, not the recent one-mostly)

Matilda and I got up, got out, and got coffee. Then I walked her to her orientation and she was so antsy, I left her alone at the meeting place and asked her to text me when the staff and other participants had collected her.

Got updated that they found her and they went off and did tie-dye.

I'm looking up lunch options for myself.

Oh, we did the public hot tub last night! Very warm and relaxing and I had it to myself.

We are moving out of this fucking house in three weeks and the roof just decided to start leaking.