This was not what I meant when I said I wanted to set fire to yesterday: [link]

I've dropped off books and mags there, but refrained from browsing as my tbr pile is always ridic.

FTR, today can go suck on a rock too.

Also, dear belovedly dense neighbors, the building caught fire, do you really think they have space to accept new book donations? Think for 2 seconds, then hand over some cash or relevant construction skills.

I just stress ate a jumbo brisket sandwich. But I earned it today: I decided against calling in sick and got rewarded with 10 hours of my inbox blowing up with blazingly overdue files that all had to go out before tomorrow regardless of how many days I was supposed to get to work on them. Including the editor who sent me TWENTY SEVEN emails today waiting until 6:30 to tell me about the two most urgent files, one of them with 120 edits.

Wow, Matt.

My boss is in Paris for two weeks, and today is the first day I had nothing to do. So I napped too much (I'm working from home now), read a lot of blog posts about Trump, and watched that documentary on Scientology.

Last week was much worse. My work computer died, and my boss had to come over and bring me some install DVDs. This was the first time my boss has been to my messy apartment, and I had an hour warning. (But the experience ended up not being as bad as I feared.)

Hi People!

I am totally behind at work, and home, and life, and here. I am getting too use to that.

All right. I've eaten dinner. I have spicy chicken in the crock pot. I should get up and make a frittata. Maybe pea shoots, prosciutto, and gruyère...

I'm working from home now

Temporarily, or is this your new normal?

Temporarily, or is this your new normal?

New normal. There's just my boss and I, and he decided to save money and close the Highland Park office. He has the server in his home office and I use a VPN.

My aunt got trached today :/ Was hopeful that could be avoided but no. She's been watching my mom, but not responding. Mom hopes she's boring her with her constant chatter out of the fog. Carolyn never had any patience with boring, or not engaging.

The hospital chaplain has reached out to my mom and apparently been an awesome sounding board. No god talk around Carolyn (she don't do that) just being a place mom can voice, on her terms. I'm immensely grateful. mom doesn't need god talk either, but she needs people she can talk to and cell coverage is spotty on the OHSU mountaintop site, & her b&b a walk away.

I feel like Emmett would support me in this.

You are so correct.

CREATE tux opportunities!!

Sound advice.

Maybe pea shoots, prosciutto, and gruyère...

Yum!