I too have many questions. Most of them strike me as too disrespectful to voice, but wow is my morbid curiosity having a field day.

I'm taking a LinkedIn Learning course (assigned by corporate) and the instructor keeps introducing herself as "the author of The Long Game" and my poor little Heated Rivalry-coded brain does a record scratch every. single. time.

Welcome to the post-Equinox in which your daily ration of sunlight will be increased daily.

I have hard gel nails for the first time and I have to say, I think I'm a convert. They look fab and much more durable than regular polish.

I've started watching Rooster on HBO and am enjoying it so far. Hard to go wrong with Steve Carrell and the cast is excellent. I was watching one actor thinking, "Why does he look so familiar and why is his face so punchable?"

It was the actor who played Jamie Tartt on Ted Lasso.

Some other friends have recommended DTF St. Louis (also a comedy on HBO) so I'll check that out too. I need some new distractions.

Speaking of Steve Carrell, he was on Amy Poehler's podcast recently and it was such a warm happy vibe. Recommended if you need a mood lifter: [link]

Man, Jess, your professional entanglements with Heated Rivalry are breaking new ground!

Ja-mie Tartt doo-doo-doo-doo-de-doo

Whining: I'm overwhelmed by covering the work of two writers who were let go (for reasons I don't agree with, but that's a whole other thing), I lost all day yesterday to a migraine, I still have a migraine hangover, and one of my acrylic nails lifted and then popped off. Everything is annoying and I hate it.

Boo, I hate all that for you, too, Atropa

I just had a call with one of our salespeople who is still here, and she pointed out that Sales was untouched in the January re-org because they had just gotten a new VP so I guess they are just catching up now with the workforce reduction. I am extremely tired of always being in transition, though, I tell you what.

Ja-mie Tartt doo-doo-doo-doo-de-doo

Hahaha this was also in my head before I read what you wrote

Jess, I would 100% have the same mind blip as you (she says, as she ducks off work reading AO3)

Well, phui!

Last week I ordered my regular monthly refill of the pills I take daily to keep my cancer suppressed.

Yesterday I got the "Your package was delivered to your mailbox" email notification. It wasn't there.

Today I was able to be at the mailboxes when the carrier was delivering today's mail. I asked if we could check whether my package was in one of my neighbor's mailboxes, delivered there by mistake. It wasn't there.

No neighbor has come by saying, "Hey, I've got your package."

I went to the USPS web site to report missing mail, but the form has this disclaimer: "...the Mail Recovery Center cannot search for or return the following items:...Prescription Drugs...."

So now I have to figure out how to get an expedited replacement order. I have sent an email to the specialty pharmacy. They don't do customer support by phone. They don't ship other than USPS.

::grump::

I have no idea if they will charge me again. If they do, I will be even more unhappy, but I can take the hit -- the cost is about the same as half a week's groceries.

It's not a disaster. I'm not entirely out of pills, and if I miss a day or two I won't keel over. But still, this is additional stress I do not need.

Ugggghhhh, dcp! I'm so sorry. What a pain.