I have not done my taxes yet. Should probably get on that.

Cass yeah I'm thinking this whole thing is part of perimeno I've already dealing with the ragey ragey aspect, the near complete death of my sex drive, my hair has been falling out like crazy (I went from having fine but thick hair to having fine hair and oh look! I think a bald spot is forming!), and my sleep is even worse than usual. Plus random aches and pains. I'm pretty sure for me it started around 2013. Nothing major but just my cycle changing ..

I have the ragey rage, sex drive drove off in the hills yonder for a while and all the rest are exactly what I've experienced. The ragey rage is the worst for me. Hot flashes, I bought foundation to cover it and lightweight long shirts so it's not so obvious because the flushing on my face was embarrassing (to me) and maybe for others when they asked if I was okay and I word vomited about perimenopause.

They swear this is a 2-8 year experience but you and I are both overachievers, it seems.

House plumbing issue resolved for today but more to sort later. Thank heavens that when your usage changes dramatically, my water district sends a guy out to help you find it pretty quick. Galvanized pipe laid in 1960 was slightly more crumbly than you'd like in a pipe situation.

Slow Friday so far. There is not enough internet activity to help me delay finishing my taxes. I am going to start over with another vendor because the 2 I tried already don't make sense. Also, I am seriously annoyed that my Social Security is taxable income. Married filing jointly with more than $44,000 income means my SS is 85% taxable. Not cool.

It'll be a slow Friday for me, too. I was all 50+ job workshop all day, and then some paid bookkeeping all week, and I'm kind of exhausted.

Today I am going to pick up books I have on hold at the library--and hang there and start reading one--then a quick run through Aldi and back home. I do have a couple of onerous tasks when I get back, but they won't take too long.

Then I just want to read.

You know, watching Severance does not combat my Friday morning but-I-don’t-want-to-work mood at all

Yay library!

My telehealth appointment was scheduled at 1140. They asked for me to be signed in 15 mins early. It's now 1157 and I'm still waiting.

The fun thing about the Return to Office mandate is that on a day when I feel a little under the weather and I could just work from home, I am taking actual sick leave and not really working (although i did some email). Forcing everyone into the office is LESS PRODUCTIVE people!

But of course that's the point: they want gov to be less productive and the employees to be seen as bad at their jobs, so as to justify getting rid of government entirely.

Everything is wonderful all of the time...

Holy fuck y'all how did I get almost 400 messages behind???

onscreen data showed that he was sitting in a "collabocus" room.

Never have I regretted revealing a whitefont more, and that's saying something (I miss ita).

I'm wondering if I should ask my doctor about a measles booster. I know I had all the vaccinations that were required when I was a kid, but I'm seeing some recommendations for adults who work on college campuses to get boosters, since campus are filled with tons of people who frequently travel all over the world, so pretty much anything that's spreading anywhere can eventually end up here.

When I started grad school I couldn't find my MMR vaccine records (because they were on paper from 40 years ago) so I had blood drawn and that showed I needed to get re-vaxxed (titers were just below the "you are immune from these diseases" limit). So yeah, anyone over 40 who interacts with student populations or travels a lot should probably get boosted.

I feel badly for ordinary Russians...ordinary Israelis too

See also: ordinary Americans.

I’m figuring either shit goes so bad that my retirement money is just a pipe dream, or I’ve got long enough that it can bounce back. I hope.

Oof, this. I have to keep reminding myself not to check those accounts because the stock market right now is so bonkers that the day-to-day changes are going to be meaningless (until they're not? we'll see!)

Perimeopause is a bitch. My gyno put me on HRT about a week ago, I'm not sure if it's helping or not yet.

It is performance review season and I have just over a dozen. I have to do this week and next. (The reviews are done in December, this is the reveal along with bonus, and comp increases.) The process by which people get ranked as good/stronger/exceptional is endless and confusing so even when the money is good the conversations can be a little stressful.

Basically, I have a whole team of former gifted student/over-achievers I have to convince to be happy with Good.