I took yesterday as a sick day. A true sick day, rather than one where I work from home all day like last week.

Between my phone reminding me of most everything and autopay taking care of the bills, my masquerade as a responsible adult is far more successful than it otherwise would be.

I know, right?! Technology is the elaborate scaffolding I've put in place to prevent myself from failboating. People keep calling me organized, and I have to stop myself from telling people that I've bamboozled them.

Dana, while moving someone's purse out of a chair might not be rude, I definitely think moving their lunch TO THE FLOOR without asking is!

I'm with Matt. Putting your purse on the floor doesn't twig me, but putting your LUNCH on the floor rather than your desk? That's strikes me as rude.

Exercised not giving a fuck today. Big software install, and I limited myself to the tasks assigned. Normally, I stick around to troubleshoot, but at my 8 hrs, with a 2 hr wait on someone else looming, went NOPE. You get what you pay for, get used to it, I'll let those with over 2.5 times my leave time carry the load.

I really need to go talk again to my division boss. Been avoiding it. Partly because I don't wanna know if not the news I want. Partly because I'm also really busy worming my way into projects that make my threat of leaving really really problematic. Upping my worth, etc.

Technology is the elaborate scaffolding I've put in place to prevent myself from failboating.

That sounds so much better than "my adulthood is a long con".

Putting your purse on the floor doesn't twig me, but putting your LUNCH on the floor rather than your desk? That's strikes me as rude.

That's fair - even if I moved something off a chair, I'd put lunch up on the desk.

IDK, Zen, "my adulthood is a long con" has a ring to it. But who is the mark? And what is the score?

When it comes to adulthood I zig wildly between imposter syndrome and trying too hard

I bet if you tried harder, you could pull off both at once.

Or at least make people think you did.

Actually, I've heard you unlock a special achievement if you do that, so I've been kind of low-key working on it.

Heh.

Crazy Ex-girlfriend just reminded me I need to get my car smogged, so I will be all kinds of adult and look up where I need to go for that now. When I will actually get it done is another question, but, hey, single step.

I sometimes wonder how life would be if I actually did all the things I thought I should but don't. Like, today I got to Fresno at 11am. What it belatedly occurred to me I should've done: plan a quick trip to the national park for a few hours! What I actually planned to do: a couple hours work, work out. What I did: napped for two hours, ate too much at whole foods, shopped for shoes.

Crazy Ex-girlfriend

The show or a person? I'm trying to parse this phrase.

I'm now down to 17 miles before the end of the month. I can do this. Maybe.